Laterals
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Arent Fox, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Dewey Have A Problem With Defections? Or With Math?(Plus information on international offices.)
What's going on with Dewey defections? And restated financial results? And overseas offices? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patents
Dickstein Shapiro: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
There's good news and there's bad news coming out of Dickstein Shapiro. Let's start with the good news.... - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Lateral Moves, Law Professors, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Chicago Poaches Prominent Professor from Columbia
Chicago nabs a prominent young law professor from Columbia. It looks like a $2.6 million townhouse in Morningside Heights wasn't enough to keep this legal academic from leaving Gotham for the Windy City.
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Headhunters / Recruiters, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Staff Layoffs
Dewey Have Comment on Recent Developments?Yes -- Firm Is Cutting 5 to 6 Percent of Personnel
The rumor mill has been churning nonstop over the past week about Dewey & LeBoeuf. In our recent stories about the firm, we’ve discussed reports of financial difficulties, partner departures, and possible layoffs of lawyers and staff. Firm management has been fairly tight-lipped -- until now. What did firm chairman Steven Davis have to say? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, King & Spalding, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Where's LeBoeuf? An Update on Doings at Dewey
What's going down at Dewey? Some claim the firm is experiencing financial difficulties, and there have been some partner departures and reports of associate layoffs. But Dewey claims that it's really just business as usual over there. Let's tackle the question: Where's Le Boeuf? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Don't Tell Obvious Lies!
Okay, I confess: I made the headline intentionally provocative. You shouldn’t lie at all, and you should absolutely forbid witnesses from lying under oath. (If we, the lawyers, don’t obey the law, who will?) I’m thinking today about a person who is not under oath and will be sorely tempted to tell an obvious lie. […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Lateral Moves, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Is It Time to Go? Four Signs You Aren’t Where You Should Be
If you’ve ever been miserable at your job, you’re in good company. But a little job misery doesn’t necessarily mean that you should make a beeline for the door. Many people have compelling reasons to stay put. So how do you know when it’s time to go? The Career Center, brought to you by Lateral […] -
Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Energy Lawyers in Motion
January is generally a popular time for partner moves, and energy lawyers are popular people. Right now their practice area is as hot as New York City is cold. As you may recall, this time last year a slew of energy attorneys moved from McDermott to Cadwalader. We've recently received word that at least two prominent partners in the energy space are switching firms. Let's find out who they are and where they are heading.... - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
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.... -
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 […]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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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, […] -
Job Searches
Goodwin Procter is Hiring: People Goodwin Laid Off Are Pissed
Back in November, Goodwin Procter laid off 55 people: 21 of them associate attorneys. You’ll remember that the laid-off employees took the news particularly hard. In February of 2009 — in the teeth of the recession — Goodwin Procter laid off 74 people: 38 of those victims were associates. But enough about sad old 2009, […] -
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 […] -
Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Parties, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket 11.25.08
* Covington & Burling’s Eric Holder is now definite as Obama’s choice for Attorney General. Look out for the official announcement after Thanksgiving. [Politico] * Former Hunton & Williams partner Emerson Briggs gets 70 months in federal prison for doing very bad things with his firm laptop. [Legal Times] * California AG Jerry Brown is […]