Diversity Leader to Join Duane Morris

Joseph K. West, the current president and chief executive officer of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, will join Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s trial practice group in Washington in January.

In addition to his litigation practice, West will also become the co-chief diversity and inclusion officer at the firm, along with partner Nolan Atkinson, Jr., the lawyer who first held the position at the firm; West will succeed Atkinson next May.

“My time at MCCA has been incredibly fulfilling, both personally and professionally,” said West, who also was a moderator at Big Law Business’s diversity & ...