• The Council on Legal Education Opportunity has named the law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as an inaugural honoree of the William A. Blakey Diversity Pipeline Architects group, comprised of law firms, corporations, associations, law schools and individuals who have played a critical role in the financial viability of CLEO. The recognition is in honor of the late William "Buddy" Blakey, CLEO's council chairman emeritus. CLEO is a nonprofit entity of the American Bar Association that aims to diversify the legal profession.
• Perkins Coie has added David Olsky in the firm's securities litigation practice in New York and Denver as a senior counsel. Olsky joins the firm from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
