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Rising Star: McGuireWoods' Dan Howell
Dan Howell of McGuireWoods LLP represented Dominion Energy Inc. in its $14 billion sale of three local natural gas distribution companies and Apogee Engineering in its acquisition by private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Selendy Gay's Temidayo Aganga-Williams
Temidayo Aganga-Williams served as senior investigative counsel to the U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he was responsible for investigating the facts and causes of the riot and shaping what would become the historical record of it, earning him a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: McDermott's Michael Bruno
Michael Bruno of McDermott Will & Emery LLP was tapped as lead tax counsel by two legendary athletes — Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry — for the rollouts of their respective beverage brands, earning him recognition as one of the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Willkie's Genevieve DiSpirito
As a litigation partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Genevieve DiSpirito helped secure favorable outcomes for AIG in several opioid crisis matters in which billions of dollars were collectively at stake, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's A. Joshua Podoll
A. Joshua Podoll of Williams & Connolly LLP advised Albertsons Cos. Inc. and SuperValu in a long-running False Claims Act case and represented CVS Health Corp. in multijurisdictional litigation concerning insulin pricing, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Labaton Keller's Danielle Izzo
Danielle Izzo of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP is co-lead counsel in a current case alleging menstrual cycle tracking app Flo secretly shared intimate health data with tech giants like Facebook without users' knowledge or consent, placing her among the cybersecurity and privacy lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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McGuireWoods Adds Offit Kurman Gov't Contracts, Tech Atty
McGuireWoods LLP has hired a former Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law principal who focuses his practice on government contracts and technology transactions, and who joins the team as a counsel in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
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The Real AI Edge For Law Firms? Innovative Thinking
In today's arms race for legal innovation, one BigLaw firm is pursuing a strategy that goes beyond technology to set itself apart in the types of legal services it provides.
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O'Melveny Environmental Partner Moves To Freshfields In NY
Freshfields LLP announced Thursday that a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP environmental attorney with experience in both the private and public sectors has joined the firm's corporate practice in New York.
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Alston & Bird Expands West Coast Reach With LA Funds Atty
Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder with in-house investment firm experience as an investment funds partner in Los Angeles.
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NY Legal Aid Society Reaches Deal To Avert Atty Strike
New York City has dodged the possibility of an ongoing legal services strike ballooning in size after the NY Legal Aid Society announced Wednesday that it had reached a tentative agreement with its nearly 1,100-member union.
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Holland & Knight Hires Longtime Choate Leader In Boston
A financing and restructuring partner at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, who spent nearly his entire career spanning more than 30 years with that firm and led its business department for almost two decades, has moved his practice to Holland & Knight's Boston office.
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Freshfields Reelects Senior Partner For Second Term
Freshfields said Thursday that it has reelected litigator Georgia Dawson as its senior partner for a second term amid strong backing for her leadership from the firm's partners.
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Seyfarth Shaw Employment Atty Jumps To Akerman In LA
Akerman LLP is boosting its employment team, bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP class action litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Clients Name Top Firms For Service Amid Shifting Needs
The set of client service-related behaviors corporate clients demand from their law firms has dramatically shifted, creating a shakeup at the top of this year's BTI Client Service A-Team ranking released Thursday.
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Hinshaw Must Face Malpractice Suit, Fla. Panel Says
A Florida appeals panel overturned Wednesday a lower court decision favoring Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in a malpractice claim brought by a pilot safety training company, ruling that the company didn't abandon its claims by settling an underlying arbitration.
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Nonequity Partners Unsure How They Can Make Equity Partner
The ranks of nonequity partners may be growing, but a recent report found many partners stating confusion about how attorneys can advance to the next level and ambiguity about whether the tier should be expanded.
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American Arbitration Assoc. Looks To Duck Monopoly Claims
The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Tuesday to toss a case accusing it of monopolizing the market for consumer arbitration services, saying the proposed class action hasn't come close to pleading predatory pricing.
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DLA Piper Employment Atty Jumps To Davis Wright In LA
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is expanding its employment law team, announcing this week that it has brought in a DLA Piper litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Rising Star: King & Spalding's Almiro Clere
Almiro Clere of King & Spalding LLP has advised Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism on what planners say will be the world's largest artificial reef off Dubai, where 1 billion corals will live on a marine bed the size of New York City, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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NY Finance Atty Joins Proskauer From A&O Shearman
Proskauer Rose LLP announced that an experienced finance attorney who's spent over 20 years primarily working on collateralized loan obligations has joined the firm's New York office from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling.
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Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jacob Croke
Jacob Croke helped Sullivan & Cromwell LLP locate and recover billions of dollars worth of missing assets left over from the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Wachtell's Mark Stagliano
Mark Stagliano of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz led the team representing T-Mobile in large joint venture transactions with EQT and KKR, and companies as diverse as Azek and Capri Holdings, in deals involving billions of dollars in payments and investments, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Reed Smith's Dominic Rupprecht
Dominic Rupprecht of Reed Smith LLP has championed corporate policyholders by obtaining major wins for one of the "Big Three" wholesale drug distributors in opioid-related litigation and securing a settlement for Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC, earning him a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Freshfields' Joe Soltis
Joe Soltis of Freshfields LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including Cencora's $4.6 billion acquisition of Retina Consultants of America, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.