Associates working at the law firm of Goodwin Procter received their individual notices about their bonuses. Scott Webster, a chair of Goodwin’s attorney review committee, sent out a memo that explained the firm’s 2011 bonuses and 2012 base salaries this week. A snippet from the memo is below:

“Associates in good standing who met the 1,950 hour threshold during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, through billable work, pro bono work (up to 150 hours) and legal advice to the firm will receive bonuses.

The 2011 bonuses are determined by reference to the bonus scale listed below. Individual bonus awards in each class may be above or below these amounts based on an evaluation by ARC of the factors described above. About 37 percent of associates receiving bonuses will receive the amount listed below for their class, and about 33 percent will receive more than the amount listed below.”

The memo sent out by Webster prints the pay scale sent out by Sullivan & Cromwell, which started at $7,500 for the class of 2010 and topping off at $42,500 for the class of 2003 and earlier associates.

In terms of base salaries, Goodwin is staying with the status quo, with first-year associates making $160,000 and eighth-year associates making $280,000. The memo ends with a reminder for associates that their pro bono work is very important to themselves and the firm:

“The firm remains committed to the Pro Bono Institute Pledge of dedicating 3% to 5% of its annual billable hours to legal matters on behalf of people in poverty or to advance civil rights. Goodwin Procter believes that pro bono service is a shared contribution on the part of the firm and each individual attorney. As in 2011, the firm will credit up to 150 pro bono hours towards the 1,950 bonus eligibility threshold. Pro bono work in excess of 150 hours will continue to be considered by ARC when reviewing the quality of an attorney’s work.”

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While some lawyers may be experiencing layoffs, one law firm has just elected 17 new partners on their payroll. These lawyers were carefully chosen because of their experience and expertise in law. Goodwin Procter was noted saying the following about the new hirers. “We look forward to the many contributions this next generation of talent will bring to Goodwin.”

The following lawyers were elected into Goodwin Procter:

Gina M. Atwood has experience in liability cases with both private and public companies. She has major knowledge in class action suits and litigation. Goodwin Procter is excited to add her to the team. Next on the board is Mitzi Chang who specialized in investment banking and has a lot of experience in media and technology.

Michael S. DeVincenzo and Amber R. Dolman were also welcome on board thanks to their experience in the financial aspect of law. Brian A. Fairchild, Michael T. Jones, & E. Kelsey Lemaster are all high qualified individuals that have been added to the Goodwin Procter team. These individuals were chosen for their practice in law but also brought individuality to the legal table. Goodwin Procter is proud to have all the above mentioned on their team.

Matthew G. Lindenbaum, Arthur R. McGivern, and Brian C. McPeake are several other lawyers who are new to the Goodwin Procter payroll. Most of these lawyers have experience in a wide variety of public and private law practices.

Nicholas K. Mitrokostas, Steven A. Moore, Matthew G. Pohlman, Daniel P. Roeser, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Craig C. Todaro, and last but not least William J. Trach  were the final lawyers nominated to serve as new partners to the Goodwin Procter law firm.

Why has this law firm hired so many individuals? Goodwin Procter is a well-known law firm and they have offices all over the world. Here is a better explanation of what Goodwin Procter does and how they serve the public in a legal manner:

“Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms, with offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm provides corporate law and litigation services, with a focus on matters involving real estate, REITs and real estate capital markets; private equity; technology companies; financial services; intellectual property; products liability and mass torts; and securities litigation and white collar defense.”

Many law firms look to Goodwin Procter as a “role model” in the field of law. All of these new lawyer additions will only make this law firm more known worldwide. Each lawyer that was elected into Goodwin Procter was elected for their specific skill and experience. Also, each lawyer came from different areas of expertise but will contribute to the law firm as a whole.

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Vitamin Angels is a nonprofit group dedicated to reducing child mortality all over the world. They have recognized the Goodwin Procter law firm for all their hard work and service by selecting them to receive an “Archangel Award” at the Summit of the Angels event at the NBJ summit. This award recognizes the hundreds of hours of pro bono work given by the law firm since it began serving Vitamin Angels in 2009.

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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., promoted four attorneys to shareholder…

Ulmer & Berne LLP was recognized for strategic growth…

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The ACCESS First One campaign highlights the power of higher education to propel individuals and families out of poverty and toward lives of opportunity and choice.  The First One Awards honor established leaders in Boston who are first generation college graduates.

“Our selection committee was inspired by Regina’s story and accomplishments, and I know that Regina’s example will also inspire others to follow in her footsteps,” said Tom Birmingham, senior counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, who served as Chair of the awards committee.

ACCESS works to ensure that all young people in Massachusetts have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to – and through – a postsecondary education. To accomplish this, the organization provides free financial aid advice and advocacy to all the students of Boston and Springfield.

ACCESS has helped students secure more than $150 million in financial aid in the last three years alone and has awarded more than $5 million in need-based last dollar scholarships since its founding, with a 75 percent college graduation rate for the students it serves.

In addition to her work as chairman and managing partner of Goodwin Procter, Pisa’s law practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings in the financial services industry, representing both banks and investment companies. In 2010, she was inducted into the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Academy of Distinguished Bostonians.

Goodwin Procter has more than 850 attorneys in offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C.

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DLA Piper added three attorneys as partners in the litigation practice of its New Jersey office…

Goodwin Procter elected 12 attorneys to the firm’s partnership…

Crowell & Moring added two attorneys to its environmental practice…

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Regina M. Pisa, chairman and managing partner of Goodwin Procter, called the class “a group of incredibly talented and dedicated attorneys who will play a leading role in the long-term growth of the firm.”

The newly-elected partners are:

• Seung W. Baik (Private Equity, Washington, D.C.).  Baik’s transaction-based practice focuses primarily on representing private equity investors and their portfolio companies in all manner of financing, business combination and other strategic transactions.
• Caroline H. Bullerjahn (Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement, Boston).  Bullerjahn’s practice encompasses securities issues ranging from securities class action and derivatives litigation, to internal investigations and SEC enforcement actions.
• Brian C. Devine (White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Boston).  Devine represents corporations, officers, directors, and other entities and individuals in a wide range of litigation matters, including criminal prosecutions for securities fraud, conspiracy, and insider trading, civil class actions alleging violations of securities laws, and shareholder derivative lawsuits.
• Susanne N. Geraghty (Commercial Litigation, San Francisco).  Geraghty focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, including consumer class actions and unfair competition matters.
• Teresa K. Goebel (Hospitality & Leisure, San Francisco).  Goebel’s practice encompasses commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on the representation of operators and owners in the acquisition, development, financing, management and sale of hotels and other hospitality properties.
• Andrew H. Goodman (M&A/Corporate Governance, REITs, Los Angeles).  Goodman’s experience includes corporate and securities matters involving public and private companies across industries with an emphasis on REITs, including representing buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions, and issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions.
• Theresa C. Kavanaugh (IP Transactions & Strategies, Life Sciences, Boston).  Kavanaugh represents life science and high-technology clients on a variety of patent matters including patent portfolio development, prosecution and risk assessment.
• Thomas S. Levato (Securities & Corporate Finance, New York).  Levato focuses on capital markets transactions in a variety of industries including life sciences, technology, retail/consumer products, gaming/lodging, and alternative energy/clean tech.
• Sabrina M. Rose-Smith (Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Washington, D.C.)  Rose-Smith’s practice includes both regulatory compliance counseling and auditing for banks, credit card issuers, mortgage lenders and specialty finance companies, and defending financial institutions against consumer class actions and government enforcement actions.
• Michael G. Strapp (IP Litigation, Boston).  Strapp has experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, securities litigation and patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation and counseling.
• Joseph C. Theis, Jr. (Technology Companies, Boston).  Theis represents public and private companies in a wide range of industries, including digital media, software, Internet, energy, healthcare information technology and life sciences.
• Damian W. Wilmot (Commercial Litigation, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Boston).  Wilmot concentrates his practice on general commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and governmental and internal investigations.

Goodwin Procter LLP has offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C.  The firm’s core areas of practice are corporate, litigation and real estate, with specialized areas of focus that include financial services, private equity, technology, REITs and real estate capital markets, intellectual property, products liability and mass torts.

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Baker Botts partner J. Bradley Bennett was named the new head of enforcement for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…

Goodwin Procter was named the winner of the 2010 Beacon of Justice Award by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association…

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP formed a national foreclosure litigation and investigation practice to deal with the emerging national foreclosure crisis…

Loeb & Loeb attorneys were named as 2011 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers…

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati opened an office in Hong Kong…

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Goodwin Procter

Goodwin Procter was nominated for the award by Medical-Legal Partnership-Boston for its naturalization project, which provides legal assistance to families with permanent resident or “Green Card” status to become U.S. citizens. According to the firm, 25 Goodwin Procter attorneys have contributed more than 500 pro bono hours to the program, which was launched in 2009 in conjunction with MLP|Boston.

The program works like this: MLP | Boston screens individuals for eligibility for naturalization, selects cases with high potential for success and connects these individuals and families with Goodwin Procter lawyers.  The firm’s volunteer attorneys then interview the clients, assist them in completing and filing the necessary immigration documents, and accompany them to interviews with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

NLADA was founded in 1911 and is one of the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit associations focused on delivering legal services to the poor. Goodwin Procter has offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

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Nathan Lane III, co-leader of the firm’s IP practice, said in a press release the additions “underscores our continuing focus on developing one of the premier biotechnology and life sciences IP practices in the country.

“Life sciences in general – and biotechnology in particular – comprise one of the most important innovation frontiers and are vital aspects of the national focus on health care reform,” Lane added.

Schneider was formerly a partner at Lyon & Lyon and most recently founded and operated her own firm.  She works with clients to develop and preserve their technology through patent protection and her experience reaches to technologies including genomics and bioinformatics, cloning and gene expression, stem cells, immunologics, small molecules, medical devices and drug delivery.

Dodson has focused his practice on IP and patent litigation for more than 20 years. He cemented his reputation as a go-to patent trial lawyer over the nine years he spent leading the University of California, San Francisco’s patent infringement case against Genentech, Inc., which settled for the amount of $200 million following a three-month jury trial.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey was founded in 1890 and has lawyers in 32 offices in 15 countries around the world.

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DiversityBusiness.com Selects Rutherford & Christie as one of “Top 50 Women Owned Businesses in Georgia”…

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IP lawyers are a special breed, often having advanced degrees in engineering and other areas of advanced sciences.  The MHT article highlights Nathan Edwards, and the Cambridge firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP.  Edwards is a PhD in biological sciences and a “new breed of technology lawyer”.

At the article’s center is the tech sector’s potential to be one of the driving forces in the next evolution of IP firms across the country.   “‘In the past, IP was not given nearly the consideration it is now,’” said McDermott Will & Emery partner, Leigh Martinson, who was interviewed for NMT article. “‘Now it’s the core of the business. It used to be ‘just get me a patent.’ Now it’s ‘Get me a patent that’s going to allow me to leverage  relationships and compete.’ That’s exciting.’”

The posting lists the top ten IP firms in the greater Boston area as well, a list which includes Goodwin Procter, WilmerHale and Fish & Richardson.

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Shanghai Managing Director Peter Corne said a second office in China would allow the firm to better cover the country’s distinct regions.

“Beijing and Shanghai are very distinctive,” Corne told LegalWeek.”Shanghai does not have the prominent position of Beijing, but at the moment most of our clients are here so we will probably only start with a small operation when we open.”

Italy’s NCTM is set to launch a Shanghai office this summer after its license application is approved. It will be the firm’s first office outside of Europe.

LegalWeek lists other firms that are looking to move into the potentially lucrative China market. They include overseas firms Ashurst and SJ Berwin and U.S.-based Goodwin Procter, which already has an office in Honk Kong but is looking to enter mainland China.

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Dickstein Shapiro is being represented in the suit by Goodwin Procter partner John Aldock. Encyclopaedia Britannica is being represented by attorney Robert Cummins. The suit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the National Law Journal reports.

According to the suit, Dickstein Shapiro erred in its handling of technology patents that ultimately resulted in Encyclopaedia Britannica to lose a patent infringement suit brought against several GPS manufacturers in 2007.

“The errors and omissions that led to this valuable property loss and Dickstein’s response to the admittedly negligent performance at issue are quintessential examples of hornbook malpractice,” the suit alleges.

The suit specifically cites Dickstein Shapiro partner Jon D. Grossman for “fatal prosecution errors that led to the invalidity” of its patents. The dispute dates back more than 20 years to patents related to CD-ROM technology in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, according to the NLJ.

Aldock told the publication the suit “is based on a mischaracterization of the facts and the law. The lawsuit is without merit and will be vigorously defended.”

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McCusker will become co-chair of the firm’s 160-attorney strong technology companies practice. According to a firm press release, McCusker and Schmitz specialize in representing technology companies in a wide range of transactions. They work closely with venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and underwriters in venture financings, M&A, joint ventures and IPO’s.

Riley represents emerging growth technology companies seeking corporate partnering. That includes a number of areas such as strategic alliances, joint ventures, technology acquisition, spin-off transactions and intellectual property strategy, counseling and protection.

Goodwin Procter, which first established a West Coast presence in 2006, has more than 100 attorneys in the Golden State with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego in addition to Silicon Valley.

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“The Asian markets continue to be an area we have targeted for investment,” said Regina M. Pisa, chairman and managing partner of Goodwin Procter. “Loretta will be an instrumental part of our team and bolster our capabilities in serving clients, particularly in Hong Kong, (China) and Asia, in a broad range of complex transactions.”

Lau’s practice includes advising on all aspects of corporate law.

In addition to Hong Kong, Goodwin Procter also has offices in Boston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

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Curtis Mallet reports an increase in profits and revenues in 2009…

Revenue is down and profits are up at Patton Boggs…

Arnold & Porter report that revenue and profits  increase…

Honolulu law firms are the target of an email scam…

Revenue and profits fall at Munger, Tolles…

Maryland courtrooms will ban electronic devices….

Christopher J. Austin joins Goodwin Procter’s Boston office…

Jonathan Guest joins McCarter & English’s Boston office…

DLA Piper increases their presence in Turkey…

Massachusetts challenges the Defense of Marriage Act…

The University of Maryland investigates payments to former law school dean Karen Rothenberg…

Sam Buffone leaves Ropes & Gray for BuckleySandler…

Revenue and profits increase at Crowell & Moring…

Alice Thomas earns her law degree at age 79…

Cannabis shops fight legal action in Los Angeles…

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“I have sat across the table on deals with Christopher many times over the years, and have great respect for him,” said Bill Schnoor, co-chair of Goodwin Procter’s technology companies practice. “He is widely recognized for the depth of his expertise in capital markets and the breadth of his practice across industry sectors including health care IT, life sciences and medical devices, all of which dovetail well with Goodwin’s strengths.”

Austin was a co-founder of Ropes & Gray’s San Francisco office and was there three years before returning to Boston.

“One of Goodwin Procter’s strengths is the sophistication of its public company practice combined with its focus on serving emerging companies and venture capital firms,” said Austin. “Ultimately I concluded that this would be the best platform for me to continue to grow and expand my practice.”

Goodwin Procter has been in expansion mode of late and currently has more than 160 lawyers in its technology companies group. The firm has offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

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Dechert, llp

On February 1, 2010 Dechert LLP announced that Allan S. Brilliant and Craig P. Druehl joined the firm’s business restructuring and reorganization group in New York as partners. Both Brilliant and Druehl were previously partners at Goodwin Procter LLP. Brilliant was the co-head of the financial restructuring group at that firm. Brilliant and Druehl specialize in representing debt investors in restructurings and chapter 11 cases and related financial transactions.

Dechert is an international firm with offices in 19 cities in the United States, Europe and Asia. Dechert’s headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and employs around 900 attorneys. The firm advises corporations and financial institutions on matters regarding litigation, transactional, and corporate and regulatory matters.

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Latham & Watkins picked up four from White & Case in London…

Goodwin & Procter’s profits and revenue were down in 2009…

Same story at Quinn Emanuel…

But Hughes Hubbard saw increases to both…

Vinson & Elkins thawed out salaries and issued bonuses…

McDonald Hopkins picked up an IP litigator from Kirkland & Ellis…

Lathrop & Gage settled a legal malpractice suit with the FDIC for $7.4 million…

A new study shows that female judges are still under represented across the country…

In California a federal judge will hear motions in a case asking for accommodations for a blind law student taking the bar exam…

And the former White House Deputy Counsel accused of attacking his wife is being sued by her…

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Managing partner Regina Pisa expects revenues to stay flat in 2010 with increased work in real estate and real estate capital as the recovery heats up.

Goodwin Procter LLP employs 900 attorneys in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington DC.

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Sidley Austin added an attorney in its new Palo Alto office…

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Fulbright & Jaworski promoted seven new partners…

Goodwin Procter thawed salaries and paid bonuses…

McKenna Long & Aldridge picked up another former congressman…

Jones Walker added three to its banking practice…

There’s a new firm, catering to the hospitality industry…

The numbers are in, and Cadwalader partners did very well…

Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith doubled their New York office space…

and the 90 year old former Manhattan DA has joined Wachtell Lipton…

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The firm also told its associates that it was abandoning lockstep compensation, maybe. But not this year. Although the firm has (apparently) hated lockstep for years, this year it will study the issue holistically. In the mean time one thing is for certain, Goodwin Procter is thawing out salaries. It’s not a true up – associates are only being bumped up one year, but it’s a far cry better than the firms using merit based compensation to mask a pay cut.

Goodwin Procter LLP employs 900 attorneys in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington DC.

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Greenberg Traurig added five attorneysfrom Ballard Spahr…

and Latham & Watkins promoted 23 to partner…

Over the weekend we got an anonymous tip that in addition to letting go of 21 second year associates, Goodwin Procter also laid off around 30 staffers, including secretaries who had been there for over 20 years.

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Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan opened its 13th office…

Goodwin Procter laid off 21 of its second year associates…

Hogan & Hartson picked up a former government regulator…

Dickstein Shapiro laid off more attorneys and staff…

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The firm sent out a memo to employees stating that actions they had taken in response to the “slow economic recovery” were not enough and they claimed that the firm was at “overcapacity” in regards to their current workload.

The firm had already cut incoming classes and, according to the memo, they hoped that the market would pick up as this class transitioned from first years to second years.

According to reports, men and women were crying in the halls in response to the news.

It looks like there are 21 young lawyers in need of a good Legal Authority.

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Delgadillo is joining the firm’s 400-attorney litigation department. He will work out of the firm’s Century City and downtown LA offices.

Meanwhile, US Attorney Thomas O’Brien will be step down from his post on September 1st, to join Paul Hastings. O’Brien led the prosecution of Missouri mother Lori Drew in the MySpace “cyber-bullying” case. He also oversaw a grand jury investigation of alleged molestation by priests in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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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 important to the retention and promotion of female lawyers. The winning firms were selected based on their workforce profile, family-friendly benefits and policies, flexibility, leadership, compensation, advancement and retention of women, among other criteria utilizing 2008 data.

The 50 firms chosen are not ranked in any order, but include:

Alston & Bird
Andrews Kurth
Arent Fox
Bass Berry Sims
Chapman and Cutler
Covington & Burling
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dorsey & Whitney
Drinker Biddle
Foley Hoag
Folger Levin & Kahn
Fox Rothschild
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Frost Brown Todd
Gibbons PC
Goodwin Procter
Gray Plant Mooty
Hanson Bridgett
Hardy & Bacon
Holland and Hart
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Ice Miller
Jenner & Block
Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP
Latham & Watkins
Lindquist & Vennum
Littler Mendelson
Lowenstein Sandler
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
McGuireWoods
Miller & Chevalier
Morrison & Foerster
Munger Tolles & Olson
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop
Quarles & Brady
Shook
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Smith Moore Leatherwood
Steptoe & Johnson
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Huh. The list of firms not included might be shorter.

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Gregory Lyons joins Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner in New York. He will be Co-Chair for the Americas of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. He was co-chair of the Financial Services Practice at Goodwin, and chair of its banking practice in Boston.

Satish Kini joins as banking practice co-chair in Washington, DC.  He was a member of Goodwin’s Financial Services Practice.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a prominent international law firm based in New York City. Founded in 1931 by Eli Whitney Debevoise and William Stevenson, the firm currently employs about 680 lawyers in eight offices throughout the world.

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Linklaters has hired Robin Maxwell away from Goodwin Procter for its New York financial regulation group. She specializes in banking regulation and mergers & acquisitions.

Thorp Reed & Armstrong has brought on Richard H. Taylor as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Commercial & Corporate Litigation Practice Group. For now he will work our of Pittsburgh, before relocating to Wheeling. He joins from the San Francisco office of Perkins Coie. His JD is from the West Virginia University College of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.

Milwaukee’s Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek is losing CEO Mark Miller at the end of the year. He is leaving for an entrepreneurial opportunity. He will aid in the search for a new firm leader. The firm, with offices in Milwaukee and Madison, has more than 150 attorneys and paralegals practicing in more than 40 areas of law.

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Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren will depart the firm’s New York office.

At the end of last month, Mark Kirsch, the head of Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice, announced his departure, leaving the 29 associates in the firm’s New York litigation group under threat of layoffs.

Securities litigation head Mark Holland is quitting to join Goodwin Procter.

Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and part of the UK’s “Magic Circle” of leading law firms. It is a prestigious international practice with its principal office in London.

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Eric P. Berger joins from Quinn Emanuel in New York. He handles intellectual property matters, including electrical engineering patent litigation. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, before graduating cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Virginia Iglesia joins from Greenberg Traurig in Miami. She graduated from Emory University School of Law and holds a master’s degree in communications from Florida International University.

John F. Petrsoric joins from Goodwin Procter. He graduated from Fordham University School of Law, and has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University.

Katherine B. Thornburgh joins McKool Smith from Howrey. She represents clients in government investigations, internal investigations, commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. She earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Benjamin J. Warlick joins from Paul Weiss. He handles patent and antitrust litigation. He has a JD from the New York University School of Law and a masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of California Berkeley.

McKool Smith has offices in Dallas, Austin & Marshall, Texas; plus New York City and Washington DC.

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Half will be pushed back to January 2010, the rest to October 2010. At this time, the deferrals are voluntary.

Under what the firm is calling its “Make a Difference” program, the firm will help associates find year-long positions with non-profits, government services, pro bono legal services, and economic development & criminal justice entities.

Associates will get a $60,000 stipend.

Goodwin Procter LLP employs 900 attorneys in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington DC.

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Yesterday, March 9th, had the largest number of single day layoffs: White & Case announced 400 layoffs (although the victims have yet to be informed), Morgan Lewis cut 216 and K&L Gates cut 121.

Total: 737.

January 29 was the second worst: Linklaters (270), Morrison & Foerster (201), Ropes & Gray (106), Fish & Richardson (70) and Clifford Chance (5).

Total: 652.

And the widely lamented Black Thursday: Holland & Knight (243); DLA Piper (180); Goodwin Procter (74); Bryan Cave (58); Epstein Becker (53); Dechert (19); and Cadwalader (16).

Total: 643.

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DLA Piper; Holland & Knight; Goodwin Procter; Bryan Cave; Epstein Becker & Green; and Dechert all confirmed layoffs yesterday.

Faegre & Benson also confirmed it initiated layoffs, and Cozen O’Connor let go of staffers on Tuesday.

DLA Piper cut 80 associates and 100 staffers from its US offices, plus 30 attorneys and 110 staff in its UK offices.

Holland & Knight fired 70 lawyers and 173 support staffers across the firm’s 21 offices.

Goodwin Procter laid off 38 associates and 36 staffers.

Bryan Cave laid off 58 attorneys and 76 staffers.

Epstein Becker & Green laid off 23 attorneys and 30 staff members across the firm.

Dechert also confirmed that on Thursday it let go of associates and counsel. In December, the firm laid off 72 staffers in the US and 15 staffers in the UK. It also laid off 13 attorneys in March 2008.

Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson dropped 29 attorneys.

Philadelphia’s Cozen O’Connor laid off 61 administrative staff and paralegals.

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