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Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:02:36 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, January 24, and here’s a quick look back at the headlines from the end of last week…

Anderson Kill is opening a new office in Connecticut…

Wilmer Hale recruited a senior attorney from the Air Force…

Dewey & LeBoeuf picked up Howrey’s vice-chair…

and Kent Conrad will retire from the Senate in 2012…

Eugene Anderson, Founder of Anderson Kill & Olick, Dies at 82

joshua — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:50:59 +0000

The New York Law Journal reports Eugene R. Anderson, a founding partner of Anderson Kill & Olick, died from pneumonia Friday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was 82.

Considered a leader in insurance coverage law, Anderson was once described by BusinessWeek as “the dean of policyholder’s attorneys,” the New York Law Journal reports. According to an internal letter from Anderson Kill managing partner Robert M. Horkovich, Anderson had been hospitalized for some time because of a rare form of double pneumonia.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of a mentor whose boundless energy, creativity, tenacity and zeal on behalf of policyholders has inspired those of us now working at Anderson Kill, as well as hundreds of attorneys in practice throughout the nation,” Horkovich said.

Anderson founded Anderson Kill & Olick in Manhattan in 1969. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law and then joined Chadbourne & Parke, where he eventually made partner. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the 1960’s prior to founding Anderson Kill.

Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. today at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, 1076 Madison Ave. at 81st Street.

Tuesday Roundup

joshua — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:45:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

Morrison & Foerster lowers salaries for California associates…

Schulte Roth nabs five securities lawyers from Mayer Brown…

Six lawyers jump from Anderson Kill to Offit Kurman…

The DoJ has an Office of Vaccine Litigation? Yes, and it is hiring…

Skadden Arps picks up former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt…

Anderson Kill Expands Insurance Recovery Practice

Erik Even — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:13:38 +0000

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 and real estate litigation. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. Barba received his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

Jeff G. Coyner focuses on environmental law. He worked in the environmental sciences before earning his law degree from Golden Gate University Law, where he was editor of the Law Review.

In January, Anderson Kill & Olick merged with Wood & Bender, operating as Anderson Kill & Olick; but the Ventura office operates as Anderson Kill Wood & Bender.

Anderson Kill & Olick is based in New York City, and has offices in Greenwich, Newark, Philadelphia, Ventura, and Washington DC.

Reed Smith’s Revenue up 10% in 2008

Erik Even — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:44:28 +0000

Pittsburgh’s Reed Smith reports a 10% increase in gross revenue to $980 million in 2008, on the back of significant lateral expansion.

But profits per equity partner were down to $935,000, 6.5% below the $1 million milestone reached in 2007. Revenue per lawyer fell a comparatively modest 3.5 percent, to $660,000.

The presence of Reed Smith’s largest office in London, with roughly 350 lawyers, hurt revenues this year because of the weaker British pound. In the absence of currency fluctuations, the firm would have joined the “billion-dollar club.”

The surge in revenue reflects a number of noteworthy expansions. In January 2008, 110 Richards Butler lawyers in Hong Kong and Beijing joined Reed Smith, mainly in transactional specialties. That same month, 55 New York lawyers joined from Anderson Kill, predominantly in restructuring and insurance litigation. At year-end, Reed Smith also picked up a clutch of lawyers from the corpse of Thelen for its offices around the country, including its newly opened office in Silicon Valley.