Thacher Proffitt & Wood

Hinshaw & Culbertson Adds Alan Kaufman to New York Office

Alan Kaufman has joined the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in the New York office as a partner,…

Dissolving Thacher Proffitt & Wood is pursuing its former first-year associates over money provided for bar expenses. The firm's dissolution…

The National Law Journal reports that many former Thacher lawyers have been unable to find new positions. More than 65…

Chicago's Sonnenschein reports gross revenue was $492 million for 2008, up nearly 3%. Revenue per lawyer also increased about 3%,…

The WSJ Law Blog summarizes the findings in a report by The American Lawyer about the enormous rise in laterals…

The Blog of Legal Times reports from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's swanky Obama inauguration party: Saturday night, Sonnenschein Nath &…

The American Lawyer reports that America's oldest law firm, Manhattan's Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, saw its average profits per equity…

According to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal services industry in the United States shed some 7,000 jobs…

As we reported last week, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal hired 100 lawyers from the dissolving Thacher Proffitt & Wood. This…

Thacher Proffitt & Wood, the 160-year-old New York-based law firm, will close forever. The subprime crisis slashed demand for its…

Chicago's Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has announced it will hire 100 lawyers (NYT says 40) away from New York CIty's…

Richard Hans, who left DLA Piper two years ago to join Thacher Proffitt & Wood, is heading back to his old…