JD Journal » Offit Kurman

Tuesday Roundup

joshua — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:45:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

Morrison & Foerster lowers salaries for California associates…

Schulte Roth nabs five securities lawyers from Mayer Brown…

Six lawyers jump from Anderson Kill to Offit Kurman…

The DoJ has an Office of Vaccine Litigation? Yes, and it is hiring…

Skadden Arps picks up former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt…

Offit Kurman Picks up 6 Attorneys from Anderson Kill & Olick

joshua — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:26:06 +0000

Six attorneys are leaving Anderson Kill’s Philadelphia office and joining up with Offit Kurman, forming a new insurance recovery practice group there. This leavings Anderson Kill with four attorneys in Philadelphia, coming on the heels of last year’s departure of nine Philadelphia lawyers to Reed Smith. Last year’s move was part of a larger exodus, when 55 lawyers in all moved from Anderson Kill to Reed Smith, following aborted merger discussions between the two firms.

Michael Conley will head up the new practice group for Offit Kurman. He is joined by his co-managing shareholder Mark Gottlieb. Also moving are shareholder Frederick Pettit and associate Darin McMullen, both of whom will be principals at their new firm, and associates William Pillsbury and Meghan Finnerty have joined Offit Kurman as associates.

Offit Kurman Poaches 10 from Deckelbaum

Erik Even — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:45:54 +0000

Maple Lawn’s Offit Kurman has hired a team of ten lawyers away from Bethesda, Maryland’s Deckelbaum, Ogens & Raftery.

The addition brings the number of lawyers at Offit Kurman to 57. If Deckelbaum’s website is accurate, that firm is left with two lawyers.

Since October 2008, Offit Kurman has increased the number of its attorneys more than 50%. Last year, the firm absorbed Abrahams, Loewenstein & Buchman, a 10-lawyer firm in Philadelphia.

Offit Kurman is a full-service law firm serving clients in the mid-Atlantic region. With offices serving Washington DC, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, Offit Kurman handles commercial litigation, business law, real estate, banking/finance and creditor’s rights, intellectual property, labor and employment, construction law, entertainment law, estate planning, asset protection, elder law and health care law.