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O'Melveny Elects Chair To 4th Term, Extending Role To 2029
The longtime chair of O'Melveny & Myers will hold the position for five more years following his recent election to serve another term as the firm's leader.
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McDermott Eyes White Collar Growth With Orrick FCPA Pros
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Thursday the addition of a seven-partner team from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP that will focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the False Claims Act, saying it hired the team with an eye toward its white collar and government investigation capabilities.
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Ex-Troutman Pepper Data Director Launches Consulting Biz
A former director of data science, strategy and analytics at Troutman Pepper has announced that he has started his own consulting firm called Legal DnA Strategies LLC.
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Katten Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Securities Litigation Co-Chair
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a longtime Paul Hastings LLP attorney who was global co-chair of his former firm's securities litigation practice for its New York office.
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Sidley Product Liability Ace Jumps To Shook Hardy In LA
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has brought on a longtime Sidley Austin LLP partner and practice co-chair with expertise in large, high-stakes class action litigation and product liability around pharmaceuticals, medical devices and more to its product liability practice group in Los Angeles.
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Holland & Knight Adds Partner To Va. Real Estate Team
Holland & Knight LLP hired Samuel Young for a partner position in the firm's real estate capital markets team in its office in Richmond, Virginia, the firm announced.
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From Prosecutor To Firm Owner, Attys Start From Scratch
Starting your own firm is a gamble for any lawyer, but it can feel particularly daunting for federal prosecutors, for whom leaving a job in the U.S. attorney's office can often feel like starting over completely.
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Nelson Mullins Hires Clark Hill FERC Regulatory Atty
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired a former Clark Hill PLC member who focuses his practice on helping clients understand Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations and processes, the firm recently announced.
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Dechert Wants Its Attorneys To Be More Creative
International law firm Dechert LLP wants its lawyers to unlearn some of what they picked up in law school about being an attorney so they can be more creative and innovative to offer better advice and services to their clients.
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Kirkland Associate Is Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Queen
Kirkland & Ellis corporate associate Grace O'Connor will be reigning over the 69th annual Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday as parade queen, in an event she described as "honoring the rich heritage of my ancestors and embracing the dynamic spirit of [the] Irish American community that you can see everywhere in the city."
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Davis Wright's Managing Partner Steps Down From Post
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's firmwide managing partner Scott MacCormack is stepping down after nearly three years at the helm, and the firm is appointing its Seattle office leader as an interim leader to guide the transition, the firm confirmed Wednesday.
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BigLaw Paper Poacher Gets 15 Mos. In Merck Insider Case
A Manhattan federal judge hit a former FBI trainee from Pennsylvania with a 15-month prison sentence Wednesday for illegally trading on a Merck & Co. deal using secrets gleaned from legal papers in the possession of his BigLaw ex-girlfriend.
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Ex-Theranos Compliance Head Joins Quarles & Brady In Calif.
Quarles & Brady LLP announced Wednesday it added an attorney with more than 20 years of in-house experience, including two years with the blood-testing company Theranos Inc.
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Ex-Alston & Bird Aide Should Arbitrate Vax Suit, Judge Says
A former Alston & Bird LLP aide fired for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 should have to take her discrimination claims against the firm to arbitration, a Georgia magistrate judge recommended Wednesday.
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Perkins Coie Post-Grant Leader Heads to Goodwin In DC
Goodwin Procter LLP announced Wednesday that it hired the co-chair of Perkins Coie LLP's post-grant practice as an intellectual property litigation partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
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Armstrong Teasdale Trial Atty Joins Fox Rothschild In NY
Fox Rothschild LLP became another firm investing in its white collar services when it welcomed a former Armstrong Teasdale LLP attorney to its New York office.
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New Seyfarth Role To Help Firm And Clients Steer ESG
Seyfarth Shaw LLP said Wednesday that it is creating a new impact and sustainability partner role to help both the firm and its clients develop business practices centered on "the increasingly regulated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape."
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Jackson Lewis Brings On Three Genova Burns Leaders In NJ
Jackson Lewis PC scooped up three practice group leaders from Genova Burns LLC this week, bringing their expertise on a range of employment areas from compliance and human resources to employment litigation.
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Davis Wright's Revenue Grows, Partners Reach $1M Mark
As the firm expands beyond its Seattle roots, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has continued a decade-long streak of income growth with a 9% increase in revenue last year.
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Orrick Hires Ex-Akin Employment Atty, DOJ Veteran In DC
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP said Wednesday it has added an experienced attorney who formerly worked at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and as a deputy chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Employment Litigation Section.
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Husch Blackwell's 'Long-Term Play' Boosts Revenue 10%
Husch Blackwell LLP added 111 laterals in 2023 and boosted its revenue 10.2% year over year even as some of the firm's other financial performance metrics declined, results the law firm's chief executive, Jamie Lawless, said are part of a "long-term play."
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The Lessons Baker McKenzie Is Learning From Its AI Practice
Baker McKenzie officially launched its artificial intelligence transformation and machine learning group, called BakerML, in 2021, predating most other BigLaw firms that established their AI practices nearly two years later.
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King & Spalding Hires Paul Hastings Finance Pro
King & Spalding LLP has appointed Paul Hastings LLP finance expert Peter Schwartz as partner in its London office in a bid to boost its European corporate practice.
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Firms Trimmed Entry-Level Hiring Amid Demand Shifts In 2023
As the legal market adjusted from the post-pandemic hiring surge, law firms across the U.S. scaled back their recruitment efforts for entry-level associates last year, a result of firms realigning talent strategies to better serve clients' demands over the long term, a report Tuesday from the National Association for Law Placement found.
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Anatomy Of Attrition: A Look At Law's Biggest Mergers
After a law firm announces it's adding 100 or more lawyers via a merger, what does that then look like a year, two years or more later? How many lawyers stay with the merged firm? How many leave?