Modern Lawyer


  • iStock-2183947711.jpg

    Law Firm Leaders' Minds Are On Profitability, Growth, AI

    Balancing profitability, growth and the implementation of generative artificial intelligence are the top challenges and priorities on the minds of law firm leaders going into 2025, according to the results of a recent survey by public relations firm Greentarget.

  • AlexChoinski_EvershedsSutherland_headshot.jpg

    Eversheds Sutherland Adds Hunton Energy Pro In Houston

    Eversheds Sutherland announced Thursday that a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorney with prior in-house experience at Exxon Mobil Corp. has joined the firm as a partner in Houston, strengthening its global energy offerings and its presence in Texas.

  • Pacific_Palisades_Fire_in_Los_Angeles,_USA_-_8_Jan_2025_11647.jpg

    Raging Wildfires Roil Los Angeles Legal Community

    As out-of-control wildfires reportedly killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands in Los Angeles to evacuate, lawyers and law firms in the city confronted a day of upheaval both at home and in their jobs.

  • iStock-1409417258.jpg

    Attys For Organizations May Need To Clarify Roles, ABA Says

    Lawyers advising organizations through nonclient constituents may be obligated to clear up any confusion about their role that may cause the constituents to mistakenly think they can rely on the lawyer's advice to avoid criminal or civil liability, the American Bar Association said in a formal opinion Wednesday.

  • Susan Bileschi Tripi.png

    Nixon Peabody Elevates Longtime Controller To Finance Chief

    Nixon Peabody LLP announced Wednesday that it has named longtime controller Susan Bileschi Tripi as the firm's new chief financial officer.

  • Rocco Testani.png

    Eversheds Sutherland Names New US General Counsel

    Eversheds Sutherland announced that a longtime partner and its former co-head of global litigation has been appointed its new U.S. general counsel following his predecessor's decision to step down into a senior counsel role.

  • JonLenzner_headshot1_2025-01-07-234950_ntdn.png

    FBI Director's Former Chief Of Staff Joins Fenwick

    Weeks after FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he'll resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term, Fenwick & West LLP said Wednesday that it has hired the FBI director's chief of staff, who joined the team as a white collar defense and investigations partner.

  • Clara Feldman.png

    Blank Rome Adds Partner To Launch Luxury Brands Practice

    Blank Rome LLP has hired a New York partner in its real estate industry group to chair the firm's new luxury brands practice.

  • Vanessa Torres.png

    Goodwin Exec Joins Lowenstein As Chief Marketing Officer

    Lowenstein Sandler LLP has brought on a senior leader from Goodwin Procter LLP as chief marketing and business development officer, the firm said Wednesday.

  • iStock-1333276894.jpg

    K&L Gates Promotes 33 Attys Across 18 Offices

    K&L Gates LLP has promoted 33 attorneys across 18 of the firm's 45 offices, 27 of whom will join its partnership, along with a handful of other promotions of employees who will take on government affairs and of counsel roles, the firm recently announced.

  • Republican AGs Rebuke Proposed ABA Diversity Rule Change

    Republican state attorneys general representing 21 states are pushing back against proposed changes to the American Bar Association's diversity and inclusion standards for law schools, cautioning that they run afoul of precedent the U.S. Supreme Court established when it struck down affirmative action in 2023.

  • iStock-2165692877.jpg

    How AI Is Fueling New Law Firm Ownership Rule Changes

    The next wave of states that test and permit nonlawyer ownership of law firms will be driven primarily by advancements in legal technology.

  • 2_up_Ballard Spahr.png

    Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Leaders On Post-Merger Plans

    Ballard Spahr LLP officially merged with Lane Powell PC on Jan. 1, marking its entry into the Pacific Northwest. Law360 Pulse spoke with Peter Michaud, chair of the combined firm, and Barbara Duffy, former Lane Powell president, about their leadership priorities, integration strategies and growth plans.

  • Judge Sanctions Match For Glitch Ahead Of FTC Ad Trial

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday sanctioned Match Group after the company failed to turn over sensitive emails to the Federal Trade Commission on time in a suit over alleged shady business practices, saying that the mistake was honest, but that the company still had not surrendered the documents in a timely manner.

  • Torain_T_WB_27730.jpg

    McDermott Hires Polsinelli Labor Attorney As Partner In DC

    McDermott Will & Emery has brought on a Polsinelli shareholder as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, where he will specialize in representing healthcare companies as part of the firm's employment practice group. 

  • 2_up_Arnold .png

    Arnold & Porter Promotes 2 To Innovation, Marketing Roles

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has promoted two executives in New York and Washington, D.C., to serve in the new role of chief practice innovation officer and as the firm's new chief business development and marketing officer, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • delgado_juan_heroretina_2700x1160.jpg

    Winston & Strawn Lands Sidley Transactions Ace In Miami

    A former Sidley Austin LLP partner jumped to Winston & Strawn LLP's transactions department in Miami to continue his work advising multinational clients on cross-border transactions in the U.S. and Latin America, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • Dean_Heller,_official_portrait,_114th_Congress.jpg

    Venable Hires Former Sen. Dean Heller Of Nevada In DC

    Venable LLP has added former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller as a senior policy adviser, with the most recent Republican to win a Senate seat in Nevada joining the firm's team in D.C. as the GOP is set to take control of the House, Senate and White House, the firm announced Tuesday. 

  • Gretchen Woodruff.jpg

    McGuireWoods Grows In Pittsburgh With Employment Atty

    An attorney specializing in employment litigation matters and advising companies on compliance strategies has moved her practice to McGuireWoods' Pittsburgh office after nearly six years with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

  • Alston & Bird Partner Class Highlights Litigation Bench

    Litigators again dominated Alston & Bird's partner class this year as the firm announced Tuesday that it had promoted a roster of 20 attorneys, slightly fewer than last year's 27.

  • goodwinliu.png

    Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument

    When Goodwin Liu became a California Supreme Court justice in 2011, the constitutional law professor found the intellectual demands of judging similar to academia, but was surprised to learn that "the art of judging is much more practical than people think."

  • amanda.png

    Fisher Phillips Adds Dallas Employment Atty From Reed Smith

    International labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has brought on a Dallas-based labor and employment partner with expertise in a wide range of litigation — from class and collective actions to restrictive covenant claims — the firm announced Monday.

  • iStock-696569800.jpg

    Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off

    As the financial markets swayed between booms and busts in recent years following the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Hastings LLP stayed the course, doubling down on its transactional practices by recruiting top-tier talent across key global markets like New York and London, and rising hubs such as Texas.

  • 2_up_Venable.png

    Venable Picks NY, Chicago Attys To Lead Sports Law Team

    Venable LLP has named a former competitive gymnast and a standout college lacrosse player as co-leaders of its new sports law team.

  • Thomas Cole Jr. and David Taylor

    Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger

    What makes for a successful law firm merger? It's more than headcount and profits, according to two leaders of the newly minted Troutman Pepper Locke LLP law firm, which was formed Jan. 2 by the combination of major U.S.-based law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord.

Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the Modern Lawyer archive.

Expert Analysis

  • Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs Author Photo

    Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities? Author Photo

    While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.

  • Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets Author Photo

    Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents Author Photo

    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together Author Photo

    It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.

  • How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers Author Photo

    A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.

  • A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy Author Photo

    Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.

  • Series

    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter Author Photo

    Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job? Author Photo

    Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law Author Photo

    Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.

  • AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024 Author Photo

    The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases Author Photo

    Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work? Author Photo

    Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.

  • How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes Author Photo

    Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

  • Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge Author Photo

    With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.

×

Law360

Law360 Law360 UK Law360 Tax Authority Law360 Employment Authority Law360 Insurance Authority Law360 Real Estate Authority Law360 Healthcare Authority Law360 Bankruptcy Authority

Rankings

NEWLeaderboard Analytics Social Impact Leaders Prestige Leaders Pulse Leaderboard Women in Law Report Law360 400 Diversity Snapshot Rising Stars Summer Associates

National Sections

Modern Lawyer Courts Daily Litigation In-House Mid-Law Legal Tech Small Law Insights

Regional Sections

California Pulse Connecticut Pulse DC Pulse Delaware Pulse Florida Pulse Georgia Pulse New Jersey Pulse New York Pulse Pennsylvania Pulse Texas Pulse

Site Menu

Subscribe Advanced Search About Contact