Graphia returns to Kean Miller

About a month after resigning from the Jindal administration, attorney Gary Graphia has returned to Kean Miller. Graphia was a partner in the firm until leaving in 1999 to become chief legal officer at The Shaw Group, which recently was acquired by CB&I. He later served as executive vice president of corporate development and strategy and as Shaw’s chief operating officer. During his tenure, Shaw completed three major acquisitions: Stone & Webster in 2000, IT Group in 2002, and a stake in Westinghouse in 2006. He retired from Shaw on May 1, 2012, and was subsequently appointed executive counsel for Gov. Bobby Jindal in October, only to resign in January. Thomas Enright took over as the governor’s executive counsel. Graphia’s title at Kean Miller is “of counsel,” and he will work with the business, corporate, and litigation strategy teams, says firm spokesman Steve Boutwell, adding that Graphia’s experience as a C-level executive with a Fortune 500 company brings a “unique perspective” to the firm. —David Jacobs