Geoffrey Richards is one chiseled workout guy. He once dated Desiree Rogers, now White House social secretary, and is pals with Johnson Publishing Co. CEO Linda Johnson Rice.

“Chicks dig him, and that’s not true for everyone in our business,” says Mark Thomas, a Chicago bankruptcy attorney.

Professionally, Mr. Richards is focused on bulking up William Blair’s fledgling Special Situations & Restructuring boutique, where he landed in 2007 after six years as a bankruptcy attorney at Kirkland & Ellis LLP…..

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