Woodcock Washburn has named David J. Wolfsohn chairman of the firm’s litigation group. He replaces Dianne Elderkin, who left this week with three other partners to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s. Wolfson has been with Woodcock Washburn since 2005. Among his more notable achievements at the firm was a $19-million jury verdict in a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Three partners from Woodcock Washburn, including former policy committee member and current litigation practice chairwoman Dianne Elderkin, have decided to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Philadelphia office. Barbara L. Mullin and Steven D. Maslowski will join Elderkin, who she worked with last year to win a verdict of $1.67 billion for client Johnson [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
Jones Day, which last month brought on seven bankruptcy lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis, has hired two laterals. Partner Ronald Johnson joins from Akin Gump. He represents railroads in litigation and regulatory matters. Lily Claffee joins as a partner from the Commerce Department, where she was general counsel. She will work in Jones Day’s government regulation practice. Jones [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Akin Gump has announced the hiring of partners Nicholas Porritt and William White for its litigation practice in Washington DC. Porritt comes to Akin Gump from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He handles SEC and commercial litigation matters. White spent the last 10 years at WilmerHale. Before that, he was with the Enforcement Division of the SEC. In [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Two top lawyers at Switzerland’s UBS have left the firm. Ash Gulati, executive director of UBS’s UK-based prime brokerage & equity derivatives legal team, will join the London office of Akin Gump as senior counsel. Matthew French, head of UBS’s distressed investment team, will leave after less than a year, to join the Nomura Group. He will [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 4, 2009
Dallas’ Akin Gump is altering its salary plan to reward lawyers who are on track to bill 2,000 hours by the end of the year. Those lawyers receive a supplemental payment. Those who do not will not be penalized. The firm made the announcement via e-mail Friday evening. In early March, the firm laid off 47 associates and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Am Law 200 firms Covington & Burling, K&L Gates, Dickstein Shapiro, and McGuireWoods were among the law firms that made the most cash from lobbying in 2008, according to Legal Times’ annual listing of the “Influence 50.” But Akin Gump came in first place, with $98 million in lobbying revenues in 2008, up 9% from 2007. Covington [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 7, 2009
It was another disastrous week for law firm layoffs. Here are the totals: Arent Fox: 13 attorneys, 15 staff Bingham McCutchen: 16 attorneys, 23 staff King & Spalding: 37 attorneys, 85 staff Akin Gump: 47 attorneys, 57 staff O’Melveny & Myers: 90 attorneys, 110 staff Shearman & Sterling: 78 staff Dewey & LeBeouf: 15 attorneys, 115 staff Clifford Chance: 115 staff Wiggin and Dana: [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
Once again, the rumors are true. Akin Gump is laying off 47 associates and 57 paralegals and staff. The firm will be offering “comprehensive severance packages,” including outplacement services. In January, Akin Gump laid off 65 staff members in its US offices. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP was founded in Dallas in 1945 by Robert Strauss and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
Today is a busy day for legal industry layoff rumors. Blawgs are now reporting that Akin Gump is either laying off lawyers today, or has chosen lawyers it will lay off next week. The firm laid off 65 staff in January, and said at that time it did not expect any attorney cuts. If you know anything about [...]
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