Pillsbury Unveils D.C. Litigator as New Firm Leader

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to announce on Tuesday that partner David T. Dekker is its new chairman-elect.

The election of Dekker, 59, a civil litigation and alternative disputes practitioner based in Washington, D.C., comes at a critical time for Pillsbury, which is in exploratory discussions with Chadbourne & Parke in a deal that could create a $810 million grossing law firm, placing it among the top 50 largest in the United States by revenue.

The succession plan, however, is unrelated to the merger discussions, Big Law Business understands. Dekker does not officially takeover as chairman until January 2017 and until then ...