Law Firm Names
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Biglaw, Gender, Job Searches, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Patton Boggs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 05.28.14
* “[T]hree names are unnecessary, and over time I think you’ll see Squire Patton start to take hold.” Sanders got the boot in this law firm merger, and it won’t be long before Boggs follows. [Am Law Daily]
* The “great female brain drain” at Am Law 200 firms isn’t slowing down, and it will only get better if Biglaw firms concentrate less on their failed “fix the women” approaches. [Harvard Business Review]
* Mary Jo White of the SEC promised to dust off an often ignored — but “potentially [] very powerful” — section of securities law to pursue financial violations. Be wary of the “innocent instrumentality” doctrine, defense attorneys. [DealBook / New York Times]
* We’ve got some breaking news for our readers from the “no sh*t” department: Law school graduates are still having a very tough time getting jobs as lawyers, and there is no real end in sight. [Sacramento Bee]
* If you’re looking for a way to explain a switch in your undergrad major when applying to law school, show admissions committees how pretty your grades are now. Tada! [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Basketball, Biglaw, Cars, Google / Search Engines, In-House Counsel, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Money, Morning Docket, Patents, Patton Boggs, Racism, Real Estate, Technology
Morning Docket: 05.19.14
* Partners from Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders may vote on their merger sometime this week. Get ready to say hello to Squire Patton, House of Boggs, Hodorific of Its Name. [Reuters]
* “[E]xcuse me, sir, you may not be here in five years.” Biglaw firms are becoming more “egalitarian” about office space because attorneys have expiration dates. [National Law Journal]
* After a flat year in 2013, and much to Biglaw’s chagrin, “[i]t is going to be harder to sustain year-over-year profitability gains.” Oh joy, time to power up the layoff machine. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Tech giants Apple and Google have called a ceasefire in their dueling patent suits in a quest to reform patent law — and so Apple can concentrate all of its efforts on suing the sh*t out of Samsung. [Bloomberg]
* GM’s in-house legal department is being heavily scrutinized in the wake of the car maker’s ignition switch lawsuit extravaganza. You see, friends, people die when lawyers don’t even bother to lie. [New York Times]
* Donald Sterling found a lawyer willing to represent him, an antitrust maven who thinks the NBA should take its ball and go home because “no punishment was warranted” in his client’s case. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, Law Firm Names, LeBoeuf Lamb, Shopping, Technology
Dewey Have A Bargain For You! Defunct Law Firm's Domain Name Now Up For Auction
How much would it cost you to buy the former domain name of dearly departed Dewey & LeBoeuf?
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names
Law Firm Merger Mania: Fulbright & Jaworski Smells Sweet to Norton Rose
Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski are merging. Let's learn about the size, name, and leadership of the new entity they will form. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, California, Deaths, Federal Judges, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Intellectual Property, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Movies, Partner Issues, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, YouTube
Morning Docket: 09.20.12
* Are you ready for some Supreme gossip? In remarks delivered at Colorado Law, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted that the Defense of Marriage Act would be argued “toward the end of the current term.” [CBS News]
* Dewey’s version of trying to curry favor for the proposed $72M partner settlement? Filing a deposition transcript noting that others could’ve also been blamed for D&L’s downfall, but weren’t due to time constraints. Gee, thanks. [Am Law Daily]
* Novak Druce + Quigg and Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz will merge to form Novak Druce Connolly Bove & Quigg, the 7th largest IP firm in the U.S. Guess seven name partners was a bit much. [Delaware Law Weekly]
* Michael McShane was nominated by President Obama to fill a judgeship in Oregon. If confirmed, he’d be one of the few openly gay judges on the federal bench, which, of course, would be absolutely fabulous. [Oregonian]
* The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession wants the ABA to amend the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to include a duty to promote diversity. Because we clearly need a rule on that. [National Law Journal]
* Cindy Garcia, an actress from “Innocence of Muslims” is suing, claiming that she was duped into the role under false pretenses. She wants the film removed from YouTube. Everyone else does, too, lady. [Bloomberg]
* A judge refused to issue an injunction against the California ban on foie gras, instead allowing a suit on the same topic to move forward. Oh mon dieu, judge, think of all the poor Francophiles! [San Francisco Chronicle]
* Joshua Morse III, former dean of Mississippi Law who defied segregation, RIP. [New York Times]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, Dissolution, Kimba Wood, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, White-Collar Crime
Dewey Know Whom To Blame? Some Say 'Steve'
How much blame do former chairman Steven Davis and executive director Steve DiCarmine deserve for the Dewey & LeBoeuf debacle? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Dewey Have Any Updates? Some Say Silence Is 'Deafening'
Aside from a report that some partners want criminal charges brought against chairman Steven H. Davis, as noted in Morning Docket, things have been relatively quiet on the Dewey front over the past day or two. Perhaps too quiet, for some people…. -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Crowell & Moring, Divorce Train Wrecks, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Firm Names, Morning Docket, Murder, Partner Profits
Morning Docket: 02.09.12
* At least two firms probably won’t be handing out spring bonuses like candy this year. While gross revenue remained steady at Dickstein Shapiro and Crowell & Moring, PPP dropped at both firms. [Legal Times] * Not-so breaking news: the Thirteenth Amendment applies only to humans. It seems like the only people who didn’t already […]
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Advertising, Entertainment Law, Law Firm Names, Lawyer Advertising
Lawyer URL of the Day
It’s Friday, let’s play a game. A word search. Guess the URL for entertainment lawyer Roger A. Pliakas, Esquire. Hint: Sean Connery would take therapist… -
Immigration, Law Firm Names, Lawyer Advertising, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Mr. Small
Sometimes, the name chosen by your parents guarantees that you will be a success. The luckiest of all, for our purposes at least, are those chosen few with the last name Small. First, you are guaranteed to come up on a Google search for "small law firm." Second, your name says it all. How much clearer can you get than Mr. Small's Small Firm? And you can have fun with marketing, too.... -
Biglaw, Faegre & Benson, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Mergers and Acquisitions, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms
Law Firm Merger Mania: Faegre & Benson and Baker & Daniels Make It Official
Back in August, the law firms of Faegre & Benson and Baker & Daniels confirmed that they were engaged in merger talks. Today the firms announced that their partnerships have voted in favor of the combination. The merger will take effect on January 1, 2012, and the new entity will be known as Faegre Baker […] -
Biglaw, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Wildman Harrold
Law Firm Merger Mania: Edwards Angell Merges With Wildman Harrold
What results from the coupling of an angel and a wild man? One might think: angel + wild man = air traffic nightmare. In the law firm context, however, the result is quite different. Edwards Angell is merging with Wildman Harrold, to form Edwards Wildman Palmer. What else do we know about Edwards Wildman Palmer? And what might be motivating this merger? -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Names, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Small Firms with Big Names
Lawyers at small law firms need to think carefully about what to name their firms. Here are some considerations to keep in mind, from small-firm columnist Jay Shepherd.
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Biglaw, Law Firm Names, Lawyer Advertising
Paul Hastings To Become... Paul Hastings. But Now It's 'Official.'
Paul Hastings is now... Paul Hastings! A look at one law firm's name change and marketing makeover. -
Biglaw, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Eliot Spitzer, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Non-Sequiturs, Wildman Harrold
Non-Sequiturs: 07.06.11
* Caylee’s Law would make it a felony for anybody to grieve for their child in any way that doesn’t involve law enforcement within the hour. I trust the libertarian crowd is going to help me point out how this is dumb. [WSJ Law Blog] * Big time antitrust lawyer Christine A. Varney is leaving […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Law Firm Names, Lawyer Advertising, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: What’s In A Name?
Before this column launched, I spent several moments stewing over possible pseudonyms. After all, branding is everything. So, I wanted to come up with a name that said to my audience that I was a small-firm expert and a super-cool chick. Naturally, I picked the name that is synonymous with post-menopausal Jewish bubbies. Perhaps I […] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Dewey Have Enough Partners to Mess Up the Winston / Howrey Deal?
As we mentioned in our last story on the embattled Howrey law firm, the remaining partners will vote this week on whether to wind down the 55-year-old shop. According to Am Law Daily, that vote is set to take place on Wednesday. For the past few weeks, Winston & Strawn has been waiting in the […] -
Law Firm Names, Television
Jay Leno Drops a MoFo
Lawyers have been all up in The Tonight Show’s grill this year, thanks to the Jay Leno – Conan O’Brien smackdown. But the lawyers were relegated to an off-screen role. Jay Leno never name-checked Gibson Dunn (that we know of) for repping NBC and helping to put him back on his throne. Another Biglaw firm […] -
Betty Fletcher, Feminism, Gender, Kathleen Sullivan, Law Firm Names, Lesbians, Patricia Hynes
Update: Notable Notes on Kathleen Sullivan and Other Female Name Partners
The elevation of Kathleen Sullivan to name partner at Quinn Emanuel symbolized some serious change in the world of Biglaw. Diversity in the partnership ranks is growing. Sullivan is likely Biglaw’s first openly LGBT name partner, and she appears to be the first female to get her name on the door at an AmLaw 100 […] -
Gay, Kathleen Sullivan, Law Firm Names, Lesbians, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
CHECK YOU FIRM NAME: Quinn Emanuel Adds Kathleen Sullivan to the Stationery
An ATL favorite, Quinn Emanuel, is making a change to its firm name. From the Quinn press release: John B. Quinn announced today that the firm he and Eric Emanuel founded 25 years ago will change its name, and henceforth be known as Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. The decision to add Kathleen M. […]