Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie has hired a seven-lawyer energy law group from the crosstown office of Thompson & Knight. The team includes partners Michael Byrd, Louis Davis and Ben Welmaker; Glen White as of counsel; and associates David Wildes, Cody Carper and James Sonnier. They will support Baker’s Houston-based Major Projects/Energy practice. Byrd represents clients in all phases [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: McDonough Holland & Allen: 4 lawyers, 13 staff Ruden McClosky: 2 lawyers, 18 staff Thompson & Knight: 17 lawyers, 25 staff Berwin Leighton Paisner: 30 lawyers, 55 staff Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott: 119 lawyers Fenwick & West: 15 lawyers, 7 staff Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy: 49 lawyers, 40 staff Holme Roberts & Owen: 15 lawyers Sullivan [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Texas’ Thompson & Knight has laid off 17 associates, including two first-years, and 25 staff. The layoffs targeted the real estate and corporate practices. The firm has also pushed back start dates for its incoming associates to January 2010. Thompson & Knight was founded in 1887. It employs approximately 400 attorneys between its Texas and New York offices. [...]
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