Foley’s Announcement of Daljit Doogal as Next Chairman and CEO Receives Widespread Media Coverage
January 28, 2022
Foley & Lardner LLP recently announced that Daljit S. Doogal will be the firm’s next Chairman and CEO, succeeding Jay Rothman later this spring. Doogal, a business lawyer in the firm’s Detroit office, is a member of Foley’s Management Committee and has previously held numerous leadership positions at the firm, including managing partner of the Detroit office and chair of the firm’s Business Law Department.
The announcement has received significant media coverage, including:
- The American Lawyer, “Detroit Partner Elected New Chairman and CEO of Foley & Lardner”
- Bloomberg Law, “Foley & Lardner’s New Chair Sees Focus on Fast-Changing Sectors”
- Reuters, “Foley & Lardner elects new CEO as leader heads to University of Wisconsin”
- Law360, “Foley Elects Longtime Business Law Partner As CEO”
- Attorney at Law Magazine, “Foley Announces Daljit Doogal as Chairman and CEO”
- Crain’s Detroit Business, “Detroit attorney named CEO of Foley & Lardner”
- DBusiness, “Detroit Attorney Daljit Doogal Named Chairman and CEO of Foley and Lardner”
- Detroit Legal News, “Doogal named Foley & Lardner’s new chairman, CEO”
- Milwaukee Business Journal, “Foley & Lardner’s Milwaukee office will retain prominence despite Detroit CEO: Rothman”
- Milwaukee Business Journal, “Foley & Lardner’s Jay Rothman selected to lead UW System; law firm names successor”
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Milwaukee’s largest law firm has named a new chair and chief executive officer. His predecessor was just named UW System’s new president.”
- Wisconsin Law Journal, “Foley names Daljit Doogal next chairman and CEO”
- Texas Lawyer, “‘We’ve Got an Honorary Texan Taking the Helm,’ Says Managing Partner of Dallas Office of Foley & Lardner”
- Axios, “Axios Pro Rata”
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