Blank Rome
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Blank Rome, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Blank Rome Lays Off 12 ... So Far
Last night and this morning, tipsters informed us that significant layoffs were taking place at Blank Rome. A firm spokesperson is now able to confirm the news: As we continue to focus on helping our clients manage through these challenging economic times, and in order to position the Firm for continued success in 2009, it […] -
Blank Rome, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Music
Mos Def is Johnny B. Bad when it comes to his Blank Rome legal bills
We’ve previously reported on law firms having difficulty getting clients to pay their bills. It’s not just happening to firms working on deals that go bust; it has also happened to a firm representing a celeb after his marriage went bust. From Am Law Daily: Blank Rome is suing rapper/actor/activist Mos Def for over $60,000 […] - Sponsored
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Blank Rome, No Offers, Pepper Hamilton
Nationwide No Offer Watch: Rocky Balboa Division Blank Rome and Pepper Hamilton
Our continuing coverage of no offers suggests that a 90% offer rate is actually outstanding. Today we have news from two more firms that fell short of 90% but still made offers to the majority of their 2008 summer associates. Our tipsters were right on the money with the information that Blank Rome no offered […]
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Blank Rome
Nationwide Pay Raise (and Associate Bonus) Watch: Blank Rome
This isn’t super-exciting news, since the key point — an increase in starting salaries — was previously announced. But in case you’re interested, the pay raise (and bonus) memo of Blank Rome — which announced an increase in first-year associate salaries last fall, but said it was still “reviewing the compensation levels for all Associates […] -
Biglaw, Blank Rome, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Blank Rome Raises
Yesterday Blank Rome announced associate pay raises, of varying sizes, that will take effect in 2008. The firm will move to a starting salary of $160,000 in New York, but not in Washington. In the Philadelphia mother ship, starting pay will be $145,000. The billable minimum at Blank Rome is 2000 hours. Here’s the memo: […] -
Biglaw, Blank Rome, Duane Morris, Money, Skaddenfreude, WolfBlock
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Philadelphia
We’ve previously covered Denver and Hartford. Today our series of posts profiling associate compensation in various smaller legal markets — smaller than New York or Washington or Los Angeles, at least — turns to Philadelphia. What’s going on in the City of Brotherly Love? Based on some recent articles we’ve read, it seems that the […] -
Biglaw, Blank Rome, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Winston & Strawn, Blank Rome, and Morning Open Thread
A few more announcements have floated in, including ones from Blank Rome and Winston & Strawn. More details, plus a memo (in the case of Blank Rome), after the jump. (These were the announcements that were into us and confirmed by the time we left for New York this morning. If you submitted confirmation of […] -
Blank Rome, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: 09.11.06
Here are the highlights from the latest collection of job moves: New Firms: * Eve Rachel Markewich and Lawrence Rosenstock are leaving Blank Rome’s New York office to set up their own shop, to be called Markewich and Rosenstock. They will focus on Surrogate’s Court and general commercial litigation. Markewich was an unsuccessful candidate for […]
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