Kilpatrick Stockton has hired Edward Henderson, formerly of Canadian law firm Torys LLP, as a partner in the firm’s global construction & infrastructure projects practice in New York. Henderson reps construction and real estate clients in dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration. The firm has also brought in Jill Cox, previously at Constangy, Brooks & Smith, to join [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Chicago’s Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt and Newark’s McCarter & English are forming an alliance. While remaining separate and independent law firms, they will recommend and provide coordinated legal services to their respective clients, including complex litigation, corporate transactions, municipal finance, commercial real estate, employment matters, and property tax appeals. Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, one of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 1, 2009
Frisco’s Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has hired J. Craig Williams and Joseph R. McFaul as partner and special counsel, respectively, in its Orange County office. The attorneys previously worked at the Williams Lindberg Law Firm, a boutique in Newport Beach, California. Williams handles complex business litigation with an emphasis on environmental, intellectual property, real estate, technology [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand has cut five administrative positions. There is no further information available about these layoffs. If you have any inside info you’d like to share, please send us a confidential tip. You’ll be glad you did! Founded in 1956, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based firm employs more than 80 lawyers. The firm specializes in business [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Belfast, UK-based L’Estrange and Brett has made two solicitors and three secretaries redundant. One of the city’s oldest and largest law firms, L’Estrange made the redundancies as the housing and property market continues to suffer. The firm has around 90 staff, and has announced a pay freeze and the cancellation of bonuses. The firm, founded as Ramsey and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
Last week we reported that former Republican Missouri US Representative Kenny Hulshof was joining the law firm that will emerge from the pending merger of Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus and Shughart Thomson & Kilroy. Today, that merger is final. The new firm, Polsinelli Shughart PC, came into existence Sunday. The move creates a firm with nearly 500 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 31, 2009
A Waterford, Michigan couple has filed a lawsuit against their former attorney, claiming they were ill-advised when they tried to raffle off their house in October. Joseph and Penelope VanDevelder’s house on Wanamaker Road was on the market unsold for 18 months. So they contacted attorney Phillip Strehle to find out if they legally could raffle [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 31, 2009
Democratic Missouri State Representative Jason Grill of Parkville has joined Kansas City law firm King Hershey. Grill represents Missouri’s 32nd District, which covers southern Platte County. He will serve as of counsel for the development law firm. He comes to King Hershey from Kansas City’s Holtsclaw & Kendall, where he did personal injury work. Before that, he [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
It’s a bad day to be a lawyer in the UK. West End firm Mishcon de Reya is to cut 17 from its staff base, including two partners, following a redundancy consultation. The firm confirmed it has fired a salaried partner from its real estate practice and one from its corporate practice. In 2007, Mishcon saw a 70% [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
DLA Piper has for the first time appointed vice chairs for some Chicago practice groups, seeking to aid those who chair large practice groups and provide additional leadership opportunities for lawyers in the office. The law firm, with 270 attorneys in Chicago, appointed Tina Martini as vice chairperson of the intellectual property group; Michael O’Neil as [...]
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