Morrison & Foerster, whose new web pageembraces the acronym “MoFo”, has hired Joe Calve as Chief Marketing Officer. Calve waspreviously the CMO for Proskauer Rose. During his tenure with Proskauer Rose, the firm was ranked #1 by Marketing the Law Firm Magazine three years running. Calve has also served as Director of [...]
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...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 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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
Here’s the rundown for law firm layoffs this week: K&L Gates: 36 associates and 79 staff Burges Salmon: 18 lawyers Morgan Lewis: 55 attorneys and 161 staff White & Case: 200 associates and 200 staff Venable: 16 attorneys, 48 staff Chadbourne & Parke: 25 lawyers Pepe & Hazard: 5 attorneys and 7 staff Proskauer Rose: 23 attorneys Pircher, Nichols & Meeks: 8 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
New York’s Proskauer Rose today laid off 23 attorneys. Staff seem to have emerged unscathed. In December, Proskauer laid off 35 associates and 25 staffers; and a few weeks ago the firm reported a drop in profits. In February, the firm poached a bankruptcy group from Winston & Strawn. If you have any information about these layoffs, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
Am Law 100 firm Proskauer Rose’s profits per equity partner dropped 10% in 2008 to $1.4 million. Revenues increased marginally, by 1%, to $634 million. Revenue per lawyer dipped slightly to $916,000. Total headcount attorney rose slightly from 685 in 2007 to 692 in 2008. The number of equity partners was up two in 2008; 10 new [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn to co-chair its bankruptcy group, attorney Jeff Marwil is leaving to join the Chicago office of Proskauer Rose. Two of Marwil’s bankruptcy partners, Mark Thomas and Paul Possinger, will follow him to Proskauer Rose. The hop to Proskauer is the third time the three attorneys have changed firms in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 12, 2008
From Law.com: new partner candidates may have a tough time next year. New partner announcements are starting to come in, and things aren’t looking so good. Thirteen Am Law 200 firms in California have announced new partners so far, and eight of those firmwide classes are smaller than last year. “I anticipate a smaller class this year [...]
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