Jim Stapleton ’84 has joined Blank Rome, a law firm headquartered in Philadelphia with 13 offices nationwide, as chief business development and marketing officer. Stapleton will be based out of Blank Rome’s Washington, D.C., office and will be responsible for leading the firm’s business development, marketing, client service, and branding efforts. Prior to this role at Blank Rome, Stapleton served as chief business development and marketing officer of Dickinson Wright; before that, he was in the same role at Littler Mendelson and Fenwick & West.