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...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Three partners from Woodcock Washburn, including former policy committee member and current litigation practice chairwoman Dianne Elderkin, have decided to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Philadelphia office. Barbara L. Mullin and Steven D. Maslowski will join Elderkin, who she worked with last year to win a verdict of $1.67 billion for client Johnson [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Gerald D. Silver has joined Chadbourne & Parke as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice in its New York City headquarters. Silver, 44, most recently served in the New York office of Winston & Strawn. Prior to that he held senior litigation positions at Capgemini North America Inc. According to a press release, Silver brings [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
According to Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp, 2009 was “the most profitable year in our firm’s history”. Not bad for a year marked by recession and uncertainty in the legal market and a nice repeat of 2008’s growth. What’s most remarkable is that Paul Weiss dramatically increased profits without resorting to layoffs – [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 22, 2010
David Bernick, a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis and leader of its litigation practice, will be leaving the firm to become senior vice president and general counsel at Philip Morris. Bernick has been with Kirkland & Ellis for 31 years. He starts his new position March 1 and will be based in Lausanne, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
Nelson Mullins, already the largest firm in South Carolina, is opening its 12th office this week in Huntington, West Virginia. Three prominent West Virgina litigators, Marc Williams, Robert Massie and Melissa Foster Bird, will be joining the firms as partners and kicking off the West Virginia office. Litigation represents a little over half [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Ohama, Nebraska’s Kutak Rock has launched an office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and brought on a former Wolf Block attorney to run it. Jeffrey Blumenfeld joins as of counsel. He spent 24 years at Blank Rome, before joining Wolf Block in 2007, where he was chairman of its public finance practice. He represents public entities in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Hangley Aronchick has hired six lawyers away from DLA Piper’s Philadelphia office. The group is headed by Ronald P. Schiller, who was head of DLA Piper’s Philadelphia litigation practice. He is joined by partners Daniel J. Layden and Nicole Rosenblum; and associates Jennifer L. Corry, Jacqueline R. Dungee and Michael R. Carlson. Founded in 1994, Hangley Aronchick Segal [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Winston & Strawn has lured three partners and an of counsel away from Hunton & Williams, to join the firm in Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington DC. T. Thomas Cottingham III will serve as head of the litigation in Charlotte. He was previously the managing partner of Hunton & Williams’ Charlotte office and head of its [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
Florida’s Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, and cut associate and non-equity partner compensation in June, has laid off an additional eight lawyers. The layoffs affected associates at the firm’s litigation, corporate and land-use practices. Ruden’s gross revenue fell by 9%, to $85.3 million in fiscal 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky [...]
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