Quinn Emanuel Partner Featured in Interview with Law.com: "How I made Practice Group Chair"

In a recent interview with Law.com, Quinn Emanuel Partner Sarah Heaton Concannon discusses her career and journey to becoming Chair of the firm’s SEC Enforcement Defense Practice.

Following her tenure as a senior trial lawyer and advisor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., Sarah joined Quinn Emanuel in 2021. The firm quickly recognized her talents and unmatched expertise, appointing her to Chair of the SEC Enforcement Defense Practice. For Sarah, “you can either lead or follow,” and taking on a leadership role at the firm has allowed her to help build the future of what the practice will look like in the future.

Throughout the interview, Sarah stresses the importance of flexibility and continued learning throughout one’s career and recommends that all attorneys adopt this mentality. Citing the wide variety of cases that come across her desk, Sarah mentions that “every day of my practice I feel like I am learning something new. That keeps me thriving and excited about my practice.”

Read the full interview (subscription required) here.