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Michael Best Leader Talks Merger, Denver Growth
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's merger with Denver firm Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor PC is part of the firm's focus on the Mile High City as one of several growth markets, the firm's managing partner told Law360 Pulse.
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Brownstein Hyatt Adds Another Crowell Atty, IP Expert In DC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has hired a former Crowell & Moring LLP counsel who started her career as a Swiss National Science Foundation fellow conducting postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University on endocrine-disrupting contaminants in water.
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On The Ballot: NYC Mayoral Candidates' Plans For Law Dept.
The New York City Law Department could boost the number of attorneys on its bench or create a unit to reduce frivolous lawsuits, according to proposals from two of the three candidates vying to be the next mayor.
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Hinshaw Expands Miami Ops With Veteran Business Litigator
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Tuesday that a veteran business litigator with over 20 years of experience has joined the firm's Miami office from Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC.
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CM Law Adds Ex-SEC Enforcement Atty In Texas
CM Law PLLC has brought on a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney in Austin, Texas, as a partner in the firm's corporate and business services, litigation and dispute resolution and government, regulatory and compliance practice groups.
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Ex-National Security Prosecutor Rejoins Munger Tolles In LA
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP is welcoming back an attorney who oversaw national security matters in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California.
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BBK Names First Female Managing Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Monday that it has named a new managing partner with the appointment of a longtime environmental and land use attorney to the role as the first woman to lead the firm in more than 130 years.
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Hagens Berman Fights Sanctions Over Thalidomide Suits
Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP strenuously denied claims that it should be sanctioned for filing since-dropped product liability cases, responding to a judge's show cause order by saying it spent hundreds of hours researching the legal theories it pursued before filing the cases and devoted substantial time and resources to them.
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Archer & Greiner Selects Enviro Chair As Next Firm President
Archer & Greiner PC announced Monday that a longtime presence at the firm who currently chairs the firm's environmental practice has been elected to be the firm's next president, effective at the start of 2026.
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Frost Brown Adds Porter Hedges Commercial Finance Pro
Frost Brown Todd LLP announced Monday that it added a new partner to its commercial finance practice group in Houston from Porter Hedges LLP.
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How Law Firm Leaders Are Keeping Teams Connected
Internal podcasts, monthly town halls and piling on airline miles in the name of one-on-one meetings are just a few of the strategies that law firm leaders are employing to keep their ever-expanding network of people connected.
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Orrick Adds 37-Lawyer CLO Team From Cadwalader
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has opened a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and added a 37-lawyer collateralized loan obligations and asset-backed lending team from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, part of a larger exodus of Cadwalader attorneys tracked by Law360 Pulse.
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Moritt Hock Launches Business Divorce Practice
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP has formed a business divorce practice group to resolve complex disputes between owners of closely held businesses, the New York-based commercial law firm announced Monday.
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Some Longtime Legal Blogs Go Quiet As Platform Shuts Down
When the online publishing platform Typepad launched more than two decades ago, it became a hub for a then-growing community of law professors and legal bloggers. Its closure this week marked the end of an era that has found some bloggers looking for new homes or opting to call it quits.
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Jackson Walker, Ex-Insurer Settle Judge Romance Claims
In the latest settlement with Jackson Walker over a former partner's secret romance with an ex-bankruptcy judge, the litigation trustee for defunct life insurance bond settler GWG Holdings Inc. reached a $405,000 deal Friday to settle its claims against the law firm.
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Jones Walker Adds Atty Who Operated Litigation Boutique
Jones Walker LLP has hired an attorney who formerly operated her own litigation boutique to bolster the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring team and its capacity to handle various types of insolvency and commercial matters.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Hausfeld LLP's handling of a suit on behalf of the city of Philadelphia and Foley Hoag LLP's work on an $8 billion biotech acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 19 to Oct. 3.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Williams & Connolly LLP and Skaggs Faucette LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge issued a rare post-mistrial verdict arrangement that ordered Biogen to pay Genentech Inc. more than $88 million in royalties.
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Lippes Mathias Names First Chief Growth Officer
Lippes Mathias LLP has named a longtime partner to serve as its first chief growth officer as part of what the firm has called the "professionalization" of its C-level leadership structure, which also included naming a chief legal officer and chief advisory officer earlier this year.
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Offit Kurman Expands To Northern Calif. With Veteran Litigator
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has announced that the firm has expanded its California operations to include the San Francisco Bay Area and the state's Central Coast with the hire of a veteran attorney with over 30 years of commercial litigation experience.
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Fennemore Craig CEO On 140th Anniversary, Growth Strategy
In a legal environment where a number of established firms have shut down over the past few years, West Coast-based Fennemore Craig PC's 140th anniversary stands out as a milestone for a firm withstanding the tests of time.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week, with more government attorneys moving to private practice, leadership changes and artificial intelligence-related court filing mishaps. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Scott + Scott In San Diego
Plaintiffs firm Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Jackson Walker Can't Duck Judge Romance Suit, Court Told
A group of bondholders Thursday urged a Texas federal judge not to throw out its suit over a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's secret romance with a bankruptcy judge, arguing that the firm "has a problem with telling the truth" and it's "back at it again."
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Conn. Award Spotlights Day Pitney's Pro Bono Commitment
Day Pitney LLP was recently named this year’s Pro Bono Leader for Justice by the Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation in recognition of the firm’s decades-long partnership with the organization. Firm leaders, however, say the dedication to pro bono work spans across Connecticut and multiple areas of law.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.