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Fried Frank Adds Goodwin Procter Tax Pro As Partner In NY
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Tuesday that a Goodwin Procter LLP tax and business law partner has joined the firm and will serve as a partner in Fried Frank's tax department in New York.
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Baker Botts Brings Back Antitrust Atty In DC
Baker Botts LLP welcomed back on Tuesday an antitrust attorney once with the firm who most recently spent time at A&O Sherman.
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Ex-Va. Solicitor General To Co-Lead Steptoe Appellate Group
Steptoe LLP has brought on as co-leader of the appellate practice a former solicitor general of Virginia whose past government work included being special counsel to the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the firm said Tuesday.
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BCLP Hires Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Ace In Calif.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has taken another step in expanding its real estate finance practice in California with the addition of a partner from Greenberg Traurig LLP to its Orange County office.
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Willkie Adds Litigation Heavyweight, Energy Expert In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on two Washington, D.C., partners — a new chair for its regulatory litigation practice group who joined from King & Spalding LLP and an energy-focused finance attorney who joined from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Ogletree To Open Baltimore Shop With Small Firm Tie-Up
Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday it will open an office in Baltimore on Jan. 2, making it the firm's 58th new space overall and fourth in 2024.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Exceeds BigLaw's Year-End Bonuses
Associates at trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff will receive year-end bonuses as much as $57,500 higher than those given across BigLaw on top of special bonuses matching those offered by other firms, founding partners said Tuesday.
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Fenwick Adds Freshfields Antitrust Atty In DC
An antitrust attorney specializing in assisting clients in the technology and life sciences sectors with navigating the federal regulatory process has moved her practice to Fenwick & West LLP's Washington, D.C., office after more than 12 years with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Taylor English Real Estate Ace In Fla.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP is continuing its rapid growth with the addition of a Florida real estate partner from Taylor English Duma LLP, just weeks after bringing on a Miami transactions partner from the same firm.
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Norton Rose Names US Corporate, M&A And Securities Head
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that it has tapped a New York partner to co-lead its U.S. corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities team.
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McCarter & English Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty In DC
McCarter & English has hired a new partner and former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC senior counsel, who started her career working on antitrust issues for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Tunheim Advises Other Jurists
For more than a decade, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim has counseled judges from other countries on quandaries jurists face internationally, from artificial intelligence to court administration to judicial independence.
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McGuireWoods Grows DC Office With White Collar Duo
McGuireWoods LLP said Tuesday that it has hired the leader of litigation boutique McCool Law PLLC, marking the seventh partner with a history at the U.S. Department of Justice to join the firm this year.
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It's Not Your Imagination, SDNY Attys: PACER Really Is Slow
Recent mid-morning slowdowns of the federal courts database known as PACER in the Southern District of New York are caused by a profusion of data miners that ply their trade around the same time each day, a district official confirmed Tuesday.
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Are Law Firms Losing Money On Generative AI?
How to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance the bottom line is still a question mark for the vast majority of law firms, with many making massive investments in the technology without much of a plan for how to monetize it, law firm consultants say.
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5 King & Spalding E-Discovery Attys Jump To Hilgers Graben
Hilgers Graben PLLC announced Tuesday that it has gained a five-member e-discovery team in Atlanta and St. Louis from King & Spalding LLP, adding five female lawyers to the women-owned firm's roster.
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Kirkland Adds 2 Real Estate Partners To NYC Office
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired ex-Fried Frank partner Matthew Bettinger and former Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP partner Seth R. Henslovitz as new partners for its real estate team in New York City, the firm announced on Monday.
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A&O Shearman Tax Pro Jumps To Hogan Lovells In DC
Hogan Lovells said Monday that it has brought on a former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling tax partner who specializes in spinoffs, cross-border deals and other corporate transactions.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Faces Depo Over Settlement
Former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, who is serving a prison sentence for killing his wife, is set to be deposed as soon as Tuesday as part of the legal battle in Georgia state court over who is entitled to the settlement of the wrongful death suit brought by his wife's estate.
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Freshfields Lands Onetime SEC Acting Enforcement Head
Freshfields has added a litigation partner in its Washington, D.C., office who brings with her nearly 17 years of government experience including time as acting director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division, according to a Monday announcement.
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Mayer Brown Reorganizes Asian Operations In Hong Kong
Mayer Brown LLP announced Monday that it has reorganized in Asia by establishing Mayer Brown Hong Kong LLP as a stand-alone firm and by reestablishing an independent firm there called Johnson Stokes & Master, with each Hong Kong firm to operate independently.
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BakerHostetler Adds Litigation Duo From Dallas Boutique
Two former name partners at litigation boutique Carter Arnett Bennett & Perez PLLC have joined BakerHostetler in Dallas, strengthening its labor and employment and litigation practices with a combined three decades of experience, the firm announced Monday.
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Career State Dept. Leader Leaves Agency For Covington
The former U.S. State Department undersecretary for political affairs has joined Covington & Burling LLP as a senior adviser in the public policy practice and global problem solving group, the firm announced Monday, closing the book on her 35-year career in public service that has spanned six presidential administrations.
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Healthcare Biz Atty Rejoins Dentons As Partner In Dallas
Dentons announced Monday that an attorney who spent years in-house in the healthcare industry has rejoined the firm as a partner in Dallas to enhance its efforts servicing clients in health insurance regulation and other healthcare matters.
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Norton Rose Adds US Chief People Officer From V&E
Houston-based Norton Rose Fulbright beefed up its professional team this week with the addition of a talent development expert who joined the firm after more than 17 years with Vinson & Elkins LLP.