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Rising Star: Kirkland's Katie Roddy
Katie Roddy of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Hudson Pacific Properties on its $700 million sale of a shuttered Los Angeles mall to UCLA after the pandemic complicated Hudson's office redevelopment plans, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Kirkland's Thomas Prommer
Thomas Prommer of Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as lead counsel on a $7.5 billion private credit facility co-led by Blackstone and Magnetar Capital that provided cloud computing company CoreWeave with critical capital for expanding operations, earning him a spot among the complex financial instruments law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Covington's David Lefebvre
Covington & Burling LLP's David Lefebvre's practice sits at the center of the changing landscape of media and entertainment programming and includes participating in forming the recent multibillion-dollar Disney joint venture with Reliance Industries in India, earning him a spot among the practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Moore & Van Allen's Kate Wellman
Kate Wellman of Moore & Van Allen helped a systemically important bank transition loan portfolios tied to U.S. dollar Libor and the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index, earning her a spot among compliance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Crowell & Moring's New Dallas Leader Talks Landing In Texas
Law360 Pulse caught up with Crowell & Moring LLP partner Scott Williams to discuss taking the helm of the firm's new Dallas office.
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Tax Pro From V&E Joins Loeb & Loeb's DC Office As Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP has expanded its tax, corporate and capital markets capabilities with the addition of a veteran tax attorney from Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
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Simpson Thacher Lands Kirkland M&A Atty In Boston
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has brought on a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner to its mergers and acquisitions practice in Boston.
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Atty Leaves Montana Firm For Tucker Arensberg In Pittsburgh
A move across the country to new surroundings at Tucker Arensberg PC's Pittsburgh office has given a seasoned attorney the opportunity to expand the scope of his litigation practice into new areas.
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Willkie, Duane Morris, Latham Adopt Harvey's AI Platform
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP said Wednesday that it is rolling out Harvey's AI platform across the firm, following on the heels of Duane Morris LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Lewis Brisbois Mass Tort Pro Joins Husch Blackwell
Husch Blackwell LLP on Tuesday announced the hiring of a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asbestos and benzene litigation expert for its technology, manufacturing and transportation industry group, and as a member of its toxic tort practice.
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How Law Firms Are Future-Proofing IT Talent And Leadership
Law firm IT teams are rethinking their strategies to address innovation challenges, develop internal talent and ensure robust succession planning, according to insights shared by industry leaders at a legal technology conference on Wednesday.
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Longtime Education Dept. Attys Launch DC Boutique
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that cleared the way for almost 1,400 layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, three longtime attorneys from the agency's general counsel's office announced Wednesday that they've launched an education-focused boutique in the nation's capital.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Investment Firm GC In Southern Calif.
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought in the general counsel at the investment firm Gores Group as a shareholder in its Southern California offices in Los Angeles and Orange County.
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Gordon Rees Names New Leaders For Northern California
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is shaking up its management team, announcing Tuesday it has tapped two veteran employment attorneys to become the co-managing partners of its six Northern California offices, starting in February.
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Rising Star: Benesch's Meegan Brooks
Meegan Brooks of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has helped her retail clients fend off millions of dollars in potential liability by convincing judges to toss cases claiming Ulta and Peet's Coffee pushed illegal nondisparagement agreements and by shutting down claims that Aeropostale hosted deceptive sales, earning her a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day."
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Truist Wants Out Of Law Firm's $94K Wire Scam Suit
Truist Financial Corp. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss a law firm's suit over a botched real estate wire transfer, arguing in a dismissal motion that the firm named the wrong entity in its complaint, but that even if the correct Truist had been named, the claims must fail as a matter of law.
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Rising Star: Latham's Clare Nida
Clare Nida of Latham & Watkins LLP represented a client who faced scrutiny during a long-running multinational fraud investigation, ultimately helping the client to avoid prosecution and earning a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Dallas Legal Market Exploding With Rise Of 'Y'all Street'
As the Dallas region experiences a march of corporate relocations and expansions in a state enacting business-friendly policies, law firms are gearing up to meet the rising demand for legal services and get a piece of the action from the financial hub locals call "Y'all Street."
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Katten Adds King & Spalding Executive Compensation Pro
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added an experienced executive compensation attorney from King & Spalding LLP in the nation's capital.
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Taft Continues Growth Strategy With Morris Manning Merger
The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
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Holland & Knight Hires Sen. Cornyn Tax Counsel In DC
The former senior tax counsel for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who worked for the lawmaker for almost two decades on appropriations, taxation, banking and other finance-related issues, has joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation group.
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Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.
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Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Avi Kupfer
Avi Kupfer of Mayer Brown LLP has used his unique governmental experience as a litigator and administrator to, as a private practitioner, help clients such as the U.S. Postal Service navigate the intricacies of administrative law, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Joshua Morey
Joshua Morey of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has racked up several trade wins for the U.S. domestic industry, including duty orders on aluminum sheets imported from 16 countries, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.