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Husch Blackwell Lays Off 10 Lawyers

Husch Blackwell Lays Off 10 Lawyers

Husch Blackwell, which in March laid off 17 lawyers and 45 staff, announced this week it has laid off 10 lawyers. No further details are availability. If you know anything…

New Jersey Offering Unpaid Work to Unemployed Lawyers

New Jersey Offering Unpaid Work to Unemployed Lawyers

New Jersey state Attorney General Anne Milgram’s new Volunteer Associates in Public Service Program will offer unemployed lawyers part-time work at no pay. Volunteers must work 20-hour weeks for at…

Chimko Buys Weik & Associates

Chimko Buys Weik & Associates

Michigan bankruptcy attorney Darryl Chimko, has purchased Weik & Associates, a bankruptcy boutique located in Royal Oak, Michigan. The new company is now known as Weik, Chimko & Associates. Previously…

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: The Los Angeles County Superior Court has implemented a plan which closes most facilities and furloughs workers one day a month… Lovells has…

Shutts & Bowen Adds Lawyers

Shutts & Bowen Adds Lawyers

Shutts & Bowen has brought on three new senior lawyers for its West Palm Beach, Florida office. Hank Jackson joins from Holland & Knight as a partner in the business…

LA County Superior Courts Shut Courtrooms, Furlough Employees

LA County Superior Courts Shut Courtrooms, Furlough Employees

Today, the Los Angeles County Superior Courts implemented a furlough plan required by the state budget. On the third Wednesday of each month, the courts will close most facilities and…

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Stephanie Heilborn joins Fulbright & Jaworski in New York as a partner in its trusts and estates practice. Most recently she was…

Anderson Kill Expands Insurance Recovery Practice

Anderson Kill Expands Insurance Recovery Practice

Anderson Kill Wood & Bender has hired two insurance recovery attorneys for its Ventura, California office. Arnold Barba joins from the dissolved Brown Winfield Canzoneri Abram, where he practiced business…

Bird & Bird Sees 30% Rise in Revenue

Bird & Bird Sees 30% Rise in Revenue

Bucking the trend of law firms suffering drops in revenue, Bird & Bird saw revenues rise by 29.6% in the last fiscal year. The firm reported gross revenue of £186.3…

Lovells Adds Four Lawyers in Italy

Lovells Adds Four Lawyers in Italy

Lovells has brought on two partners from Simmons & Simmons for its Milan office. Federico Del Monte and Corrado Fiscale specialize in structured finance and securities work, and will co-head…