Howrey
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs
Howrey Going to Survive the Storm? Board the Winston Lifeboats, Leaders Urge
Accept your offers. It’s wise advice for 2Ls going through fall recruiting, and it’s wise advice for partners of the rapidly unraveling Howrey law firm, most of whom have offers to join Winston & Strawn. Last weekend, Winston made offers to a little over 75 percent of Howrey partners, with responses requested in 21 days. […] -
Environment / Environmental Law, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Venable
Non-Sequiturs: 02.02.11
* I’m doing Non-Sequiturs today, since Elie is too busy marching on City Hall. [Reuters] * A round-up of lawyer moves inside the Beltway — including another defection from Howrey (patent litigatrix Jennifer Dzwonczyk, to Venable). [Capital Comment / Washingtonian] * Speaking of Howrey, Professor Larry Ribstein, a partnership law guru, has some questions about […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs
Howrey Going to Hold On to Partners? Eleven Lawyers Leave for Morgan Lewis
The troubled law firm of Howrey has previously been compared to a ship. If the comparison is accurate, then one has to wonder whether the ship be sinking. Look at how many sailors — officers, even — are abandoning ship. The latest news: eleven Howrey lawyers have left for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, in Chicago […]
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers
Winston Reportedly Makes Offers to Over 75 Percent of Howrey Partners
In our last story on the trials and tribulations of Howrey, we expressed doubt that a full-on merger between Howrey and Winston & Strawn would take place. We suggested that Winston would probably wind up “picking up large chunks of Howrey, maybe even entire offices — just like Sonnenschein picked up 100 lawyers from Thacher […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.11
* While Cravath reignites competition over associate bonuses, Howrey associates are starting to wonder if ATL is running any kind of Nationwide Severance Watch. [Washingtonian] * Is the Cravath bonus big enough that we could call it the “Live Charlie Sheen’s life for a day” bonus? [Radar Online] * Hillary Clinton completed the “full Ginsburg” […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers
Howrey Going to Make This Merger Happen?(Plus two interesting internal emails.)
Developments are flying fast and furious out of Howrey. Yesterday we passed along reports that Howrey’s merger talks with Winston & Strawn were off. Today we’re hearing that they might be back on (or that they never stopped in the first place). According to the U.K.-based Legal Week (via the ABA Journal), the talks are […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, Heller Ehrman, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues
Howrey Going to Get Out of This Pickle?
When we last wrote about goings-on at Howrey, the once-strong law firm that’s now experiencing troubled times, we mentioned the possibility of partner losses in the Chicago office. The firm pushed back on this, denying knowledge of any imminent defections in the Windy City. It now seems, however, that additional partner departures may be on […] -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Howrey LLP, Intellectual Property, john quinn, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Howrey Going To Fix This? (Partner Defections, Office Closings -- Not Good.)
When asked for some 2011 predictions by the folks over at Hellerman Baretz, I had this to say (among other commentary): “Although business is generally picking up, some firms still haven’t managed to shake off the effects of the recession — and they are now seeing significant defections, as their partners leave for firms that […] - Sponsored
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Howrey LLP, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.13.10
* Bad news for Howrey: Gary Bendinger, co-chair of litigation, is leaving for Sidley Austin, along with two other litigation partners, Gregory Ballard and Kevin Burke. [Am Law Daily] * Richard Epstein and Megan McArdle on today’s judicial smackdown of Obamacare. [Instapundit] * Quipped our tipster: “Three cheers to annoying psychology undergrads getting mugged in […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Staff Layoff Watch: Howrey Makes Cuts
It looks like layoffs are making a comeback of sorts. If you are working as legal support staff in a Biglaw firm, you need to keep your head on a swivel. Last week, we reported on cuts for staff (in terms of bonuses) at Jones Day. Today Above the Law can report on cuts of […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Killing Lockstep
Legal Press More Fascinated By Apprenticeship Programs than Law Firms
A year ago, Howrey announced that it was slashing first-year starting salaries and radically changing its first-year program. Drinker Biddle had adopted a similar “apprenticeship” approach a few weeks before Howrey. Aside from Howrey, Drinker Biddle, and some firm in Kentucky, no other law firm has tried to sell below market salaries and intensive “training” […]
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