The lateral market for 2010 is expected to be brisk and we’ve already seen some big moves in the first month and a half of the year. This is following a record high for lateral moves in 2009, although some of that can be attributed to mergers or failing firms. Big moves so far this year [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
Thomas Amis, the chair of Alston & Bird’s renewable energy practice, and Nik Patel, an energy partner, have moved to Cooley Godward, and according to Amis another ten to twelve lawyers will be making the jump in the next two months. Amis will become the new chair of Cooley’s clean energy and technology practice. Cooley Goodward [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 5, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines. Tycko & Zavareei filed a class action suit against Fifth Third Bank… Pillsbury gave raises (sort of) and bonuses… Gardere Wynne added four attorneys to their roster… Morrison & Foerster hired Joe Calve as their Chief Marketing Officer… Danna McKitrick attorney Ruth Binger [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Alston & Bird has hired a developer to explore constructing a potential new office building in Atlanta, Georgia. The Law Firm would be the anchor tenant o the building. Daniel Corporation is the development company investigating the project. Last year Alston & Bird said it wanted to downsize from its current 420,000 square feet to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Jones Day expanded its presence in California today with the addition of four partners. In San Diego, Patrick Elsevier is moving to Jones Day from Alston & Bird’s Atlanta office, and Ken Funahashi is coming on board from Baker & McKenzie. Elsevier is an IP litigator specializing in biotechnology patent litigation. Funahashi is a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 28, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s headlines… President Obama took on the Supreme Court in last night’s State of the Union… James O’Keefe’s lawyer says his client was not trying to bug Senator Landrieu’s phones… Reed Smith picked up two corporate partners in New York… Four partners jumped from [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Four former partners in Alston & Bird have launched Mowrey Meezan Coddington Cloud. The new firm, with offices in Atlanta and Washington D.C. will focus on environmental, climate change and energy issues. Bob Mowrey, Dave Meezan, Kipp Coddington and Doug Cloud bring over 60 years of BigLaw experience to the new firm. Mowrey chaired two practice [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
On February 8 Fortune Magazine will release its list of top 100 places to work. Six law firms have made the list this year. Fortune surveyed a random sample of employees to learn attitudes about management credibility, job satisfaction and camaraderie. Two-thirds of each company’s score is based on employee response. The other third is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Alston & Bird is changing the way it computes overtime for its secretaries. Up until now, Alston & Bird has paid overtime starting at 37.5 hours per week, slightly more generous than is required by law. Now the firm is revising its overtime policy to match what is required by state and federal [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Good morning! Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… LA Mayor Villaregosa’s deputy chief of staff moves to the private sector… Alston & Bird has deferred its deferrals…. Dewey & LeBoeuf picked up a pair of partners from Stroock… and the government is investigatinginsurance company Humana over some political advertisements…
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