Cadwalader, Wichersham & Taft has bolstered its litigation department with the addition of four attorneys from Proskauer Rose LLP. Joining the firm are Louis M. Solomon, Hal S. Shaftel, Colin A. Underwood and Michael S. Lazaroff. All will be resident in Cadwalader’s New York office. Solomon takes over as vice chairman of the firm’s litigation department [...]
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...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 17, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. The Chicago school district has been ordered to allow students immediate transfers in the wake of the killing of a student… Proskauer Rose has a new class of partners… Jackson Lewis opened a new office in Cincinnati… Merger talks continue, but partners at Hogan [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Proskauer Rose has elected four new partners. The four new partners are Sarah Cherry, a corporate lawyer in Boston, Baldassare Vinti and James Gregory in New York and Amy Covert in Newark. Lisa Herrnson and Lisa Stern have been named senior counself for the firm. Founded in 1875, Proskauer Rose, formerly known as Proskauer [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Four attorneys have left the Washington DC office of McDermott Will & Emery to join up with Proskauer Rose. Led by Paul Hamburger, who joins as partner, the team will establish an employee benefits practice at their new firm. Joining Hamburger as senior counsel are Todd Castleton, Eugene Holmes, and James Napoli. Founded in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Proskauer Rose, which in July deferred its current Summer associates to Fall 2011, is also deferring its deferred 2009 incoming associate class in New York. The associates, who had already been deferred to March 2010, are now being pushed to November 2010. This move seems to affect only the New York office. Founded in 1875, Proskauer Rose, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
New York’s Proskauer Rose, which in March laid off 23 attorneys, is deferring its current Summer associates to Fall 2011. Proskauer has not announced how many Summers will get job offers, and there has so far been no mention of stipends or fellowships. The firm deferred its 2009 incoming associates class to March 2010 with a $20,000 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
West Palm Beach, Florida’s McDonald Hopkins has added three attorneys to its roster. Howard K. Coates, Jr. joins as a member. He was founder of the Coates Law Firm, practicing commercial litigation. Coates was a partner at Proskauer Rose, and head of its Florida Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. His law degree is from Yale. Mary F. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Washington State’s Perkins Coie, which cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff in April, has hired seven intellectual property attorneys away from Proskauer Rose. Proskauer Rose partners Colin Sandercock, Paul Booth, John Isacson and David Laub all worked together at Heller Ehrman before it dissolved. The join another 13 former Heller lawyers employed by Perkins Coie. They [...]
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