Thelen Reid & Priest
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Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest
Musical Chairs: Picking on Thelen is the New Bloodsport
Loeb & Loeb announced the addition of two new partners to their New York office, Kenneth A. Adler and Steve A. Semerdjian. Both partners are Thelen refugees. As you may have heard, Thelen is limping. Not Lehman Brothers limping (Dealbreaker has the latest on Lehman’s desperation). But Thelen clearly needs something positive to happen for […] -
Law Firm Mergers, Summer Associates, Thelen Reid & Priest
Breaking: Thelen Cancels 2009 Summer Associate Program
Too many tipsters to count have alerted us that Thelen appears to have canceled their 2009 summer associate program. People who had scheduled call backs with Thelen were informed this afternoon. As we understand it, this is a firm-wide decision affecting every office. We also believe Thelen has canceled all remaining OCI interviews. A few […] - Sponsored
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Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Thelen Reid & Priest
Law Firm Merger Mania: Nixon Peabody + Thelen = Nixlen Thelpea?
Thelen has laid off attorneys and changed its name, the law firm equivalent of hitting the gym and getting a makeover. Now they’re back in the club and looking for a mate. Leigh Jones of the National Law Journal reports: Thelen and Nixon Peabody are in merger talks, with a possible agreement pending, according to […]
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Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Thelen Their Oats: Will A New Name Lure Suitors?
As we reported last month, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner is on the prowl for a merger partner. And just like a divorcée plunging back into the dating market, the firm is taking steps to make itself more attractive. Like changing its name. From the firm’s press release: In a move to present a […] -
Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Thelen Their Oats: Will A New Name Lure Suitors?
As we reported last month, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner is on the prowl for a merger partner. And just like a divorcée plunging back into the dating market, the firm is taking steps to make itself more attractive. Like changing its name. From the firm’s press release: In a move to present a […] -
Biglaw, Start Dates, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, Thelen Reid & Priest
Nationwide Start Date Watch: K&L Gates(And a request for tips about any other postponed start dates.)
Thanks to the worsening economy, law firms don’t have enough work for the lawyers already on their payrolls. Some firms have decided to save money by having incoming first-year associates start later than originally planned. What’s the point of bringing new kids on board, at starting salaries of $160,000 each, if you don’t have enough […] -
Biglaw, Brown Raysman, Layoffs, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Skaddenfreude, Start Dates, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
The rumor making the rounds of lawyer and staff layoffs at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner is true. We just spoke to Thelen’s co-chair, Stephen V. O’Neal, who provided confirmation and details. The firm is in the process of laying off 26 associates and 85 staff members, on a firm-wide basis, “in response to […] -
Biglaw, Fenwick & West, Hogan & Hartson, Money, Reader Polls, Skaddenfreude, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Chapman and Cutler Blazes The Trail of Tiers
What’s the hot new trend in Biglaw? Two-track systems for associates. They’re regarded as a sensible way for law firms to address the twin challenges of (1) higher associate salaries and (2) associate attrition (often due to a frustration with long hours). Here’s word of the latest law firm to join the party, from NYLawyer.com […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Dick Cheney, New York Times, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Sports, Thelen Reid & Priest, Weddings
Non-Sequiturs: 07.20.07
* She was listed in the NYT wedding announcements as an HLS magna grad — and would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids! [Jossip] [FN1] * Don’t dress up in a giant pink bunny suit and hang out by a bank, unless you want to get yo’self tasered. [FourthAmendment.com] […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude, Thelen Reid & Priest
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Hartford
If you care only about associate compensation in major legal markets, stop reading now; do not sully your eyes with this post. But if you have an interest in what associates make outside the biggest cities, keep reading. Yesterday we covered Denver, to kick off what one commenter described as “Mid-Market Salary Mania.” Today we […] -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Chadbourne & Parke, Eliot Spitzer, LeBoeuf Lamb, Musical Chairs, Politics, Thelen Reid & Priest, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: 04.17.07
Some notable moves within the legal profession: Government to Private Sector: * Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, to LeBoeuf Lamb in DC. Last November, Steele lost his bid to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate. * Michele Hirshman, who served as Eliot Spitzer’s top deputy at the Attorney General’s office before he became Governor, […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude, Thelen Reid & Priest
Skaddenfreude: The Updated List of Shame
Back by popular demand: the LIST OF SHAME. Since the last publication of the list, one week ago, there have been some changes. Baker Botts has matched market in New York, so they are kinda-sorta off the list — “kinda-sorta” because we don’t think they’ve raised in other offices, including their Texas offices. (Some of […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Biglaw, Kramer Levin, Musical Chairs, Politics, Real Estate, Thelen Reid & Priest, Venable
Musical Chairs: 01.05.07
Nothing huge today, like yesterday’s news about Harriet Miers’s departure; but a few interesting moves. The two most noteworthy ones involve transitions between the public and private sectors: From politics to private practice: * Asa Hutchinson has rejoined Venable’s Washington office. Hutchinson — a former Undersecretary of Homeland Security, Republican congressman, and chief of the […]
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Brown Raysman, Dorsey & Whitney, Musical Chairs, Real Estate, Thelen Reid & Priest
Musical Chairs: 11.29.06
From Biglaw to business: * Another Wachtell Lipton partner is leaving the firm. Corporate partner Mitchell Presser recently left to join Fox Paine. We now hear that WLRK real estate partner Michael Benner may be leaving to become general counsel at real estate giant Tishman Speyer. New Partners: * Dorsey & Whitney: Banking lawyer Mark […] -
Biglaw, Brown Raysman, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Partner Profits, Thelen Reid & Priest
Another Day, Another Law Firm Merger
On the heels of the Dewey Ballantine/Orrick announcement, news of another law firm merger: Partners at Thelen Reid & Priest and New York’s Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner voted to combine the two firms Monday, creating a 617-lawyer firm that, based on last year’s revenue, would have placed 56th on the Am Law 100 […]