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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Law firms from A to Z found opportunities in October to upgrade their offices or adjust their footprints in cities both in the U.S. and abroad, with some completing moves to new locations and others setting plans in motion that won't be completed for several years.
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The 2024 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
These firms are being singled out for their stellar litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack in four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.
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The Litigation Footprints Of The 2024 Leaderboard Firms
Follow a firm's litigation tracks through federal district courts across the country with our interactive map.
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These Firms Top The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
Presenting the 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the 100 firms that are besting their peers on measures of prestige, social responsibility and the reach of their legal practice.
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Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.
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Chiesa Shahinian Names New Corporate & Securities Leader
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC continued a push to move new leaders up the ranks this week with the promotion of a partner of eight years to chair the firm's corporate and securities team.
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BCLP Adds Ex-Seattle Mayor, US Atty As US White Collar Head
After a short break focused on pro bono work and chairing a Washington State Bar Association task force on emerging technologies and the practice of law, former Seattle mayor Jenny A. Durkan is returning to private practice at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
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DLA Piper's FDA Regulation Vice Chair Joins White & Case
The former vice chair of DLA Piper's FDA regulatory practice has joined White & Case LLP's global life sciences and healthcare group and intellectual property practice.
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Barnes & Thornburg Names 19 New Partners In Reduced Class
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has promoted 19 attorneys to partners in states including Georgia, Texas, California and New York beginning Jan. 1, marking a decrease from its 2024 and 2023 class sizes, though the new partnership class outpaces promotions in preceding years.
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Gibson Dunn Lands Trump Impeachment Prosecutor, 4 Others
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that it had hired away former President Donald Trump's impeachment prosecutor from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP to co-chair its global litigation practice group in New York, as well as four other former federal prosecutors from that firm.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Former NY Health Agency Leader
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced on Wednesday that it has hired a former New York State Department of Health deputy commissioner as a healthcare partner in New York.
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Lewis Brisbois' Leader On Steering The Firm Forward
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has seen major leadership changes over the past year. Law360 Pulse caught up with managing partner Greg Katz to discuss the firm's vision moving forward, the impact of recent leadership transitions, and the strategies being implemented to navigate the competitive legal landscape.
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Courtroom Named For 1st Black Syracuse City Court Judge
The late Judge Langston C. McKinney, known for making local New York history as the first African American to serve on the Syracuse City Court bench, will be honored Wednesday afternoon at a ceremony naming one of the courtrooms of the Honorable James Tormey III Criminal Courthouse after him.
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Meltzer Lippe Allowed Widespread Sex Harassment, Suit Says
Attorneys at Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP regularly made crude sexual jokes about women, promoted less qualified men at the expense of female employees, and fired a partner because she complained about the work environment, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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How Mayer Brown Is Shaking Up Early Career Networking
For many lawyers in the earlier stages of their careers, activities like networking and business development don't come naturally. But with Mayer Brown LLP's NextGen platform, they may not have to.
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Pervasive Bullying In Law Is Impacting Young Attorneys
A report released earlier this month cataloging the experiences of more than 6,000 Illinois lawyers found that one quarter say they have experienced bullying within the last year. Among the youngest lawyers, that number jumps to 39%.
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Akin Gump Bolsters PE Team With Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced the addition of a private equity transactions attorney joining the firm in New York on Wednesday, saying the former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder will support the firm's position in the private capital market.
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Lewis Brisbois Assistant GC Joins Nossaman As Legal Chief
Nossaman LLP has hired the former assistant general counsel of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as its new general counsel.
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Yieldstreet Investors' $9M Deal Over Risky Offerings OK'd
A New York federal judge has given his preliminary blessing to a settlement worth up to $9 million resolving a class action by Yieldstreet investors who accused the online platform of offering "riskier-than-junk-bond investments" to the public that caused the plaintiffs to lose millions of dollars in defaulted loans.
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Bannon Released From Prison As Election, NY Trial Loom
Former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from federal prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, a week before Election Day and a month and a half ahead of his next criminal trial in New York.
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Share Of New Partners Who Are Women Decreased This Year
More than 80 major law firms had new partner classes in 2024 made up of at least 50% women, according to an analysis released Tuesday by a think tank focused on diversity and workplace flexibility. However, the analysis also found that the proportion of new U.S.-based partners who are women decreased.
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Episcopal Church Pension Group Names New CLO
Church Pension Group, a financial services organization providing benefits, insurance and publishing for the Episcopal Church, has named a seasoned in-house attorney its next top lawyer, who brings with her nearly two decades of experience mostly focused on finance, corporate governance and compliance.
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Experienced Financial Atty Named Wealth Manager's New GC
Focus Financial Partners Inc. announced that a longtime attorney at LPL Financial was named the New York-based wealth manager's general counsel as part of a series of leadership appointments.
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Blood Cancer Org. Gives Interim GC Permanent Role
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announced Tuesday that the New York-based research nonprofit has promoted its interim general counsel and chief legal officer to the role on a permanent basis as part of a group of leadership appointments.
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Akerman Hires 2 IP Partners From Kilpatrick In NYC
Akerman LLP announced Monday that two former partners at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP are the latest additions to its intellectual property practice group in New York City.