Orrick Acquires White Collar Morvillo Boutique

Morvillo, the litigation boutique founded by the sons and brother of the late white collar heavyweight Robert Morvillo, will be joining Orrick in January.

The move will add 15 lawyers, including seven partners, to Orrick’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices and marks the firm’s largest single hire of litigators in nearly a decade.

Morvillo was founded in 2012 following the unexpected death of Robert Morvillo, a co-founder of Morvillo Abramowitz who rose to national fame when he represented Martha Stewart on obstruction-of-justice charges in the early 2000s. Robert’s brother, Richard, and three of his sons, Gregory, Scott and Robert, ...