In the law firmsRopes & Gray LLP has named New York-based partner David C. Djaha as managing partner-elect of the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2020, following the retirement of current managing partner David C. Chapin.Djaha is a member of the firm’s governing policy committee and has led the global real estate investments and transactions group since 2012.• Foley & Lardner LLP added Michael Pitts to the firm’s business development and marketing department as a client development executive.Prior to …