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Seyfarth Shaw Brings on Team from Alston & Bird

Seyfarth Shaw Brings on Team from Alston & Bird

Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which in May laid off 50 people and reduced salaries, has brought on a new team of corporate and technology partners from Alston & Bird. Robert C.…

Obama’s Lawyers Make $172,000 or Less

Obama’s Lawyers Make $172,000 or Less

The Obama administration has released salary information for its 46 staff lawyers. The highest paid is Gregory B. Craig, whose tiles are Assistant to the President and Counsel to the…

Blank Rome Cuts Starting Associate Salaries

Blank Rome Cuts Starting Associate Salaries

Blank Rome is cutting starting salaries for incoming associates. The rundown is as follows: New York City: $145,000, down from $160,000 Philadelphia & Princeton: $130,000, from $145,000 Wilmington & Washington…

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Baker Botts has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and is expanding its other two Middle Eastern offices… The…

Orrick Abandons Lock-step Compensation for Associates

Orrick Abandons Lock-step Compensation for Associates

San Francisco’s Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, is abandoning lock-step compensation for associates. Under a lock-step scheme, associate salaries are determined entirely by how long the associate…

Alston & Bird Reduces Associate Pay By $5K

Alston & Bird Reduces Associate Pay By $5K

Today Atlanta’s Alston & Bird informed its associates that the firm is reducing all associate salaries by $5,000. At this time, the firm expects to reverse the salary cut at…

Techmeier Merging with Cochran

Techmeier Merging with Cochran

Milwaukee’s Techmeier Law Firm is merging with national personal injury and criminal defense firm The Cochran Firm. Techmeier will operate under the Cochran Firm name. Will Techmeier, founder of the…

Profits Plummet at Clifford Chance

Profits Plummet at Clifford Chance

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance saw average profits per equity partner drop 37% to £733,000 ($1.2 million) in the last fiscal year. Revenue fell 5% to £1.26 billion, which…

University of Miami Law to Defer Incoming Students

University of Miami Law to Defer Incoming Students

For months now, Biglaw firms have been offering voluntary, or imposing involuntary, deferral schemes on incoming associates. Now a law school had jumped on the bandwagon. The University of Miami…

Baker Botts Launches Abu Dhabi Office

Baker Botts Launches Abu Dhabi Office

Baker Botts, which in March laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys, has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and is expanding its other two Middle…