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Holland & Knight LLP is vastly expanding its private wealth services, announcing Monday it is adding all eight of the attorneys from 17-year-old Los Angeles-based private wealth services boutique Karlin & Pebbles LLP.
Legal leaders at tech and fintech companies like Robinhood, Alphabet, Coinbase and Meta enriched their holidays as each sold more than $2 million worth of stock in December.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has hired two attorneys who previously served in-house at the University of California to bolster its healthcare industry practice group.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP announced Monday it has brought on a partner to lead its land use practice, who joins the firm after 25 years as a name partner at a recently shuttered boutique.
A year after elevating its largest partner class in a decade, Morrison Foerster LLP announced Monday that it is elevating 21 lawyers in 16 practices for 2025, touting a more geographically diverse roster than the previous year.
Hogan Lovells announced a slightly smaller promotion class than last year's on Monday, elevating 28 attorneys to partner and 47 to counsel across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday the promotion of 22 lawyers to partnership, its largest ever partner class.
International law firm Withers has expanded its Los Angeles office by absorbing the eight-attorney boutique Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker, Withers announced Monday.
Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has appointed its Dallas-based appellate practice group chair to the role of general counsel, effective Jan. 1.
San Francisco-based Girard Sharp has kicked off the new year with a major leadership change, announcing Monday that Daniel C. Girard had stepped down as managing partner of the prominent plaintiffs complex litigation boutique he founded in 1995 and that longtime partner Dena C. Sharp was taking the reins.
Epic Games Inc.'s counsel expressed shock Friday that Apple has only rereviewed 21,000 of more than 50,000 documents Apple claims are attorney-client privileged in their antitrust fight, telling a California magistrate judge during a hearing the number is "deeply disturbing" and "very low."
Aided by attorneys from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, a group of women incarcerated at a California federal prison recently reached settlements with the Bureau of Prisons, including a consent decree and the agency’s largest-ever monetary settlement, to resolve claims of systemic sexual abuse at the notorious facility.
Two people filed lawsuits this week against a California law firm, alleging that it had promised to fix their debt problems but instead took hundreds of dollars from their bank accounts each month and did nothing to help.
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has bolstered its San Francisco office with a partner of nearly 10 years at Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, who brings experience in compliance and workplace litigation around a variety of California employment laws.
Large law firms engaged in more lateral hiring in 2024 than the year before, but a strong start to the year fizzled out with a substantial dip in hiring across all job categories in the fourth quarter, according to new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added five new members to its executive board, including four elected to the position and one who joins after being named the new chair of its finance department.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is launching a capital solutions team dedicated to advising private capital investors and companies on global situations across debt and equity, hybrid and structured solutions, joint ventures, rollups and spinouts, the firm announced last week.
After a year of expansion, management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Thursday announced its largest shareholder class in more than a decade.
Holland & Knight LLP announced associates in major U.S. markets will receive year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, with attorneys working in regional offices making smaller figures, according to a report.
Clark Hill PLC has announced it broke a firm record when it kicked the new year off by elevating nearly 30 attorneys to the membership class, the largest group of promotions in the firm's history.
The chief legal officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has resigned after her position was set to be restructured, according to a public filing.
A California federal judge has been dropped, for now, from litigation over an alleged assault during a party supposedly hosted at the jurist's Pasadena home with underage drinking and insufficient supervision.
Legal department hires in the past month included high-profile appointments at Eaton Corp., Conde Nast, Constellation Energy Corp. and Turing. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP elected three new partners effective at the start of the year, including attorneys whose practices span the real estate, land use, environmental and renewable energy industries, the real estate firm announced Thursday.
While for many the new year begins with resolutions to slim down, several firms across the U.S. have started 2025 either a little bit larger or with plans to get bigger.
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.
When crafting an appellate brief, the focus for most lawyers is the argument section, but other sections also offer strategic opportunities to shape the court's perception of the case and favorably frame the issues, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.
Recent approaches to hiring chief marketing officers demonstrate how firms are reimagining their marketing and business development frameworks to stay competitive and responsive to evolving client needs, says Murray Coffey at M Coffey.
Sarah Kovit Hanna at Assurant discusses how she balances the demands of her in-house role and the support needs of her son, who was diagnosed with autism, as a single mom, and reflects on how the legal industry can better support caretakers of family members who have special needs.
Debbie Berman at Jenner & Block offers advice on how attorneys can make a meaningful impact on their communities through pro bono work while enhancing their professional development through strengthened client-facing skills, hands-on experience and more.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm MarketerLiz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.