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National Footprints Scramble Partner Pay's Link To Location
Legal Sector Is Adopting GenAI, Preparing For Talent Shifts
BigLaw Partner Pay Soars, But Not At The Same Clip For All
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MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri
Joseph Saveri of Joseph Saveri Law Firm has tackled some of the year's biggest antitrust class action cases — winning settlements for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, competitive cheer teams and Jackson Hewitt employees — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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Simpson Thacher Taps Atty Duo As 1st Banking Team Leaders
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has named two longtime New York City-based partners, including the co-head of its global banking and credit practice, as the first co-leaders of its global investment banking practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Fox Rothschild Finishes Move To New Philadelphia Office
After nearly 18 months of construction and preparation, the more than 100 attorneys and 250 professional staff in Fox Rothschild's Philadelphia office have a new place to call home.
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King & Spalding Adds White & Case Antitrust Litigator In NY
King & Spalding LLP is expanding its business litigation team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a White & Case LLP litigator as a partner in its New York office to boost its antitrust capabilities.
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Pierson Ferdinand Hires Ex-Morris Manning L&E Atty
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday that a former Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorney whose practice spans litigation, human resources counseling and transactional work is the latest addition to its employment, labor and benefits practice.
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CoCounsel's Research Changes Costly But Largely Embraced
CoCounsel, a popular generative artificial intelligence tool in the legal industry, significantly changed its research capabilities in 2024, sparking mixed reactions from law firms.
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Finance Committee Top Int'l Trade Atty Returns To Akin In DC
The chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee's chair, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, has closed the book on a decade of public service work and rejoined the firm where she started her legal career as a summer associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday.
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Linklaters Adds 4 A&O Shearman Finance Partners In NY
Linklaters LLP announced Monday the addition of four partners from the recently merged Allen Overy Shearman Sterling to the firm's finance division, deepening its U.S. capital markets and restructuring offerings in New York.
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Cleary Adds Northern Calif. Deputy Criminal Chief As Partner
The deputy chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Bay Area office as a partner in the Americas litigation practice, the firm said Monday.
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MVP: Covington's Gerry Waldron
Gerry Waldron of Covington & Burling LLP helped usher radio into the 21st century by convincing the Federal Communications Commission to greenlight technology that will allow stations to deliver geotargeted content, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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MVP: Sidley's Justin Savage
Sidley Austin LLP partner Justin Savage has been a steady hand for the firm's clients over the past year, helping BP PLC and Cummins Inc. resolve federal investigations, leading a charge to force Alexandrea, Virginia, to stop decades of coal tar discharges into the Potomac River, and successfully advocating for refineries' and petrochemical plants' interests in federal rulemaking — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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MVP: Covington's Alex Berengaut
Alex Berengaut of Covington & Burling LLP led a successful effort to block Montana's TikTok ban by scoring a preliminary injunction in federal court last November, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Technology MVPs.
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MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu Mainigi And Ryan Scarborough
Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu Mainigi and Ryan Scarborough helped Fifth Third Bank steer a billion-dollar Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement lawsuit to a $15 million resolution, parried class actions against Bank of America and halted a new community lending rule for banks, earning them a place among the 2024 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Dechert's Brenda Sharton
Dechert LLP partner Brenda Sharton helped the developer of a popular "magic avatar" app shake sprawling class claims that its AI-generated portraits unlawfully harvest Illinois residents' biometric data, earning her a place among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis
Victoria Maroulis — co-chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's national intellectual property litigation practice — beat back a major patent infringement case against Samsung Electronics in Texas and helped guide junior attorneys through an important cross-examination in patent proceedings on behalf of Juul Labs Inc., earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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MVP: Brown Rudnick's Jeff Jonas
Jeff Jonas of Brown Rudnick LLP's bankruptcy practice helped spearhead the successful dismissals of Johnson & Johnson's first two bankruptcies tied to talc injury claims and the bankruptcy of a 3M subsidiary facing injury claims over military earplugs, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Cathy Clarkin
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Cathy Clarkin steered multibillion-dollar capital raises that funded big acquisitions for energy producer Enbridge Inc. and Fulton Bank's owner over the past year, as well as advising underwriters on Goldman Sachs' preferred stock and debt offerings totaling $15.5 billion to bolster the investment bank's balance sheet, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets MVPs.
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Paul Hastings Adds REIT Partners In Boston, Chicago
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that a pair of experienced real estate attorneys who have worked on some of the industry's largest initial public offerings have joined its Boston and Chicago offices as partners — additions the firm said are part of a strategic focus on capital markets.
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Kennedys' New Head Steps Up In 'Evolving' Insurance World
Meg Catalano, who was named Kennedys’ new global managing partner this week, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her vision for the role and how the firm looks to stay on top of client needs in a volatile world under her leadership.
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MVP: McKool Smith's Jennifer Truelove
McKool Smith patent trial attorney Jennifer Truelove helped Netlist secure $445 million in patent infringement damages awards, and also assisted in getting a $192 million verdict against Samsung for Mojo Mobility and a $142 million award for another company, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 IP MVPs.
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Insurers Have Long Used AI; Now Litigation Funders Want In
As State Farm waded into the nascent field of "artificial intelligence" tools in the mid-1980s, its mainframe computers began to overheat under the strain of calculating the values of claims.
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Polsinelli Real Estate Shareholder Joins Kilpatrick In SF
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced on Thursday the hiring of a former principal and shareholder at Polsinelli as a counsel in its San Francisco office.
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How An Ex-US Atty's Kirkland Team Aids Trafficking Victims
After becoming a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in 2021, former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox is now in the third year of an effort by firm attorneys to seal or expunge the criminal records of human trafficking survivors who have convictions or arrests connected to their victimization, with the initiative roughly doubling its work year to year.
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NY Sees Its Highest July Bar Passage Rate Since 2013
The state of New York saw the highest passage rate this year for its July bar exam since 2013, with the state's bar examination organization saying 69% of the more than 10,000 test-takers made it through.
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New Prez Of Black Women Attys Org On Value Of Camaraderie
As she prepares to steer the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles toward its 50th anniversary next year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Shardé Skahan said the group is particularly special for its sense of community.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Maximize My Pro Bono Impact?
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 Marketer
Liz 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.
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The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation
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.
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Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw
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.
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6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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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.
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
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.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
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.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
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.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.