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Troutman Adds Transactional Insurance Partner From McDermott
Business law firm Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced Thursday that it has added a new partner from McDermott Will & Emery LLP to its insurance transactional and regulatory practice group's Chicago office.
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Troutman Adds K&L Gates CMBS Partner In NC
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced it has hired Christopher J. Fernandez from K&L Gates LLP as a partner in its bankruptcy and restructuring practice group in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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3 Things To Know About New Conn. US Atty David X. Sullivan
The former McCarter & English LLP partner tapped to serve as Connecticut's new top federal prosecutor developed an expertise in then-novel civil asset forfeiture law when he first joined the office and earned a reputation as a "straight shooter" during his three-decade tenure, the U.S. attorney who hired him in 1989 recently told Â鶹´«Ã½360.
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Dorsey & Whitney Elects Banking Partner As Next Leader
Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced a new managing partner Thursday, tapping for the role a banking industry attorney with 17 years of experience at the firm who serves as co-leader of its finance and restructuring practice group.
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Troutman Fintech Head Moves To Cooley In NY
The head of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP's fintech industry group has jumped to Cooley LLP's New York office, Cooley announced Thursday, bringing with him decades of experience as both a government regulator and a leading BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ partner.
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Davis Wright Adds Longtime Knobbe Martens IP Duo In Seattle
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has brought in two intellectual property partners credited with helping Knobbe Martens open its Seattle office.
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Polsinelli Lands Alston & Bird Capital Markets Ace In Dallas
Polsinelli PC expanded its capital markets and commercial lending practice group Thursday with the addition of a partner of 13 years at Alston & Bird LLP bringing experience advising clients in the healthcare, telecommunications financial services and advanced manufacturing industries.
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Nelson Mullins Opens One-Stop Shop For Data Center Advice
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has launched a data center industry group to keep up with the growth of the artificial intelligence sector and the ongoing need for advanced computing power, the Columbia, South Carolina-headquartered firm announced Wednesday.
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Covington Hires Former Trump Regulations Czar In DC
Covington & Burling LLP has hired President Donald Trump's former regulations czar, who has joined as an of counsel in its Washington, D.C. office, months after the president called for an immediate suspension of security clearances for any firm attorneys who represented former special counsel Jack Smith.
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Buchalter Names Sports Agent As Sacramento Office Co-Lead
Buchalter PC has named Josh Escovedo, co-chair of its sports law industry group, as co-managing shareholder of the firm's Sacramento, California, office.
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Jenner & Block Hires Garland's Former Chief Of Staff
Matthew Klapper, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Merrick Garland, has joined Jenner & Block LLP in the latest expansion of the firm's congressional investigations team, the firm announced Thursday.
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BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ Has More LinkedIn Followers, But Less Engagement
The 30 largest U.S. law firms have more LinkedIn followers, but smaller firms in the top 200 have higher engagement rates despite fewer followers on the platform, according to a report released Thursday by BTI Consulting Group.
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Gibson Dunn Launches State Attorneys General Task Force
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has created a state attorneys general task force made up of subject matter experts and former government attorneys based in offices across the country, in what the firm says is an effort to improve services for clients across a range of subject matters and industries.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Cadwalader's Tech-Savvy CIO In NY
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has hired Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's chief information officer for that same role on its business services leadership team.
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Eckert Seamans Enters NYC With 11 Hawkins Parnell Attys
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC said Wednesday that it has launched an office in New York City with the addition of an 11-attorney team from Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, while scaling back its New Jersey presence.
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DC Judge Restores Canceled ABA Domestic Violence Grants
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday reinstated terminated federal grant funding for the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, finding that "the First Amendment prohibits the type of reprisal DOJ appears likely to have taken."
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Â鶹´«Ã½360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Â鶹´«Ã½360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the first quarter of the year.
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Berkeley Â鶹´«Ã½ Names First Leader Of New Democracy Center
The University of California, Berkeley School of Â鶹´«Ã½ announced Tuesday the hiring of Catherine E. Lhamon, former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, as executive director of the school's Edley Center on Â鶹´«Ã½ & Democracy, a research center focused on protecting American democracy that launched last year.
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Fisher Phillips Opens Alabama Office With 6 Attorneys
Employer-side labor law firm Fisher Phillips announced Tuesday the opening of a new six-attorney office in Birmingham, Alabama, its second office opening this month.
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A&O Shearman Adds Ex-Schulte Roth Restructuring Atty
A&O Shearman has added a restructuring attorney previously with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as a partner in New York, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Squire Patton Adds Ex-SDNY Federal Prosecutor In Ohio
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a former federal prosecutor who was on the team that handled the largest-ever public corruption case in Ohio history as a partner in the government investigations and white collar practice, the firm said Wednesday.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ex-US Trade Rep Attorney To DC Team
The former assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has joined Holland & Knight LLP's international trade group.
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Withers Brings On Baker McKenzie Tech Litigator In SF
Withers is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Baker McKenzie technology litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Former J&J, Moderna Exec Joins Goodwin Procter In Boston
Goodwin Procter is continuing to grow its resources in the life sciences practice with the recent addition to the Boston office of an attorney who has gone back to private practice after more than seven years as an in-house counsel for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.
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Ga. Justices Nix Atty Immunity Doctrine, Uphold Tossing Case
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a long-standing attorney immunity doctrine that a lower court found shielded Barnes & Thornburg LLP from a legal malpractice suit, but the justices concluded that a onetime client's claims still fell short.
Expert Analysis
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How Â鶹´«Ã½ Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ 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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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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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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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.