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Smith Currie Taps Construction Law Vet As New Leader
Smith Currie Oles LLP announced a new managing partner this week, with a Seattle-based partner who joined as part of a 2023 merger stepping into the role.
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NJ Atty Calls Fla. Bar's High Fees Unconstitutional
A New Jersey lawyer urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to revive his suit accusing the Florida Board of Bar Examiners of violating the dormant commerce clause by charging out-of-state attorneys disproportionately high fees to sit for the Florida bar exam.
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Law Firms Merged At Record Rates In 2025 Amid Talent War
A record 59 law firm combinations were completed in 2025, 21 of which involved the largest 200 firms by revenue, according to statistics released by SurePoint Legal Insights, formerly Leopard Solutions, on Tuesday.
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How Associates Can Financially Prep For Equity Partnership
The transition from steady pay as an associate to dealing with the financial nuances of being an equity partner calls for great diligence in how young attorneys manage their finances.
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Brown Sims Names 1st New Leader In 25 Years
Insurance defense firm Brown Sims PC has elected a Houston-based shareholder to serve as the firm's president, its first change in the top leadership role in a quarter century.
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Gibson Dunn Mentor Program Sets Up Attys For Success
January is National Mentoring Month. Law360 heard from attorneys who are in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s firmwide mentorship program about its top benefits.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.
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DarrowEverett Brings On 10 Attys In Florida Firm Tie-Up
National business law firm DarrowEverett LLP has entered the Tampa legal market by bringing aboard the attorneys and support staff from Saxon Gilmore & Carraway PA, adding 10 lawyers for what represents the firm's third Florida office.
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16 McGlinchey Attys Join Spencer Fane Ahead Of Closure
A team of 16 former McGlinchey Stafford PLLC financial service attorneys, eight of them partners, have joined Spencer Fane LLP, the latest group of McGlinchey Stafford attorneys to find new homes after the firm announced its closure earlier this month.
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Fla. Law Firm Can't Escape $35M Suit Over Merger Collapse
Florida law firm Hoffman & Hoffman PA can't escape a $35 million lawsuit accusing the firm of interfering with the proposed purchase of a telecommunications company by representing to the buyer that the firm's software developer client owned a larger claim to the company than he actually did.
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Vedder Price Shortens Name In Rebranding Effort
Chicago-based law firm Vedder Price PC will now go by the name Vedder and has debuted a new website in an effort to better serve clients and employees.
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Fox Rothschild Updates Leadership Team With Eye On Future
Both the managing partner and chair of Fox Rothschild LLP will start new terms in those positions in the spring, when a firm co-chair will join the leadership team to prepare for a possible transition to serving the role independently.
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Bressler Names New Commercial Litigation Leaders
Bressler Amery & Ross PC has picked a new leadership duo for its commercial litigation group, tapping a Florida-based insurance expert and a trial attorney in New Jersey with experience working on high-profile cases, including litigation against New York City over claims stemming from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus
About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Phelps Lands Real Estate Pro From Clark Partington In Florida
Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Monday that it has added a partner in Florida to help bolster its capacity to handle real estate development, business and other matters.
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Hodgson Russ Taps NY Estates Atty As Managing Partner
Hodgson Russ LLP announced Monday that it is tapping a New York trusts and estates lawyer to lead the firm as managing partner during a continued period of growth.
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Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report
The Florida Bar has decided to not discipline former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was briefly President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, despite the House ethics committee's findings that Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including with a minor.
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Boston Firm Cohn & Dussi Expands To Florida With Atty Duo
Cohn & Dussi LLC is breaking into South Florida after more than three decades headquartered in Boston, bringing on a pair of partners to help grow the firm's first expansion outside of Massachusetts.
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How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents
As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.
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3 Becker Attys Join Association Law Group In Florida
A trio of former Becker & Poliakoff attorneys have brought their practices to Florida condominium and homeowners association firm Association Law Group.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms launched new practices, hired attorneys and reported record-breaking lobbying figures. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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ABA Outlines Limited Atty Duty To Give Info To Former Clients
The American Bar Association said attorneys have a limited responsibility to convey information to former clients or successor counsel that was not within the client's file, when doing so is necessary to protect a client's interests and reasonably practicable, according to a new ethics opinion.
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Greenberg Traurig Grows In Fla. With Solo Public Finance Ace
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Thursday that it is continuing the expansion of its Tallahassee, Florida, office with the addition of a public finance and infrastructure practice shareholder who was previously running his own practice.
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Duane Morris Promotes 14 Attorneys To Partner
Duane Morris LLP has promoted 14 associates and special counsel across seven U.S. offices into the firm's partnership, a move that Chairman Matthew Taylor said in a statement reflected optimism for the firm's future.
Expert Analysis
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How Firms Can Manage DEI Commitments Amid Headwinds
By recalibrating how they structure and communicate their inclusion efforts, law firms can reduce legal exposure and preserve their values, says Angela Vallot at VallotKarp Consulting.
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Key Ingredients For Effective Law Firm Strategic Planning
As the legal industry faces political turmoil and economic uncertainty, the time is ripe for firms to revisit their strategic plans, ensuring they contain a few essential elements — from accountability systems to broad-based input — to achieve sustainable growth and profitability, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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AI-Powered Biz Development Can Democratize Rainmaking
As fluency in artificial intelligence becomes a competitive imperative in the legal industry, the next generation of rainmakers likely won’t be defined by their Rolodexes or club memberships, but by their ability to leverage AI business development tools effectively, says Jessica Aries at By Aries.
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How Law Students Can Effectively Use AI In Their Job Search
Law students can use artificial intelligence tools strategically throughout the job application process to review materials, prepare for interviews and navigate employers’ use of similar tools, but there are several key missteps they should be careful to avoid, says Lauren Wong at University of San Diego School of Law.
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An After-Placement Plan Maximizes Legal Content's Potential
Before landing a published quote, feature or interview, law firms should articulate the content’s purpose and develop a strategic plan for repurposing it to ensure they’re aligning public relations efforts with measurable business outcomes, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should I Coordinate Pro Bono Projects?
Julie LaEace at Perkins Coie offers tips for attorneys acting as pro bono coordinators, including how to choose appropriate projects, how to encourage participation and why it is important to keep in touch with legal aid partner organizations.
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6 Strategies For Navigating Legal Leadership Transitions
Amid uncertainty in the legal job market, attorneys who are considering a transition to a leadership role must fundamentally reimagine their approach to value creation and develop a new set of skills, say Stacy Bratcher at Cottage Health and Michael Watkins at Genesis Advisers.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Crafting Responsible AI Policies
As the legal industry increasingly looks to impose responsive guardrails for artificial intelligence use, firms and organizations’ internal use policies, outside counsel guidelines and vendor contracts can address confidentiality and data retention concerns in several ways, say attorneys at KXT Law.
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6 Ways To Build Pro Bono Culture If You Lack Dedicated Staff
Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin.
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Attorneys often limit the impact of their thought leadership by letting their content languish after initial publication, but through four easy strategies for retooling existing content, they can maximize its reach and further their business development goals, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Why Law Firm Leaders Should Care About Student Debt Crisis
As the student debt crisis evolves under changing federal policies, firms that proactively address the burden will have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining the best young lawyers, says Brian Kabateck at Kabateck.
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Talking Mental Health: Encouraging New Attys To Find Joy
Rudene Haynes at Hunton discusses her experiences as a hiring partner, common sources of stress that newer attorneys face and steps that law firms can take to protect their attorneys' mental health and encourage personal life fulfillment.
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Fla. Bar's Cyber Incident Response Plan Sets Precedent
The incident response plan developed by the Florida Bar's cybersecurity and privacy committee might not seem all that consequential, but it's a long overdue framework that could go a long way toward protecting the highly sensitive data law firms handle — and could even set a model for other professional organizations to follow, says Chris Boehm at Zero Networks.
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Why Attorneys Should Write About Justices' Minority Opinions
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s searing dissents this past term serve as a reminder for attorneys to analyze U.S. Supreme Court minority opinions in their thought leadership for three key reasons, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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3 Business Development Lessons From Mozart's 'Magic Flute'
Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” offers a useful framework for attorneys to build relationships and develop new business, inspired by Prince Tamino’s curiosity, courage and consistency, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.