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 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...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Los Angeles based Irell & Manella gave its associates the good news last week. The firm is paying double the Sullivan & Cromwell scale, which is the Cravath scale with a little boost at the top. There are no performance reviews or subjective criteria, just a minimum number of billed hours. All [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 4, 2010
Last year Latham & Watkinshired away seven partners from Allen & Overy to help boost its China practice. Now, the firm has opened its third office in China, located in Beijing. Latham & Watkins already has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Latham & Watkins LLP is one of the largest law firms in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
John Schulman, lead counsel for Warner Brothers for 25 years, has joined Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp where he will be chairman of its entertainment department. Schulman retired from Warner Brothers in 2008 after building what many would consider to be the top studio law department in Hollywood. MS&K is a Los Angeles firm founded in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Drinker Biddle first opened its doors in Los Angeles back in 2001 but the office never picked up steam and had dwindled down to one partner, two associates, and one of counsel. Now the firm is jump starting their LA presence with six new laterals, including four partners. George Caplan, Henry Shields, Kristopher [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 8, 2009
With his public image in freefall in the wake of a single car accident and embarrassing revelations about his private life, Tiger Woods has reportedly hired Hollywood boutique Lavely & Singer. According to the WSJ, the firm may be negotiating the silence of a woman who has allegedly had an affair with the golfer. Lavely [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 6, 2009
Latham & Watkins & Watkins promoted 23 of its associates to partner this week. With twelve promotions coming in corporate law and five more in finance, this could be viewed as a sign of optimism about the economic recovery. In addition, 13 associates were promoted to of counsel. & Watkins Although this years class [...]
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