Bloomberg Law
December 20, 2017, 3:26 PM UTC

Goldman Hires Sullivan & Cromwell Attorney as Partner and Co-General Counsel

  • Karen Patton Seymour will oversee legal matters with Greg Palm


  • Seymour was former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Martha Stewart

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. hired Karen Patton Seymour from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as co-general counsel to share oversight of the firm’s legal department with Greg Palm.

Seymour will begin next month and join the management committee, New York-based Goldman Sachs said Tuesday in a statement. She’s at least the fifth person to be hired as a partner, the firm’s highest rank, from outside the company this year.

Seymour, 56, earlier worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern ...

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