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Patton Boggs Adds Bankruptcy Team from Foley & Lardner

Patton Boggs Adds Bankruptcy Team from Foley & Lardner

Patton Boggs has hired away a three-person bankruptcy team from Foley & Lardner. Michael Richman was chairman of Foley’s bankruptcy & business reorganization practice. Mark Salzberg and Erika Morabito were…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Six partners from Sonnenschein have joined Morgan Lewis’ health care regulation practice… Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg has opened its eighth office, in Atlanta, Georgia… A pair of ex-Dreier…

Confirmed: Cozen O’Connor Hires 30 from Wolf Block

Confirmed: Cozen O’Connor Hires 30 from Wolf Block

The rumors were confirmed today: Cozen O’Connor announced it will bring on 30 attorneys from dissolving Wolf Block. The Wolf Block attorneys will add to the more than 60 lawyers…

Gonzalez Saggio Expands into Phoenix, LA

Gonzalez Saggio Expands into Phoenix, LA

Milwaukee’s Gonzalez Saggio, a minority-owned law firm, is opening offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, California. Gonzalez Saggio represents AIG, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. Yikes.…

Lanier Adds Attorneys for Houston Expansion

Lanier Adds Attorneys for Houston Expansion

The Lanier Law Firm is expanding in Houston, adding six new attorneys in the firm’s Asbestos Litigation Group, and an additional 14,000 square feet of office space. Respected asbestos litigators…

Dreier Survivors Create Sports & Entertainment Practice

Dreier Survivors Create Sports & Entertainment Practice

A pair of ex-Dreier attorneys is joining Hiscock & Barclay to found a new Sports & Entertainment Practice Area. Thomas I. Mandelbaum was co-chair of Dreier LLP’s Entertainment Practice Area.…

Pagan Osborne Swallows Up Robson McLean

Pagan Osborne Swallows Up Robson McLean

Edinburgh, UK’s Pagan Osborne is merging with crosstown rival Robson McLean. Robson McLean’s four partners, along with eight staff, will transfer to Pagan Osborne, which has been operating in Scotland…

Barnes & Thornburg Expands into Georgia

Barnes & Thornburg Expands into Georgia

Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg has opened its eighth office, in Atlanta, Georgia. Stuart C. Johnson and Jason A. Bernstein, previously partners in the Atlanta office of Bryan Cave, will join…

Morgan Lewis Lures Away Sonnenschein Partners

Morgan Lewis Lures Away Sonnenschein Partners

Six partners from Sonnenschein have joined Morgan Lewis’ health care regulation practice. Joyce Cowan, Kathleen McDermott, John Rah, Albert Shay, and Howard Young are joining Sonnenschein’s Washington office, while Reece…

Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]

Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]

Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are left without summer…