Legal Commentary

SNR Denton (née Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Denton Wilde Sapte) has hired the vivacious Sally King as its new global chief operating officer. King, formerly a leader of ALM's Counsel Connect (the predecessor to Law.com), most recently served as COO for the Americas region at Clifford Chance. Her resume also includes Cooley, General Electric, and Verizon.

She's guaranteed to stay in Virgin Airlines' Gold level because she's going to split her time between the firm's London, New York, and Washington, D.C., offices, as well as spend time at the firm's other 45 offices in 32 countries. Probably helps that she is a dual citizen of the U.S. and U.K.

King will lead operations and implement, direct, and manage firmwide "best practices," support structures, and resources as the two firms integrate into the new entity, explain co-CEOs Elliott Portnoy and Howard Morris.

"I'm really excited to be at SNR Denton so early in its combination, it is an opportunity for me to help build one-firm approach to our operations, to implement global best practices, and to build best-in-class support functions in all facets of SNR Denton's operations," King told Law Technology News today.

Says CIO Andrew Jurczyk, a member of the LTN Editorial Advisory Board, "I've recently had the pleasure of meeting with Sally and am looking forward to working with her to help define our new global technology services and systems. Sally is an excellent addition to our leadership team."

The U.S.-based Sonnenschein and U.K.-based Denton merged last month.