Good morning! Today is Wednesday, January 20, and here’s a look back at Tuesday’s news. Jones Walker picks up a former US Attorney… Gibson Dunn has launched an E-Discovery practice… Patton Boggs expanded its international arbitration group… Drinker Biddle announced its new merit based compensation plan… Mischon de Reya opened its doors in NYC… Jackson Lewis added six attorneys in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
On Tuesday K&L Gates became the first Pittsburgh based firm to enter Russia and Japan as it opened offices in Moscow and Tokyo. The firm is continuing to expand agressively after opening three new offices last year and hitting the $1 billion mark in revenues. The Tokyo office will focus on corporate and international finance, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 4, 2009
New Orleans firm Adams & Reeseadded their 11th and 12th offices this week by taking over Ruden McClosky’s offices in Sarasota and St. Petersburg, Florida. The two offices have a combined total of 23 attorneys and a little over 30 staff. Adams & Reese is a multidisciplinary, regional law firm with offices in Baton [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
Blakes, a Canadian law firm with over 500 employees in eight offices, will become the first Canadian firm to establish a permanent presence in the Persian Gulf when it opens an office in Bahrain on October 4th and an additional office in Saudi Arabia later this fall. Saud Al-Ammari, who is a native Saudi [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Pennsylvania’s Chartwell Law has launched a Manhattan office. Danielle Sullivan Kaminski joins from Clausen Miller as a partner in New York, handling first-party property, damaged cargo, major casualty, complex subrogation, transportation, and construction law. Her JD is from the Fordham University School of Law, where she was editor of the law journal. Matthew Gonzalez joins from Bruckmann [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Lathrop & Gage has hired two Sonnenschein partners to launch its new Chicago office, its 11th — and plans “aggressive recruiting.” Blaine Kimrey will be managing partner in Chicago, joining Lathrop’s intellectual property practice. He is joined by associate Bryan Clark. The oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River, Kansas City, Missouri’s Lathrop & Gage provides [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Burnetts Solicitors, with two offices in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, has announced the launch of an office in Newcastle. The office will be headed by Angela Curran, who joined Burnetts earlier this year from Irwin Mitchell. She is an expert in birth trauma cases, working extensively with children with cerebral palsy. Burnetts Solicitors employs 120 people. It has [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 6, 2009
Diaz Reus & Targ has launched a new office in Shanghai, China. Firm partners Robert Q. Lee and Adam Ehrlich will manage the office. They are joined by associates Federico Tabja, Xiaomin Hu and Xin Zhang. Miami, Florida-based Diaz Reus & Targ LLP focuses on trade and business transactions; complex commercial, civil, and criminal litigation; and arbitration [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
London’s Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 49 lawyers. Trainees and staffers will not be affected. In April, the firm opened a fifth office in Manchester, and has hired two attorneys from DLA Piper to run it. In May, it deferred half of its September 2009 incoming trainee class. Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio’s Reminger law firm will open an office in Louisville, Kentucky on July 1st. Managing partner Donald L. Miller II and partner Paul A. Dzenitis will oversee the new office. Another 14 lawyers will the firm’s clients. It will be Reminger’s third office in the state, and the firm’s tenth office overall. Reminger Company, LPA is a [...]
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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