Ex-Quinn Emanuel Lawyer Runs Strategy at Bankrupt USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics Inc. has found in-house legal help as it seeks to resolve sexual abuse claims against the bankrupt organization as the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics prepare to get underway in July.

Within the past month, USAG has recruited former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Debbie Leilani Shon as its chief strategy officer and Rebecca “Beckie” St. John as safety and compliance counsel, said a source briefed on the matter.

Shon, a former chair of Quinn Emanuel’s international trade practice in Washington who previously spent a decade as a litigator at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, disclosed her new role ...