Reed Smith Hires 11 More Lawyers from K&L Gates for New E-Discovery Practice

Reed Smith has hired 11 lawyers and three staffers from K&L Gates for its new e-discovery practice group.

The group is joining David Cohen, who was co-chair of the e-discovery practice at K&L Gates before Reed Smith hired him earlier this month, according to a press release. Cohen spent 28 years at K&L Gates building up its e-discovery, analysis, and technology group, the Legal Intelligencer reported earlier this month.

The new team members, including senior manager Beth Wurzel, were part of the e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group at K&L Gates in Pittsburgh. At Reed Smith, they will provide document review services and other support to both lawyers and clients in discovery and other matters involving large-scale records review.

Reed Smith is one of a small but growing number of law firms creating formal e-discovery practices, according to the Legal Intelligencer. And more e-discovery practice leaders are jumping to new firms. They include David Kessler, jumping from Drinker Biddle to Fulbright & Jaworski; Thomas Lidbury, jumping from Mayer Brown to Drinker Biddle; and Donald Myers, jumping from Littler Mendelson to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

A spokesman for K&L Gates declined to comment.

Updated at 4:35 p.m. to include information about Lidbury's move.