{"id":137668,"date":"2025-11-26T16:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/26\/jami-mckeon-to-step-down-retire-after-guiding-morgan-lewis-through-one-of-biglaws-most-unpredictable-periods\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:23:55","slug":"jami-mckeon-to-step-down-retire-after-guiding-morgan-lewis-through-one-of-biglaws-most-unpredictable-periods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/26\/jami-mckeon-to-step-down-retire-after-guiding-morgan-lewis-through-one-of-biglaws-most-unpredictable-periods\/","title":{"rendered":"Jami McKeon To Step Down, Retire After Guiding Morgan Lewis Through One Of Biglaw\u2019s Most Unpredictable Periods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

When institutionally and governmentally and globally there\u2019s kind of chaos and unpredictability, it\u2019s harder to lead an organization. I think you live in a world now where there\u2019s risk if you act and risk if you don\u2019t act.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Jami McKeon<\/a>, chair of Morgan Lewis, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the many challenges her successor will need to deal with once she steps down from her leadership role in September. McKeon has served as chair since 2014, but plans to retire and leave the firm by the end of 2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Jami McKeon To Step Down, Retire After Guiding Morgan Lewis Through One Of Biglaw\u2019s Most Unpredictable Periods<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

When institutionally and governmentally and globally there\u2019s kind of chaos and unpredictability, it\u2019s harder to lead an organization. I think you live in a world now where there\u2019s risk if you act and risk if you don\u2019t act.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Jami McKeon<\/a>, chair of Morgan Lewis, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the many challenges her successor will need to deal with once she steps down from her leadership role in September. McKeon has served as chair since 2014, but plans to retire and leave the firm by the end of 2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Jami McKeon To Step Down, Retire After Guiding Morgan Lewis Through One Of Biglaw\u2019s Most Unpredictable Periods<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. When institutionally and governmentally and globally there\u2019s kind of chaos and unpredictability, it\u2019s harder to lead an organization. I think you live in a world now where there\u2019s risk if you act and risk if you don\u2019t act. \u2014 Jami McKeon, chair of Morgan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky-ihRiCu.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}