K&L Gates Promotes Leann Walsh to Partner, Expanding East Coast Employment Team to 8
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Updated · lawmagazine.bc.edu · Jul 2
K&L Gates Promotes Leann Walsh to Partner, Expanding East Coast Employment Team to 8
1 articles · Updated · lawmagazine.bc.edu · Jul 2
Summary
Leann Walsh, promoted to partner at K&L Gates in March 2020, has since built her Raleigh-based labor and employment practice into an eight-lawyer team—the firm’s largest U.S. employment group on the East Coast.
Covid-19 hit just as her promotion took effect, but Walsh said the workplace upheaval created urgent client demand for advice, giving her an opening to grow quickly by tackling new employment issues early.
That practice now advises domestic and international clients—from startups to public companies—on employee relations, internal investigations, compliance across jurisdictions, and employment litigation.
Walsh’s rise has been reinforced by industry recognition, including Triangle Business Journal’s 2022 40 Under 40, Chambers USA rankings for North Carolina labor and employment from 2023 to 2025, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.