Lateral Hiring
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Advertising, Career Center, Job Searches, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Looking for Greener Pastures - Tips for Partners Wanting to Switch Firms
Despite the lukewarm job market, the lateral market for partners is going strong. Still, not all partner candidates are created equal. Whether you are trying to lateral to a big firm or a small firm, there are several considerations firms must analyze during the partner vetting process. Unlike the promotion of an internal candidate, a […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Job Hunting Tips for the Holiday Season
Most of us correlate this time of year with holiday cheer, happiness, and general festivity. However, if you find yourself looking for a job in December, it can be a little disheartening. Employers, if they are not taking time off, focus their efforts on end of the year wrap-up. Although hiring may seem slow during […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
What's Going on at McDermott Will & Emery?
Last week, the American Lawyer shined a spotlight on extensive partner departures from McDermott Will & Emery. According to Brian Baxter of Am Law Daily, a whopping 38 partners have left MWE in 2011 so far. Let's look at some of the departures, explore possible implications for the firm, and discuss what might be motivating the movement toward the exits....
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Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Orrick Assembles an Impressive Team of Finance and High-Yield Lawyers
The law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe continues to do battle with its former client, MGA Entertainment. It seems that the maker of Bratz dolls is still acting in bratty fashion, by not paying its legal bills, and Orrick has moved to withdraw from representing MGA. Fortunately, things are happier on the transactional side for Orrick. The firm just announced that it's picking up five bank finance and high-yield partners, for its New York office. The new arrivals come from four different places, including three firms whose names you will definitely recognize.... -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Paul Hastings Snags Another Leveraged Finance Partner from Cahill
Back in March, we wrote about the mysterious departure from Cahill Gordon of leveraged finance partner Michael Michetti. Now, three months later, we can report that the Michael Michetti mystery has been solved: he is joining Paul Hastings, which just trumpeted his arrival in a press release. Michetti is not the first former Cahill partner […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.06.11
* The three defendants in the civil wrongful-death action brought by Robert Wone’s widow are keeping their mouths shut. [National Law Journal] * But their former house is open — and once again on the market, for the tidy sum of $1.6 million. [Who Murdered Robert Wone?] * Professor Eugene Volokh wants to know, with […] -
Biglaw, Gender, Headhunters / Recruiters, In-House Counsel, Women's Issues
Inside Straight: Moving Laterally
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. I spoke on a panel with two other in-house lawyers at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law a little while ago, and I learned two interesting things about lateral mobility. I’m not one […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Loving Laterals
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Why are lateral partners like pigs? No, no! I didn’t mean it that way! I’m just remembering the line from George Orwell’s Animal Farm — “Four legs good, two legs bad!” Thirty years ago, […] - Sponsored
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Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
NALP 2010: New Litigators be Warned
As you may have heard, I’m in Puerto Rico covering the 2010 NALP Annual Education Conference. There are so many panels and talks scheduled at precisely the same time that I’ve had to prioritize what will matter most to ATL readers. I’m tweeting about the conference, so if you want me to check something out, […] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
The Proskauer-to-Cadwalader Litigation Defections: Another Perspective
Earlier this month, we broke the news of three prominent Proskauer partners — Louis Solomon, Hal Shaftel, and Colin Underwood — jumping ship to Cadwalader. In addition, Michael Lazaroff, who has been senior counsel at Proskauer, will join Cadwalader as special counsel (as noted in the New York Law Journal). In its press release, Cadwalader […] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Cadwalader Snags Three Prominent Proskauer Partners
Three litigation partners have just joined Cadwalader from Proskauer, according to a firm-wide email circulated at CWT by firm chairman Chris White and litigation chair Gregory Markel. The three partners are Louis Solomon, Hal Shaftel, and Colin Underwood. Their bios are still available on the Proskauer website (here, here, and here). Solomon previously chaired Proskauer’s […] -
Antonin Scalia, Lateral Moves, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Bergrin
Non-Sequiturs 11.24.09
* Washingtonian Magazine’s December issue is devoted to lawyers. The magazine enlisted Kash and Lat to write the cover story: “Why Lawyers Make So Much Money.” Staff writer Marisa Kashino, formerly of the National Law Journal, names D.C.’s 30 top lawyers and writes about what it takes to make partner these days. Check it out […] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: O'Melveny Litigation Rainmaker Moving to Skadden
Back in March, we reported that Skadden D.C. lost important members of its litigation team when Andrew Sandler and Benjamin Klubes left to start their own firm. Have those losses been replaced? Sources report Skadden is in the process of poaching a big name from O’Melveny & Myers. Apparently, John Beisner is leaving OMM for […]
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