Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 7. Here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. Rose Walker has two new attorneys… The prop 8 trial in California will be broadcast via youtube…. Gibson Dunn received an award for best litigation firm… Archer & Greiner picked up a former D.A.… More law firm mergers are expected this year after [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
WilmerHale announced its new partnership class this week. Nine associates have been promoted to partner and of those, five are female. Three new partners were promoted in Washington DC and three in New York, with two more coming in Boston and the last one in London. Last year WilmerHale promoted ten partners, four of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 1, and here’s a look back at the stories making news yesterday… BigLaw is promoting fewer to partner this year… An aspiring lawyer in New York has been refused admission to the bar because of his excessive student loans… Nelson Mullins opens a new office in West Virginia… Chadbourne & Parke is paying [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
In a year that has been notable for salary cuts, layoffs, associate deferrals and smaller bonuses, it should come as no surprise that promotions to partner are also down across the board. Profits are down, and firms are reluctant to increase the number of slices of the shrinking pie. Although not every firm [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
Trowers & Hamlins, which has laid off at least 11 lawyers in recent months, has now cut 17 lawyers and support staff in London. Last month Trowers promoted seven new partners, increasing the firm’s global partnership to 117. Trowers has three offices in the UK and five in the Middle East. Trowers & Hamlins is a mid-sized UK [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
London Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy have delayed their 2009 partner promotions. Clifford Chance will defer this year’s promotions process until the firm completes its restructuring this Summer, which is likely to cut the firm’s partnership up to 15%. Allen & Overy is delaying its partner promotions until at least the beginning of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 9, 2009
Profits for Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins fell 21% in 2008, one of the biggest falls so far reported by an Am Law 100 firm. Profits per equity partner fell from $2.27 million in 2007 to $1.8 million in 2008. The firm also saw a dip in revenues, a 4% decrease to $1.9 billion has knocked [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
The new firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, the result of the merger between Bradley Arant Rose & White with Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, has named 17 attorneys to the partnership. “We are very happy to elevate these members of the firm to the partnership,” said John B. Grenier, managing partner. “Each of these attorneys [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Thompson Hine LLP has elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2009: Gary D. Blachman is a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice group in the Cincinnati office. Dorian Daggs is a member of the Business Litigation and Product Liability Litigation practice groups in the Atlanta office, as well as the ERISA Litigation group. Carolyn [...]
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