Management

Finnegan is led by a management committee composed of active partners from diverse practice areas and from its law offices in Atlanta, Boston, London, Munich, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

Management committee members are elected by the partnership and serve staggered terms to ensure continuity. Approximately one-third of the committee membership is rotated each year. Each of the firm's offices also has an office managing partner.  

The managing partner is elected by the partnership, sets management committee and partnership meeting agendas, and oversees the day-to-day management of the firm. The chair is elected by the partnership and focuses on business planning and the firm’s strategic direction. The management committee is one of three executive-level committees that define the firm’s practice and policies. The other two groups are the compensation and coordinating committees. The firm’s chief operating officer oversees the firm’s administrative departments, which are led by chiefs and directors of administration, financial services, human resources, information technology, legal assistants, legal secretaries, marketing, practice support, pricing, and recruitment and professional development. 

Managing Partner James R. Barney

Chair Frank A. DeCosta, Ph.D.

Management Committee

James R. Barney	Frank A. DeCosta, Ph.D.
Danny M. Awdeh	Cory C. Bell
Pier D. DeRoo	Danielle A. Duszczyszyn, Ph. D.
Jennifer H. Roscetti	Kara A. Specht
John M. Williamson	Keith R. Whitman, Ex Officio

Office Managing Partners

M. David Weingarten, Ph.D. Atlanta	Jeffrey M. Jacobstein Boston
Darren M. Jiron London	Dr. Dr. Jochen Herr, LL.M. Munich
Erik R. Puknys Palo Alto	Michael V. Young, Sr. Reston
Charles H. Suh Seoul	Ningling Wang Shanghai
Gary C. Ma Taipei	Chiaki Kobayashi Tokyo

Initiatives

Office of General Counsel

Diana K. Ashton General Counsel

Irfan Malik Chief Information Security Officer

Administrative Leadership 

Scott B. Felrice  Chief Financial Officer	Dawn M. Ibbott  Chief Human Resources Officer
Michael Donnelly Chief Information Officer	Timothy M. Henderson  Chief Legal Talent Officer
Terra M. Liddell Chief Marketing Officer	Keith R. Whitman Chief Operating Officer
Kathy Bowman-Williams Chief People Officer	Elizabeth A. Kane Chief Practice Support Officer
Esther H. Lim Partner and Chief Community Officer