WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colella Zefutie LLC is pleased to announce the addition of partner Alan Dickey to the firm. A Tulane Law School graduate and Marine Corps veteran with more than 24 years of commercial litigation experience, Mr. Dickey adds substantial depth to CZ Law’s capabilities. “I’ve known Alan since law school where we worked together on law review and then again years later in private practice at the former firm Patton Boggs. Alan is an exceptional lawyer, and it’s great to be working with him again,” says Co-Founder and Managing Partner Ugo Colella. “Our clients will be well-served with Alan’s strong work ethic and his mastery of details,” says Co-Founder and Partner John J. Zefutie, Jr., who also worked with Mr. Dickey at the former law firm of Patton Boggs.

Mr. Dickey joins CZ Law from Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, where he has been a partner since 2008 after joining as an associate there in 2004. Participating in numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations throughout the U.S., he has focused on advising banks, corporations, individuals, and foreign governments in large-scale, domestic and international litigation disputes. Mr. Dickey also has represented large foreign banks in response to investigations of their banking practices by U.S. regulatory authorities. Throughout his career, Mr. Dickey has employed an adaptable creative approach to new legal issues—always achieving effective and efficient results for his clients.

“I truly am excited for the opportunity to be working again along-side these two highly-talented, industrious, and conscientious lawyers,” Mr. Dickey said of Mr. Colella and Mr. Zefutie. “We have done great things together in the past, and we will do so again going forward. We are going solve a lot of complex problems for our clients,” he added.

Mr. Dickey will provide CZ Law with capabilities in Texas through its soon-to-be opened office in Austin.