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DLA Piper to Keep Only 35% of Incoming Trainees

DLA Piper to Keep Only 35% of Incoming Trainees

The UK offices of DLA Piper have cut incoming trainees from their intakes of newly-qualified lawyers. The firm will only be keeping four of its 12 trainees in Birmingham; 14…

Wisconsin Public Defenders Demand Raises

Wisconsin Public Defenders Demand Raises

The State Bar of Wisconsin and the state public defender’s office are demanding a $30 an hour increase in the pay for attorneys who volunteer to defend indigents. Public defender…

McDermott Lays Off 25 Associates, 47 Staff

McDermott Lays Off 25 Associates, 47 Staff

McDermott Will & Emery, which last week cut pay for its summer associates, announced today it has laid off 25 associates and 47 staff. Some first year associates were cut,…

DLA Piper Loses 4 Real Estate Lawyers

DLA Piper Loses 4 Real Estate Lawyers

DLA Piper has shed four attorneys from its real estate practice in recent months. Pamela Westhoff left the firm’s Los Angeles office, joining Sheppard Mullin as a partner. San Francisco…

Chartwell Law Opens Delaware Office

Chartwell Law Opens Delaware Office

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania’s Chartwell Law has opened an office in Wilmington, Delaware, it’s first outside the Keystone State. Seth Reidenberg, formerly of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor in Wilmington, has…

Grand Law Firm Launches New Orleans Office

Grand Law Firm Launches New Orleans Office

Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s Grand Law Firm has opened its second office, in New Orleans. The bankruptcy boutique, founded 15 years ago by attorney Trenton A. Grand, advises clients with financial…

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: New York’s Appellate Division has ruled that the state’s 1,300 judges need a pay raise, and lawmakers have 90 days to give them…

LaFave Merges with Latimer/Stroud

LaFave Merges with Latimer/Stroud

Two women-owned law firms in the Albany, New York area have merged. Delmar’s LaFave Firm and Latham’s Latimer/Stroud will become LaFave, Latimer, Stroud & Jerome. The new, eleven-person firm will…

Wiley Rein Hires Two in DC

Wiley Rein Hires Two in DC

Wiley Rein has added Douglas Walgren and Nova Daly to its Washington, DC office. Walgren, former Democratic US Representative from Pennsylvania, joins the firm as a consulting counsel. He served…

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 8 to Consumer Finance Group

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 8 to Consumer Finance Group

Florida’s Akerman Senterfitt has brought on eight attorneys for its Consumer Finance Litigation practice group. Charles Townsend joins from Bank of America as a Shareholder in Dallas. He was a…