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Nelson Mullins Adds Jones Day Corporate Pro In Atlanta
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has brought a Jones Day partner into its Atlanta office, bolstering its corporate practice with an attorney with experience in C-suite roles and as general counsel for companies, the firm said Thursday.
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V&E Adds FERC-Focused Energy Partner In DC From Sidley
Vinson & Elkins LLP has hired a 10-year veteran of Sidley Austin LLP who is bringing a practice focused on representing clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other energy regulators to a team that recently saw one of its own nominated to chair the agency.
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Law Firms Use Change Management To Calm AI Jitters
Norton Rose Fulbright is one of several BigLaw firms that is using change management strategies to boost adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools.
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Latham Welcomes NY Real Estate Atty From Haynes Boone
Latham & Watkins LLP has announced that it made another addition to its real estate practice, welcoming a New York-based attorney from Haynes Boone LLP.
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Fox Rothschild Hires Rosenberg Atty As Real Estate Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a former Rosenberg & Estis PC counsel as its new real estate department partner in its New York City office, the firm announced.
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Seyfarth Adds Bradley Arant Commercial Litigator In Charlotte
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added a former managing partner of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Charlotte, North Carolina, office to strengthen its national litigation practice.
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Alston & Bird Adds Ex-K&L Gates IP Litigator In Chicago
Alston & Bird LLP has hired an intellectual property litigator previously with K&L Gates LLP as a partner in its Chicago office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Sheppard Mullin Lands 21-Atty IP Team From Ropes & Gray
Continuing on efforts to grow its intellectual property group and build a nationally acclaimed patent litigation practice, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Thursday that it is bringing in a 21-attorney IP team from Ropes & Gray LLP.
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Litigation Spending To Keep Growing As Biz Risks Run High
Companies are likely to increase their spending on litigation next year, some by over 10%, as legal disputes become more complex, more contentious and more high-stakes, according to a new report out Thursday.
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2nd Circ. Won't Block Eletson Doc Transfer In Shipping Row
The Second Circuit on Wednesday declined Reed Smith LLP's emergency request to block the turnover of client files created amid its representation of Greece-based shipping company Eletson Holdings prior to an October 2024 reorganization, but agreed to refer the stay motion to a three-judge panel for consideration.
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Nelson Mullins Hires Freddie Mac Alumnus For RE Practice
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has added a commercial real estate expert from Freddie Mac's multifamily division to the firm's real estate capital markets practice.
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Saul Ewing Lands Greenspoon Marder Enviro Atty Trio In LA
Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its environmental team, bringing in a trio of Greenspoon Marder LLP litigators in the firm's Los Angeles office.
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Judge Grossman Rejoins Duane Morris As Of Counsel
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Grossman has rejoined Duane Morris LLP as of counsel in the firm's business reorganization and financial restructuring practice in New York, where he was a partner before his appointment to the bench, the firm announced Monday.
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Spencer Fane Adds Corporate, RE Attys In The Midwest
Spencer Fane LLP announced the addition of two new attorneys in the Midwest this week — a partner joining its corporate and business transactions group and a counsel joining its real estate group.
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Fried Frank Hires Ex-Wachtell IT Director As CIO
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of a chief information officer that most recently served as director of information technology at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.
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Womble Bond Hires Longtime Clifford Chance Leader In DC
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP has hired a career Clifford Chance LLP lawyer in Washington who served in a number of leadership roles with the firm in his more than 35 years there, including most recently as the global co-head of its risk team and leader of its U.S. regulatory investigations and financial crime group.
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How Top Firms Net Big Bucks With 'Limited Universe' Of Work
The narrative in the legal sector has long been that the largest law firms are gobbling up more pieces of the pie, and smaller firms are falling behind. But digging into data shows that when it comes to hours billed, BigLaw isn't seeing outsize growth after all — its smaller peers are.
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Polsinelli Hires Thompson Coburn Real Estate Atty In Chicago
A real estate transactional attorney who spent the majority of his legal career, including as a summer associate, at Thompson Coburn LLP has moved to Polsinelli PC's Chicago office, the firm has announced.
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O'Melveny Planning Office Move In Houston As Team Grows
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has inked a lease for a two-floor space in Houston's TC Energy Center tower as the firm's attorney roster has grown to more than 20 since the firm launched in the city about three years ago.
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Paul Hastings Hires Venture Capital Pro In Boston
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that it had hired the former leader of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's corporate and business transactions practice in Boston, touting his strong base of emerging company and venture capital clients.
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The Patent Workforce Is Attracting Fewer Attys, More Agents
The pool of patent practitioners registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has undergone a dramatic shift over the past few decades, with the number of attorneys taking the bar exam decreasing at the same time more patent agents are entering the field.
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Husch Blackwell Used 401(k) Cash To Pay Bills, Ex-Atty Says
A former Husch Blackwell LLP attorney sued the firm in Missouri federal court Tuesday, claiming it violated federal benefits law by delaying sending employees' 401(k) contributions to their retirement plan so that the cash could be used to pay for the firm's operating expenses.
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Office Snapshot: Kennedys Invests In US Presence At NJ Hub
Global insurance firm Kennedys announced a new location at The Park in Berkeley Heights for its New Jersey office — which houses much of the firm’s business operations staff — as the firm continues to invest in expansion in the United States.
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Willkie Taps PE Head To Co-Lead The Firm In 2027
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that the nearly decade-long head of its private equity practice will step up to co-lead the firm as its joint chairman at the start of 2027.
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Cooley Adds Ex-McDermott Atty As Activism Defense Head
Cooley LLP has added an attorney previously with McDermott Will & Schulte as the new chair of its activism defense practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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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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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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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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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.