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Advertising, Associate Advice, Career Center, Holland & Knight, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Taking Control of Your Career
From time to time, we “go live” with the Career Center resources, to give you access to firsthand advice from the hiring partners and in-house counsel at major law firms and companies. Our next opportunity for this type of professional development will be Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. If you are in the […] -
Biglaw, Chadbourne & Parke, Crowell & Moring, Ho-Love, Holland & Knight, Howrey LLP, Lovells, Patton Boggs, Rankings, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 61 – 80 (2011)
With fall recruiting gearing up, and the lateral market warming up, we continue our annual series of open threads about the law firms featured in the Vault prestige rankings. These threads provide ATL readers with a forum to discuss the different firms and their various strengths and weaknesses. The end of the Vault 100 is […] - Sponsored
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Cocaine / Crack, Drugs, Holland & Knight
This Is What Happens To A Biglaw Partner on Drugs
Last decade — back in the aughts — a Holland & Knight real estate partner got up to some very bad things. While we have heard that coke can be an aid for sleep-deprived attorneys, it caused problems for Theodore Silva Jr. Silva was formerly a partner in Holland & Knight’s D.C. office. According to […]
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Holland & Knight, Killing Lockstep
Holland & Knight Avoids Throwing Lockstep Baby Out with the Bathwater
Holland & Knight announced today that it would be moving away from lockstep associate compensation. But unlike the firms that have rushed to jump on the Orrick-style, three-tier “pure merit” model, Holland is adopting a hybrid approach. Here’s how Holland & Knight managing partner Steve Sonberg explained it to associates this morning: The base salary […] -
Holland & Knight, Job Searches, Sonnenschein, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2010
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 61 - 70 (2010)
As we get back to the Vault rankings, we encounter more firms that have engaged in stealth layoffs. And a firm that conducts mass transit layoffs. To refresh your memory, here’s the next group: 61. Cooley Godward 62. Pillsbury 63. Sonnenschein 64. Cahill 65. Holland & Knight 66. K&L Gates 67. Nixon Peabody 68. Foley […] -
Holland & Knight, Salary Cuts
Nationwide Salary Cut Watch: Holland & Knight
Last week, we brought you some salary cut news from the Sunshine State. Today we bring you more such news. Holland & Knight, a large national law firm with a significant presence in Florida (the state it started in), announced pay cuts yesterday for associates, senior counsel, and senior professionals. The salary cut will be […] -
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Musical Chairs: Holland & Knight Picks Up Richard Raysman
Former Thelen associates might still be scrambling to pick up the pieces of their aborted legal careers, but former Thelen partners continue to land on their feet. The latest partner refugee is an All-Star. Richard Raysman (of what used to be known as Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner) has ended up at Holland & […] -
Holland & Knight, Layoffs
Holland & Knight Confirms 243 Layoffs
As we mentioned in an update to our earlier post about Holland & Knight, the firm is now confirming layoffs. From the list of restructuring measures that the firm is undertaking: • Reducing the total number of lawyers and staff, with approximately 70 lawyers and 173 support staff positions eliminated in the firm’s 21 offices. […] - Sponsored
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Holland & Knight, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Holland & Knight
You know how a lot of buildings omit the “13th floor” out of superstition? I’ve noticed that really superstitious people think about the 14th floor as the danger zone, because counting is not a particularly hard thing to do. I bring this up because tomorrow is Friday the 13th, and I’m just wondering if the […] -
Holland & Knight, Pro Bono, Rankings
Pro Bono Awards
Every year, the National Law Journal names individual people and firms that have done outstanding pro bono work. This year perhaps more than others, it is especially important to recognize those that gave their time to charity. With the economy crumbling, there is a huge need for free legal services. The NLJ has recognized the […] -
Heller Ehrman, Holland & Knight, Sonnenschein, Vault 100 open threads - 2009
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 61-70 (2009)
Judging from our traffic, readers are enjoying this rundown of the Vault 100. We do aim to please here at ATL. We appreciate those who have offered insights about firms in the comments. Moving on to the next group (with prestige scores in parentheses): 61. Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (5.608) 62. Sonnenschein Nath & […] -
Holland & Knight, Layoffs, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Paralegals, Real Estate, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More South Florida Suffering
The bad news continues to roll in. Becker & Poliakoff, which just announced across-the-board pay cuts for its lawyers, isn’t the only Florida firm that’s hurting. From a report by Julie Kay, for the upcoming issue of the National Law Journal: In another sign of the hard times facing the legal industry, particularly in real-estate […] -
Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 66-70
Our open threads on Vault 100 law firms seem to be drawing fewer comments. But we’ll finish what we’ve started. We don’t want to give you a case of these. So here is this afternoon’s set of Biglaw shops (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses): 66. Greenberg Traurig, LLP (5.631)67. Kaye Scholer LLP (5.591)68. Holland […]
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Animal Law, Fashion, Federal Judges, Free Speech, Holland & Knight, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 07.11.07
* According to a lawsuit filed by fellow blogger David Oscar Markus, you have a First Amendment right to cocks on the internets. [Althouse; Volokh Conspiracy] * In other odd legal news from Florida, Holland & Knight has discovered a new practice area: “suing Little League back to the Stone Age.” [St. Petersburg Times via […] -
Biglaw, Hogan & Hartson, Holland & Knight, Money, Skaddenfreude, White & Case
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Miami
We’re big fans of Miami. We greatly enjoyed the visit we paid back in March, when we got to meet up with readers at an ATL Happy Hour. So we’re more than happy to make Miami the next stop on our tour of the nation’s legal markets. Here’s a summary of the lay of the […] -
Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Money, Sheppard Mullin, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Anyone Out There?
Today has been quiet in terms of associate salary news. Perhaps pay raise developments have been overshadowed by Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell. Also, since so many places have already announced, it’s only natural for the pace to slow down. But there have been a few new announcements. Per the Daily Report, Holland & Knight […] -
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Musical Chairs: 10.31.06
Tons of moves to report today — and these are just the highlights: New Partners: * Latham & Watkins — which, as discussed yesterday, is very popular with Supreme Court clerks — has elected 26 new partners, in offices around the country. That’s enough lawyers to start a whole new law firm. You can check […] -
Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, White & Case
Musical Chairs: 10.24.06
Lateral Moves: * Four litigation partners, and possibly a dozen associates, are leaving White & Case to join the New York office of Linklaters — a “Magic Circle” firm (insert squeal of delight here). The group’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal, antitrust, and other regulatory matters. The four partners are Lawrence Byrne, a former assistant […] -
Contests, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Holland & Knight, Marna Tucker, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: August 2006 Couple of the Month
Fear not, dear readers. We will be issuing a Legal Eagle Wedding Watch for this past weekend — it will just be a little late. Like you, we’re also recovering from the Labor Day holiday weekend… In the meantime, we’re going to introduce a participatory element to Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. A number of you […] -
Ann Althouse, Biglaw, Clerkships, Holland & Knight, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Ted Frank, Tort Reform
Non-Sequiturs: 8.30.06
* Allegations of bill padding at Holland & Knight. An isolated occurrence — or more widespread within Biglaw? [WSJ via WSJ Law Blog] * The secret to success: Wake up early. Like really early — try 3 a.m. That Ann Althouse is a machine! [Althouse] * Here’s a link for those of you who don’t […]