Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 25, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Morrison Foerster added a lateral in New York… A former US Attorney joined up with Locke Lord… Marc Daniel joined Arnold & Porter in Washington DC… Latham & Watkins added one in Hong Kong… Revenues dipped slightly while profits stayed flat at Arent Fox… And speaking of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Timothy P. Stratford, the former assistant U.S. trade representative for China affairs, has joined Covington & Burling as a partner. He will be resident in the firm’s Beijing office, where he will practice in the international trade and finance group. Stratford has lived and worked in China for more than 25 years, according to a firm [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Today is Wednesday, November 11. At 11 am on November 11, 1918, all fighting stopped in World War 1 and Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day Armistice Day. It wasn’t until Veterans started to return from World War 2 that the day became a day to celebrate all of our vets. Here’s a look back [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Stick this one in the “It could be worse…” file. At an all associates meeting today, Covington & Burling announced a freeze on associate salaries for all offices other than New York. Although Covington’s associates are probably not thrilled with the news, things could be worse. If Covington can reign in costs without having [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Covington & Burling announced its new partners, nine in Washington and one in London. Last year’s class had twelve new partners, but two years ago there were only six. Congratulations to Marney Cheek, David Fagan and Kimberly Strosnider in the international practice group, IP lawyers Kevin Collins and Lucinda Osborne, litigators Sarah Wilson and Matthew O’Connor, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
Yale Law Women has announced its 2009 Top Ten Family Friendly Firms List: Arnold & Porter Cleary Gottlieb Covington & Burling Jenner & Block Katten Muchin Rosenman Mayer Brown Munger, Tolles & Olson Patton Boggs Sidley Austin WilmerHale From the press release: YLW believes that the discussion of family friendly firm policies remains salient in the midst of the current recession… YLW hopes leading firms will use [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Covington & Burling has hired two prominent attorneys away from Montgomery, Alabama’s Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett. Robert Brock joins the Washington DC office of Covington & Burling as a partner in the litigation group. He will chair the product liability & mass tort practice group. Brock was with Rushton Stakely for 25 years. His practice [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers have announced their 2009 Best Law Firms for Women. The accolade is awarded based on attention to work-life and women’s issues, and the increased use of part-time and other family-friendly policies. Firms with at least 50 lawyers were eligible to apply, and the application included detailed questions about issues that are [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The estate of Heller Ehrman, the San Francisco-based law firm that imploded spectacularly in November 2008, may sue Washington DC’s Covington & Burling, which hired 14 ex-Heller partners last September. Heller contends that the partner defections contributed to the downfall of the firm, by causing banks to freeze firm accounts. The estate is suing Covington and [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 30, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: LG: 12 lawyers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: 14 lawyers Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 79 staff Snell & Wilmer: 40 staff Covington & Burling: undisclosed lawyers Ropes & Gray: 40 lawyers Total: 66 lawyers, 119 staff Previously: Week of May 17th: 40 lawyers, 118 staff Week of May 10th: 274 lawyers, 499 staff Week of May 3rd: 274 lawyers, 160 staff Week of [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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