International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its U.S. litigation practice with the addition of three new partners. Marshall H. Fishman and Walter B. Stuart will join the firm’s New York office and Timothy J. Coleman will be stationed in Washington D.C. Coleman joins Freshfields from Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he was a partner in [...]
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, February 18, 2009
New York’s Kramer Levin has confirmed it laid off 18 lawyers and 21 staff members. From managing partner Paul Pearlman: It is not surprising that the economic downturn confronting the country has touched virtually every industry, including the legal community… While our firm ’s performance in 2008 was relatively strong and our size and practice diversity provides [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 18, 2009
According to the New York Law Journal: Dozens of New York lawyers have reached into their pockets to help new President Barack Obama help defray the cost of an inauguration that many think will be, in the words of one, “for the ages.” Barry H. Berke [of] Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel… personally donated $10,000 and collected [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
About 20 lawyers at Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George, the Santa Monica, California-based affiliate of Dreier LLP, are leaving to reconstitute Browne Woods George, a litigation boutique that merged with Dreier, Stein & Kahan one year ago. Marc Dreier, founder and managing partner of New York’s Dreier LLP, was charged by federal prosecutors and the SEC [...]
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