Fulbright & Jaworski Further Expands New York Litigation Practice


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Fulbright & Jaworski Further Expands New York Litigation Practice

Daniel Murdock
Of Counsel
Fulbright & Jaworski

Litigators Daniel R. Murdock, a former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and Philip M. Smith have joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.?s New York office from Winston & Strawn L.L.P.

Murdock has served as lead defense counsel in some of the country?s largest securities fraud class actions, including the complex Michael Milken-Drexel securities litigation, and the multibillion dollar lawsuits arising out of the Washington Public Power Supply System bond default, and the Bre-X Indonesian gold scandal.

Before joining Fulbright this week in an Of Counsel capacity, Murdock was a partner and served as chairman of Winston & Strawn?s litigation department in New York. He formerly was chairman of the litigation department at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine.

Murdock and Smith's combined experience includes hundreds of state and federal actions, trials and appeals; NASD, NYSE, AAA and other private arbitrations; bankruptcy proceedings and complex workouts; and SEC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, DOJ and other administrative and criminal investigations and enforcement actions.

Philip M. Smith
Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski

Murdock and Smith, who joins as a partner, will continue to focus their practices at Fulbright on complex commercial and securities litigation, antitrust, class actions, securities regulatory enforcement, private international law and white collar criminal defense.

?Over the last several years, we?ve added tremendous talent to our New York litigation team including several former prosecutors,? said Robert Owen, head of Fulbright?s New York litigation practice group. ?Dan and Philip strengthen our litigation practice by bringing a wide range of experience ? from multi-billion dollar commercial litigation cases to SEC investigations. We?re pleased they have chosen Fulbright as the best place to grow their practices.?

Steve Dillard, who heads Fulbright?s global litigation practice, said Murdock and Smith are a perfect fit for Fulbright ? an international firm companies and executives look to as they operate in today?s highly scrutinized business world.

?Dan Murdock and Phil Smith are highly respected securities litigators. Their addition is in furtherance of a strategic goal of further growing our litigation capabilities, not just in New York but nationally,? he said.

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Founded in 1919, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is a leading full-service international law firm, with approximately 1000 lawyers in 15 locations in Houston, New York, Washington, D.C., Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Antonio, St. Louis, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Munich and Riyadh. Fulbright provides a full range of legal services to both domestic and foreign clients worldwide.

The 2006 BTI survey of FORTUNE 1000 general counsel chose Fulbright as a ?Power Elite Law Firm,? Corporate Board Member magazine named Fulbright among the top 20 corporate law firms in the U.S. in their survey of board members of public companies, and International Law Office, based on survey responses received from international corporate counsel, awarded Fulbright the ?2005 Client Choice Award? as the top law firm for client service in the United States.

For more information, please visit www.fulbright.com.

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