King & Spalding

Today was a little more interesting than yesterday. A few announcements were made — or were finally brought to our attention and confirmed, if they were made previously. After the jump, more information about DLA Piper, Katten Muchin Rosenman, King & Spalding, and Jones Day (Atlanta). (And, of course, your comments.)

Here’s the King & Spalding memo. As our source points out, “King & Spalding matched — but NYC only, which leaves an 8th-year in their Atlanta office making less than a 1st-year in their NY office.” Correction/Update: This is actually a disputed matter. According to this comment, a first-year in New York ($160K) makes more […]

A few moves within the legal profession worth noting: Legal Academia: * Tax law professor Neil Buchanan, to GW, from Rutgers-Newark, effective January 2007. (Gavel Bang: TaxProf Blog.) Lateral Law Firm Moves: * Corporate lawyer Carey Schreiber, to Winston & Strawn, from Dewey Ballantine. * Corporate lawyer Jeffrey Katz, to Dechert (as a partner), from […]

Today’s big move is from the government to the private sector: * Renowned Enron prosecutor Sean Berkowitz, to the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins. The much-anticipated move took place after the young legal superstar was wooed by many other top firms. Berkowitz will be an equity partner at Latham, where profits per partner clock […]

New Partners: * Sullivan & Cromwell: Jeffrey Chapman, Michael Escue, Hydee Feldstein, Stacey Friedman, Brian Hamilton, Julia Jordan, Eric Kadel, Jr. and Juan Rodriguez. The partnership promotions will be effective January 1, 2007. Congratulations, kids! Like many other top New York firms, Sullivan still has a single-tier partnership structure. All partners are equity partners. And […]

A number of big-ticket moves to report today. The most notable involve government lawyers: Government to Private Sector: * Debra Wong Yang, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles), has resigned from the USAO. She’s headed to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, as a partner (duh). Ka-ching! Yang will work out of […]