Joseph K. West To Duane Morris LLP As Partner In Trial Practice Group, Co-Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph K. West is joining the firm as a partner in the Trial Practice Group in its Washington, D.C. office. West, who is currently President and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) in Washington, D.C., will also become Duane Morris’ Co-Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. West will join Duane Morris partner Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr. in leading the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and will then succeed Atkinson as the firm’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer in May 2016. West will officially join Duane Morris in January 2016.