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MOVERS: Grunfeld joins Kaye Scholer

By Richard Binder

Kaye Scholer LLP announced yesterday that Dan Grunfeld, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has joined Kaye Scholer as Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Litigation Department, effective November 2. Areas of his focus at Kaye Scholer are expected to include acting as outside general counsel for clients in the areas of green technology, alternative energy, environmental compliance, media and entertainment law, health care and venture capital.

Mr. Grunfeld spent the last two years as one of the mayor?s top policy advisors. As a member of the mayor?s four-person executive leadership team, he coordinated, prioritized and implemented the mayor?s policy agenda. Prior to his service to the city, Mr. Grunfeld was Chief Executive Officer of the largest public interest law firm in the United States, and before that, a litigation partner at a major law firm.

Before joining Villaraigosa?s administration, Mr. Grunfeld spent 10 years at the pro bono organization Public Counsel, where he served as President and CEO for Public Counsel beginning in January 1998. During his tenure, Public Counsel nearly tripled in size, becoming the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world dedicated to advancing equal justice under law by delivering free legal and social services to the poor and disenfranchised. Through Mr. Grunfeld?s leadership, Public Counsel?s impact expanded nationally and internationally, providing services to more than 25,000 individuals and nonprofit organizations, offering more than $66 million in free assistance. Prior to joining Public Counsel, Mr. Grunfeld was a litigation partner with McDermott, Will & Emery. Mr. Grunfeld is a summa cum laude graduate of Drexel University and Cornell Law School.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).