Arent Fox LLP has added labor and employment lawyer Harry I. Johnson III as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Arent Fox Johnson served in the labor and employment practice at Jones Day. The addition of Johnson is part of an ongoing expansion at Arent Fox’s L.A. office, which opened in 2007. Last [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Six attorneys formerly of Ford & Harrison have left the firm to join the Phoenix office of Jackson Lewis. Richard Cohen and Stephanie Cerasano have joined Jackson Lewis as partners while Justin Pierce will serve as of counsel. Joining as associates are Stephen Coleman, Sonya Boun and Kylie Crawford Tenbrook. With the addition, Jackson Lewis will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Blank Rome has expanded its Los Angeles office with the addition of six new lawyers to the roster. Dennis Codon is joining the firm as Partner in the Public Companies and Capital Formation group. Codon is moving to Blank Rom from the firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. Prior to that, Codon spent [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 11, 2009
Three partners and one associate have left Butzel Long and signed on with McDonald Hopkinsin Detroit. The three partners are James Boutrous II, James Giszczak and Miriam Rosen. Dominic Paluzzi come aboard as an associate. The four have joined the firm’s labor and employment counseling and litigation practice. McDonald Hopkins is a business [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Littler Mendelson, the San Francisco based employment and labor law firm, has opened its 48th domestic office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The office will be led by shareholder Jay Sumner. Also moving to the new office will be shareholders Fred Miner and Shawn Oller. With more than 750 attorneys and 48 offices, Littler Mendelson [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
Most offices of London’s Norton Rose have approved a flexible hours scheme first announced in March. The firm hopes to avoid redundancies by reducing hours. The scheme has been approved by 19 of the firm’s 21 international offices. Norton Rose is still working to make the plan comply with the law in France and Germany. London lawyers and [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 1, 2009
Frisco’s Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has hired J. Craig Williams and Joseph R. McFaul as partner and special counsel, respectively, in its Orange County office. The attorneys previously worked at the Williams Lindberg Law Firm, a boutique in Newport Beach, California. Williams handles complex business litigation with an emphasis on environmental, intellectual property, real estate, technology [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
Hinshaw & Culbertson, a Chicago-based firm with about 490 attorneys, cut 11 attorneys and 17 staff members last week in an effort to trim costs amid the economic meltdown. The firm, which has nine of its 26 offices in Illinois, made the reductions across all offices and the dismissals weren’t concentrated in any particular practice areas, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
Chicago’s Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a 200-lawyer firm specializing in real estate, litigation and mergers & acquisitions, has cut attorneys following annual performance reviews. The firm this month cut ‘fewer than 10 attorneys’ across various practice groups, according to Jerry Biederman, the firm’s managing partner. He should hire a second grader who can actually count to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
From Legal Blog Watch: Looking for a recession-proof area of practice? … The business of porn grinds on even in lean times, and its purveyors need lawyers just as do any businesses. Adult-entertainment law is not just about obscenity and free speech, but also about zoning, labor law, record-keeping and who knows what else. Thus, it should [...]
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