King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that Phyllis B. Sumner, who most recently served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, has joined the firm as a partner in its business litigation group. Sumner brings to the firm extensive experience handling complex, high-profile matters, including the cases against Centennial Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph and former Mayor of Atlanta Bill Campbell. At King & Spalding she will focus her practice on complex financial and other commercial litigation matters, as well as internal corporate investigations. "Phyllis is a highly qualified, highly regarded and well-known trial lawyer whom we are very proud to welcome back to the firm," said Daniel J. King, the leader of King & Spalding's Atlanta business litigation group.