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MVP: Fenwick's Douglas Cogen
Douglas Cogen of Fenwick & West LLP's life sciences practice guided cardiovascular device company Shockwave Medical through a record-breaking acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, while he simultaneously shepherded multiple biopharma companies through multibillion-dollar deals, earning him recognition as a 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Hogan Lovells' Stacy Hadeka
Stacy Hadeka's work in the last year bringing two successful challenges to the award of a roughly $900 million contract from the Office of Refugee Resettlement to transport unaccompanied migrant children has earned the Hogan Lovells LLP partner a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.
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Ex-Morgan Lewis Litigator Jumps To Thompson Hine
Thompson Hine LLP announced Thursday it has added a business litigation partner in Chicago who lists rate flexibility for his clients among the reasons he was attracted to the firm after more than a decade with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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MVP: Cohen Milstein's Michelle C. Yau
Michelle Yau of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped to secure multiple multimillion-dollar settlement deals as lead counsel on class actions from workers alleging retirement plan mismanagement, including deals with New York Life Insurance Co. and Citgo Petroleum Corp., earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.
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Hinshaw Brings On Ex-JPMorgan Counsel From Ballard Spahr
A Ballard Spahr LLP attorney and former in-house counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner in the firm's consumer financial services practice group in New York, where he will advise banks, lenders and fintechs on state and federal regulations, compliance matters and litigation.
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Penn State Gets ABA Approval To Combine Law Schools
The American Bar Association has approved the Pennsylvania State University's applications to reunite its two law schools approximately two years after the university's president proposed the idea.
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Atty With Tom Brady's Blockchain Co. Rejoins Loeb & Loeb
Loeb & Loeb LLP has rehired an experienced entertainment attorney who most recently was head of business operations for Tom Brady's blockchain startup Autograph as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Steptoe Elevates 12 Attys In Firm's Largest Promotion Class
Steptoe LLP announced that it has promoted 12 attorneys to partner or of counsel, highlighted by five promotions coming from the summer associate class of 2015, in what it said is the largest class in the firm's history.
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Akerman Opens In Charlotte With 2 Moore & Van Allen Hires
Akerman LLP announced Wednesday the firm opened its second North Carolina office in Charlotte and brought on two new partners from Moore & Van Allen PLLC, including the former head of its renewable energy project finance team and a tax law expert.
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Simpson Thacher Outpaces Last Year With 2025 Partner Class
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP unveiled its 44 partner promotions for 2025 on Tuesday, touting a class of 12 more attorneys than last year.
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MVP: Wiley's Scott M. McCaleb
Wiley Rein LLP's Scott McCaleb led a military shipbuilder's successful defense against workers' antitrust claims and advanced The Boeing Co.'s $1 million fight against a Defense Contract Management Agency contract costs adjustment, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.
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MVP: Cahill Gordon's Stuart Downing
Stuart Downing of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's banking and finance practice shepherded major leveraged refinancing transactions over the last year, including advising banks in a $2 billion leveraged finance deal with Creative Arts Agency and guiding a $1.89 billion credit facility for Radiology Partners in an out-of-court restructuring, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.
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MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford
D. Brian Hufford of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP secured key wins for his clients over the past year in cases challenging thousands of healthcare coverage denials, including a victory at the Ninth Circuit where he was able to change the court's mind on the third try, earning him a spot as a 2024 Law360 Benefits MVP.
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Weil Litigation Leaders Jump To Paul Weiss In NY
The co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's global litigation department and the co-head of Weil's patent litigation practice will soon be joining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, the latter firm announced Wednesday.
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MVP: Cravath's Wes Earnhardt
Wes Earnhardt of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's litigation department has represented high-powered media companies such as Walt Disney and Starz Entertainment and successfully argued before the Supreme Court for extended copyright damages, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Michelle Kelban
Michelle Kelban, co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate group, helmed a $2 billion construction financing for Cain International and guided Ares Management's blockbuster purchase of GCP International, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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MVP: Williams & Connolly's David I. Berl
David I. Berl of Williams & Connolly LLP's patent litigation practice helped win a first-of-its-kind trial victory on behalf of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals by employing a novel legal strategy that allowed the biotech giant to quickly adjudicate its patent rights to an eye care medicine, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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Ex-K&L Gates Chair On Growth, Leadership And Remote Work
During the two decades Peter Kalis served as chairman and managing partner of K&L Gates, from 1997 to 2017, the law firm grew from a primarily Eastern Seaboard firm to one with offices around the globe, with annual revenue that ballooned by 700%.
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BigLaw Begins Matching Milbank On Associate Bonuses
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
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Cravath Matches Milbank On 2024 Associate Bonuses
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
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UK IP Firm AA Thornton To Become Part Of Venner Shipley
European firm Venner Shipley is expanding by snapping up the lawyers at London-based AA Thornton, growing its bench with expertise in the intellectual property area.
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Ballard Spahr Brings On Former Federal Prosecutor In LA
Ballard Spahr LLP is expanding its consumer finance services team, announcing Tuesday that a former assistant U.S. attorney is joining its Los Angeles office as of counsel.
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Cigna In-House Atty Joins Akerman In Chicago
Akerman LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced technology and transactions attorney who most recently was in-house counsel with health insurer Cigna had joined the firm's Chicago office as a corporate partner.
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PierFerd Adds FisherBroyles RE Partner To DC Shop
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a FisherBroyles LLP partner who works with real estate financing and transactional matters to its Washington, D.C., team, the firm announced Tuesday.
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McGuireWoods Lands Health Ace, Former GC From Akin In NY
A veteran healthcare and life sciences attorney who previously served as general counsel at pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Daiichi Sankyo has made the move from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to McGuireWoods LLP.
Expert Analysis
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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 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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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.