Nixon Peabody has appointed William Lasher as senior counsel in the New York City office and Boston partner Robert Coughlin as team leader of the firm’s corporate trust practice. Lasher previously worked for Dorsey & Whitney. Nixon Peabody is one of the largest general practice law firms in the country with 17 offices in the United [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Good morning everyone! I hope you had a terrific weekend. Today is Monday, January 25, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news. The plaintiff’s have rested their case in the prop 8 trial, and the defense will begin today… Cooley Godward thawed out salaries, and we look at the current state of the market [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 22, 2010
Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the appointment of one of their own to the position of vice president and senior counsel. In addition to being a former chair of the Board of Trustees, Cynthia Baldwin is a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice and most recently a partner at Duane Morris. Baldwin’s role [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
AIG has extended an offer letter to Patton Boggs senior counsel Thomas Russo for the position of general counsel. Russo, who was general counsel at Lehman Brothers during its 2008 bankruptcy, is expected to accept pending talks between AIG and the Treasury Department’s pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg. AIG is looking for a new GC after [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Stephen Lamb joins Paul Weiss at the firm’s new office in Wilmington, Delaware as a partner in both the corporate and litigation departments. He was a judge with the Delaware Court of Chancery for 12 years. Lamb earned his JD in 1975 from the Georgetown University Law [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Steven M. Goldman joins the New York office of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. He has resigned as New Jersey Commissioner of Banking & Insurance. He was previously a senior member and 22-year veteran of Sills Cummis & Gross. His JD is from the George Washington University [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Incisive Media’s Corporate Counsel magazine today announced the selection of the in-house attorneys of The Hartford Financial Services Group as winners of the magazine’s fourth annual “Best Legal Department” competition. Corporate Counsel’s editors also named the legal departments of Exelon Corporation and IBM as finalists. The in-house legal department at The Hartford was selected for its work [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Last Thursday Spectra Energy announced the appointment of Reginald (Reggie) Hedgebeth as its general counsel, effective March 31, 2009. “Reggie is a seasoned general counsel and I am excited to add his enthusiasm, counsel and broad business expertise to our senior management team. He brings with him tremendous experience and an excellent track record, and will [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 25, 2009
Am Law 100 firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had a solid 2008, with both revenue and profits on the rise. Gross revenue reached $692 million, up 6.3% from 2007; and profits per equity partner climbed to $2.65 million, up 2.3%. At $1.07 million, revenue per lawyer was flat. Head count at the firm, a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
Joseph Band, who was a lawyer in the US Marshals Service’s Office of the General Counsel, enlisted deputy marshals to ferry him and others, including famous broadcasters, to and from sporting events in government vehicles, according to a report released today by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine. Band allegedly attended a variety of sporting events, such as the 2007 [...]
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