A pair of longtime partners at Am Law 100 firms embarked on new post-legal careers this month in New York and Chicago.

JEFFREY SMITH, who made headlines back in 2012 for his decision to leave Cravath, Swaine & Moore for Crowell & Moring, recently left his role as a partner in the firm’s environmental and corporate groups to lead an interdisciplinary initiative at Fordham Law School focused on sustainability initiatives in the legal arena.