Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has brought on two associates. J. Page Scully joins from McDermott Will & Emery, as a member of the tax practice group in Washington, DC. Scully got her JD from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law. Angela R. Fox joins Sutherland’s litigation practice group as an associate in Atlanta. She [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 13, 2009
Baltimore’s Venable has brought on eight lawyers for its tax and estate planning practice in Los Angeles. Brad Cohen, Michael Foster, Robin Gilden, and David Schwartz join as partners from Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen. Name partner Michael Luftman will also soon join Venable. Charles Kolstad joins as of counsel, and Richard Luftman as an associate. Kyle [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 10, 2009
Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of Pillsbury’s estates, trusts and tax planning group, is “looking to add lawyers in New York, Washington, DC, and expand trusts and estates in Los Angeles.” She says candidates have to be good at tax law, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Dehnen Lawyers, a small boutique firm in Dusseldorf, Germany, has launched a new office in Washington, DC. The firm, which has 10 lawyers in its Dusseldorf office, specializes in advising US clients on tax, legislative, and policy issues when working in Germany. Chairman Peter Dehnen says he will spend one week a month in the Washington office. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
Two weeks ago, we reported that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips had laid off employees nationwide; 12 attorneys, 3 paralegals, and 32 administrative staff. Today, Manatt announced the layoff of 25 people today; 17 lawyers and 8 staff. The firings affect the finance, tax, and advertising practice groups. Severance packages are being offered. Founded in 1965, Manatt, Phelps & [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
Cozen O’Connor is picking up at least 28 attorneys from the now-defunct Wolf Block. Wolf Block voted this week to dissolve, and the firm’s nearly 300 attorneys are scrambling to find new positions. Wolf Block executive committee member Robert Silverman has joined Cozen O’Connor, along with 11 attorneys from the private client group and 14 from real [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Blog of Legal Times reports that profits are plummeting at New York-based tax & finance boutique McKee Nelson. The firm has reported a drop in revenue of nearly 16 percent, for gross revenue of $160 million in 2008. Profits per partner plunged 15 percent, or nearly $200,000, to $1.02 million. The down numbers were foreshadowed in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Robert Colby, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s deputy director of the division of trading & markets, will leave the agency this month after 27 years. He will join the Washington, DC office of New York’s Davis Polk & Wardwell. Colby is credited by the SEC with having led “the development and implementation of investor protection policies, [...]
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