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Bressler Adds 4 Attys From Austin Transactions Boutique
Bressler Amery & Ross PC announced that it added four attorneys including two partners with corporate and commercial transaction experience from Austin, Texas, boutique firm Pearce Shambach PLLC.
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Meet The Attys Surrounding Pa. Wealth Manager In Fraud Case
By the time Scott Mason and his company Rubicon Wealth Management were hit with criminal and regulatory enforcement claims alleging he stole $20 million from clients, the suburban Philadelphia wealth manager was already defending multiple civil lawsuits in Pennsylvania state court.
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Banner Witcoff Elects New Leaders, Promotes Partners
Chicago and Washington, D.C., intellectual property firm Banner Witcoff has elected a longtime partner as its new president and named two new members of its board, the firm announced Monday.
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Hall Booth Cybersecurity Pro Returns To Shumaker In Fla.
A former Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP attorney has returned to the firm to serve as a partner in its data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance team in Sarasota, Florida, following a stint with Hall Booth Smith PC, the firm announced Monday.
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KPMG Partner On The Ethics Of Its Arizona Law Firm
KPMG is on the verge of becoming the first Big Four accounting firm to have its own legal practice in the U.S. — a milestone that could potentially disrupt the traditional law firm model and also raises several ethical concerns. KPMG's Christian Athanasoulas spoke to Law360 Pulse about these concerns, as well as the role of AI in its legal practice and the broader impact across the legal profession.
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Atty Grows Business Services With Move To Saxton & Stump
A transactional attorney looking to expand services for his clients has moved his practice to Saxton & Stump's Lancaster, Pennsylvania, office after more than five years with Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC.
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Why Snell & Wilmer Moved San Diego Shop 3 Times In 5 Years
Steffi Gascón Hafen, the San Diego office managing partner for Snell & Wilmer LLP, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss what has led the firm to relocate the shop three times since arriving in the city in 2020.
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Mergers On The Rise: A Shift For Regional Law Firms
As the legal industry grows ever more competitive, smaller regional firms are seeking new strategies to level the playing field with their larger counterparts. The solution many are turning to? Mergers.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Phillips Black Inc., Ridley McGreevy & Winocur PC and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court revived claims from a woman on death row in Oklahoma that prosecutors unfairly sex-shamed her and relied on gender-based stereotypes to convince a jury that she had killed her estranged husband for insurance money.
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Fla.-Based Butler Weihmuller Names HR Leader As COO
Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP has tapped one of its longtime Florida-based human resources professionals to be the next chief operating officer of the firm, making her the first-ever woman to hold that role.
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Office Snapshot: Marshall Dennehey Recommits To Philly HQ
Marshall Dennehey's Philadelphia headquarters will stay put for at least another decade after the firm renewed its lease this month at 2000 Market Street, in the heart of the downtown Center City District.
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Connell Foley Leader Charts Path For The Future In 2nd Term
Tim Corriston is beginning his second term as managing partner of Connell Foley LLP — the firm where he's spent his entire legal career since 1987 — and he told Law360 Pulse that his thoughts are on the kind of firm he's going to leave for future attorneys.
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Mayer Brown, 4 Others Win NY State Cybersecurity Contract
Mayer Brown LLP, Venable LLP and three other law firms were awarded a five-year New York state contract for cybersecurity legal services including planning for cyberattacks, incident response and creating data protection policies, according to the New York State Office of General Services.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Burr & Forman's work on an asset management company sale and Brownstein Hyatt handling a challenge to federal land redesignation on behalf of the Navajo Nation lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 10 to 14.
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Longtime Benesch Head Talks Of Growth, Plans For Next Term
After being unanimously elected to his fourth term as head of Ohio-based firm Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, Gregg Eisenberg says that he is looking to continue on with the same strategy that has seen the firm significantly expand its geographic reach and headcount during his tenure.
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FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split
One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.
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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.
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Flaster Greenberg Litigation, Bankruptcy Chairs Join Board
Flaster Greenberg PC announced that the firm's litigation and bankruptcy chairs have been appointed to its nine-person board of directors, replacing two former members including the chair of its corporate and business department.
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Burr & Forman Taps UNC General Counsel As New COO
Burr & Forman LLP announced Thursday that the former vice chancellor and general counsel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will join the firm at the start of March as its new chief operating officer.
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Law Firms Beef Up E-Discovery Hiring As Vendors Stay 'Lean'
The landscape of e-discovery hiring appears to have undergone a noticeable shift in 2024, with law firms emerging as the primary employers for the first time in recent memory.
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In A Recruiting 'Wild West,' Law Firms Expand Internal Teams
The last five years have brought with them some major changes in both new lawyer and lateral attorney recruiting, according to experts, leaving large law firms scrambling to find internal recruiting professionals to navigate what some are calling the "Wild West" of hiring.
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Chiesa Shahinian Names 3 Litigation Leaders
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC announced Wednesday that three of its litigation attorneys have been promoted to leadership roles at the firm, including one who was appointed the group's co-chair.
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Tarter Krinsky Announces 4 Leadership Appointments
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP has announced four leadership appointments, elevating two attorneys to practice chair roles and two members of senior management to C-Suite positions.
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Connell Foley Fights DQ Bid In Investment Firm's Bias Suit
A group of current and former New Jersey state officials blasted a motion to disqualify their counsel at Connell Foley LLP in a discrimination suit from a Black-owned investment firm in New Jersey federal court, calling the move a frivolous and bad faith stalling tactic.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.