From LawCrossing: Detroit-based Clark Hill PLC has acquired the Phoenix law firm of Norling, Kolsrud, Sifferman & Davis. Clark Hill CEO John Hern said Norling Kolsrud has effectively become the Phoenix office of Clark Hill. Norling Kolsrud’s four founding members acquired a stake in Clark Hill, and its six other attorneys become Clark Hill associates. Hern said absorbing Norling [...]
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From LawCrossing: North Carolina firm Ward & Smith has added litigation attorney Joseph A. Schouten to its group of attorneys. Schouten represents clients in all phases of litigation, including trial. According to a firm press release, he also counsels clients in cases involving claims of patent infringement, tortious interference with contract, telecommunications, trade secret misappropriation, and breach [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
From LawCrossing: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, a prominent intellectual property law firm in Alexandria, Virginia, is currently looking to hire qualified patent attorneys for its electrical/mechanical patent prosecution practice. To be considered for the positions, the firm requires a law degree, a degree in electrical/computer engineering or physics, and a license to practice before the United [...]
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From LawCrossing.com: Littler Mendelson PC has announced the addition of five respected and accomplished attorneys to its San Francisco office. Littler is the nation’s largest employment & labor law firm that represents management, and has more than 750 attorneys in 46 offices. The new additions are shareholders Maureen McClain and Matthew Vandall; Stacey Pratt, of counsel; and associates [...]
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From LawCrossing.com: A leading full-service law firm in America, Seyfarth Shaw has announced it is expanding its business immigration practice. The expansion comes from the addition of eight business immigration lawyers and nine additional team members, including para-professionals and staff, according to a firm press release. The additions all come from Paparelli & Partners LLP, an immigration [...]
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From LawCrossing: United States Attorney for Colorado Troy A. Eid has announced his plan to resign and return to private law practice. The move is effective midnight on Monday, January 19th. Eid, an environmental attorney and Adjunct Professor in American Indian Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, will be a litigation partner in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
From LawCrossing.com: The law firms of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC and Hendrickson & Long, PLLC announced they will combine their practices at the beginning of 2009. All 12 attorneys from Charleston, South Carolina-based Hendrickson & Long will join Eckert Seamans, giving the firm a significant expansion in West Virginia and an important Charleston presence. Hendrickson & Long feels the move will build upon what the firm has [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 29, 2008
Via LawCrossing.com: At year’s end, white-shoe law firms race to collect the bulk of the year’s client fees by the end of December. This year is different though, with a number of law firm managing partners worried that the current recession will make the job of collection even tougher. Most law firms bill every three months, or even [...]
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From LawCrossing.com: In recent months, when companies have been forced to succumb to mergers or bankruptcy in the wake of the economic crisis, lawyers who work for these businesses or their outside law firms may account for a number of the employment casualties, according to a NJBiz.com interview. Stewart Michaels, chairman of Livingston-based Topaz Attorney Search, told NJBiz.com that while bankruptcy [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
From LawCrossing.com: Legal blog Above the Law is reporting that Gunderson Dettmer has laid off a number of junior associates. While the firm has yet to respond to requests for comments, sources say that half the first-year class has been shown the door, as well as a number of more senior attorneys. An Above the Law tipster says [...]
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