Hilary P. Gerzhoy was recently quoted in a National Law Journal article titled “From Guaranteed Comp to Ethics Screens, How Big Law Navigates the Revolving Door,” exploring the procedures and restrictions law firms and lawyers should consider to prevent ethical violations during lateral moves to private practice from the government.
Hilary commented on steps law firms should take when hiring a former government attorney as an equity partner, noting that the firm needs to ensure that the attorney is not sharing in fees generated for matters involving the government, while the attorney was still in government. She explained that “[w]hatever that revenue is from that particular matter has to be taken out of whatever the distribution is that the [former] government lawyer got” and gave an example to demonstrate one of many ways a law firm could approach this scenario.
Hilary is Vice Chair of HWG’s Legal Ethics and Malpractice Group. She represents lawyers and law firms in disciplinary investigations, prosecutions, and malpractice matters, and represents plaintiffs and defendants in civil and criminal litigation. Hilary is Vice Chair of the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee, teaches legal ethics at Georgetown University Law Center, and serves on Law360′s Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board.
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