Lynne Soutter is a member of the firm's Office of General Counsel. Lynne advises lawyers across offices on substantive legal questions about conflicts of interest and the rules of professional conduct. As counsel to the firm, Lynne serves as a resource to CICC, the OGC, and to other groups within the firm, providing ethics and risk management advice on a broad range of topics, including firm policies, vendor contracting, secondments, lobbying, government laterals, conflicts training and the onboarding of new partners, among other issues. She works closely with the firm's General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel to manage claims against the firm and supervise the Managing Clerk’s Office.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Lynne practiced law in the securities litigation and government investigations practice groups of WilmerHale LLP. She was honored by the Boston Bar Association for her representation of six men unlawfully detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in the landmark Supreme Court case, Boumediene v. Bush.