Richard Menson, Henry Lawrie, Samuel Brkich and Sally Doubet King, employee benefits attorneys who were all partners in Gardner, Carton & Douglas, have joined McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, said Robert L. Burrus Jr., McGuire Woods chairman.
Mr. Menson will be the co-partner-in-charge of the Chicago office. He spent 25 years at Gardner Carton & Douglas, the last 20 as partner. Mr. Menson is a former chair of the American Bar Association's Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.
Mr. Lawrie will be leader of the firm's employee benefits and executive compensation group, which now consists of 13 lawyers