Potter Anderson & Corroon Hires Director of Associate Development and Recruitment

WILMINGTON, Del. – Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is pleased to announce Kimberly L. Gattuso has joined the firm as Director of Associate Development and Recruiting. 

In this newly created role, Ms. Gattuso will serve as a resource for the firm’s associates and oversee professional development initiatives including training, evaluations, and associate life at the firm.  She will communicate with associates regarding firm information and policies, work assignment and work satisfaction issues, and other topics of interest to associates.  In addition, Ms. Gattuso will work closely with the firm’s Hiring Partner to direct all aspects of the firm’s recruiting program. 

“Recruiting and associate development and retention are critical to the future of every law firm and we thought it was important to have a dedicated resource for associates from their initial contact with our firm,” said David B. Brown, Chairman of Potter Anderson.  “We have a superb group of associates whom we value highly, and we created this unique position to help us recruit, develop and effectively manage those associates.”

In collaboration with the firm’s leadership and human resources department, Ms. Gattuso will lead orientation for new associates, enhance the firm’s mentoring program, and develop training designed to educate new associates and keep more senior associates current in their fields.  She also will oversee the summer associate program and the hiring of lateral associates.

“Having been an associate attorney myself, I have an inside perspective and understanding of the issues and concerns confronting young lawyers today,” said Ms. Gattuso.

Ms. Gattuso is a member of the Delaware Bar and served as special counsel in the corporate governance practice at Saul Ewing LLP prior to joining Potter Anderson.  Ms. Gattuso was also a law clerk to the Honorable Henry duPont Ridgely, President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware, now Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware.  She received her J.D. from Widener University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Delaware.

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is a general practice law firm based in Wilmington, Delaware, which has been providing legal advice to some of the largest national and multinational corporations, as well as to local businesses, governmental and non-profit entities and individuals, for more than 180 years.  For more information about the firm, visit the firm’s Web site at www.potteranderson.com.

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