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Overview
Diversity Around Covington
Diversity Spotlight
Leaders in Diversity
Newly Elected Diverse Partners
Recruiting the Best & Brightest
Retaining Our Diverse Talent
Work-Life Balance
Women’s Forum
Diversity Update
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Meet our newly elected diverse partners
In October of 2012, Covington promoted 15 associates and counsel to equity partner; five are diverse. This most recent group of lawyers continue Covington’s tradition of recognized excellence in legal counsel and the highest standards of client service. Our newly elected diverse partners are Shaoyu Chen, Holly Fechner, Rukesh Korde, Ingrid Rechtin, and Simone Ross.
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Shaoyu Chen is the managing director of Covington’s China Food and Drug Practice Group. He has over 10 years of experience in food and drug law, including serving as assistant chief counsel in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Chief Counsel, as senior counsel at California-based Amgen Inc., and as chief compliance counsel for GE Healthcare (China). Mr. Chen represents pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food, dietary supplement, and cosmetic companies in matters before the China State Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. FDA, and other government agencies. A native of China, he received his undergraduate degree from Peking University and his law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
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Holly Fechner is a leader of the firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs Practice Group. She came to Covington after years of public service as policy director for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Ms. Fechner handles public policy, legislative, and regulatory matters for clients in healthcare, tax, intellectual property, employee benefits, energy, and education. Drawing on her extensive congressional and private sector experience, she offers clients comprehensive advocacy services, including strategic advice and substantive expertise. She graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and with honors from Oberlin College. Ms. Fechner clerked for Judge John Feikens of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is an adjunct visiting lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Rukesh Korde has for more than a decade focused on commercial litigation and complex insurance coverage cases. He has advised clients and litigated cases seeking insurance for property damage, business interruption, contingent business interruption, extra expense, civil authority, construction defect, E&O, D&O, asbestos, life, and environmental claims. Mr. Korde received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He holds an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Columbia University, both in philosophy. He clerked for the late Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Ingrid Rechtin practices in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Her corporate experience includes public and private mergers and acquisitions, finance and general corporate matters, and she has represented a number of companies in the technology and clean tech sectors. Ms. Rechtin recently served on the Covington team representing Microsoft Corp. in its $1.056 billion acquisition of the majority of AOL Inc.’s patent portfolio and a related deal under which Facebook, Inc. acquired from Microsoft the right to purchase a portion of the AOL portfolio. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. from Stanford University.
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Simone Ross is a litigator who specializes in white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and complex civil litigation. She has represented corporate and individual clients in parallel criminal and civil proceedings conducted by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state agencies, as well as in congressional investigations. Ms. Ross previously served as an assistant counsel in the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility, and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University with distinction and from Georgetown University Law Center, respectively. She clerked for the late Judge Aubrey E. Robinson Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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