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Berger Singerman Rips Bid To Save Fla. Malpractice Suit
Berger Singerman LLP and one of its attorneys have asked a Florida state court once again to toss a malpractice lawsuit related to hurricane damages brought by former client ARC Resorts LLC, saying the business is seeking to "dodge dismissal through obfuscation."
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Offit Kurman Names New Deputy Managing Principal
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law announced Thursday that a Virginia-based attorney who previously served as one of the firm's department chairs has been elevated to the role of deputy managing principal.
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Steptoe Litigation Partner Joins Michael Best In Chicago
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced that an experienced attorney who spent the last decade with Steptoe LLP has joined the firm's litigation practice as a partner in Chicago.
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Robinson Bradshaw Adds Ex-FBI Deputy Chief Of Staff
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA has hired a former FBI deputy chief of staff, whose new role will focus on representing clients in complex internal investigations similar to those he led in a previous position at the Justice Department, the firm announced.
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Office Snapshot: Bell Nunnally Is 'Abuzz' In Dallas
With a total commitment to an in-office model and a rapidly growing headcount, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP is expanding its space in the firm's single location in Dallas' historic Arts District, and its leader says the office atmosphere is "abuzz with activity."
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Special Master Suggests Sanctioning Irell In Patent Case
Irell & Manella LLP should be sanctioned for the actions of an attorney who allegedly presented an altered document during a deposition for its client CogniPower LLC as part of the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, a special master in the case has recommended.
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Constangy Adds Employment, Cyber Attys From Littler, Willkie
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has bulked up its employment practice in Florida with a senior counsel who joined from Littler Mendelson PC and fortified its cyber team with an attorney in Georgia who came aboard from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Plaintiffs Attys Fight Arbitration, While Imposing It On Clients
Plaintiffs attorney groups have for decades lobbied against forced arbitration, saying it strips injured consumers and aggrieved workers of their right to jury trial and hides corporate misconduct from public view. But many plaintiffs lawyers nationwide have subjected their own clients to forced arbitration in their retainer contracts — including leaders of some organizations that forbid the practice, Law360 has found.
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Morris Manning Rehires Int'l Trade Associate In DC
An international trade attorney who recently spent a little more than a year and a half with Covington & Burling LLP has rejoined Morris Manning & Martin LLP in Washington, D.C., where he once spent nearly a decade at.
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Robbins Geller Escapes Sanctions In Gas Price-Fixing Suit
A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid to sanction Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys in a gas price-fixing suit, determining that the firm didn't act in bad faith or unreasonably multiply proceedings in a way that unnecessarily cost Alon USA Energy millions.
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Sequoia Financial Names Benesch Atty As GC
Wealth management firm Sequoia Financial Group LLC has brought a member of its outside legal team at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in-house as general counsel.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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Sills Cummis Adds Commercial Litigator From Wilson Elser
Sills Cummis & Gross PC has welcomed a commercial lawyer from the defense litigation firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, touting his experience in industries like aviation, hospitality, food and beverage, construction and cosmetics in its announcement on Tuesday.
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Munck Wilson Taps Transactions Partner To Co-Lead In Austin
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP announced that a veteran transactions attorney with over 30 years of experience has been named the co-chair of the firm's Austin, Texas, office.
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How BigLaw Is Tweaking Diversity Messaging Amid Pushback
As the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of diversity programs, some of the nation's leading law firms are quietly adjusting how they publicly present their diversity commitments, including softening language, scrubbing diversity reports, and, in some cases, erasing diversity pages altogether.
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Real Estate Duo Closes Boutique To Join Howard & Howard
A pair of attorneys operating a Chicago-based real estate-focused boutique recently closed the firm's doors and have joined Howard & Howard's office in the Windy City.
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Veteran IP Atty Joins Axinn's DC Office As Partner From Sidley
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced intellectual property attorney focused on litigating technology matters has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Atlanta Mid-Law Firms Grapple With Hot Talent Market
As BigLaw poaches large groups of Atlanta-based attorneys from smaller firms, Atlanta firms are doubling down on their unique cultures and identities in order to retain and attract attorneys amid a more active talent market in the city.
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Maynard Nexsen Adds 5 Constangy Employment Attys In LA
Maynard Nexsen PC has brought a 5-lawyer team from labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its Los Angeles office, bringing on a team that is experienced in management-side employment law and can converse in six languages.
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Burr & Forman Lands GrayRobinson Real Estate Partner In Fla.
Burr & Forman LLP expanded its Orlando, Florida, real estate capabilities with the addition of a partner with general counsel experience from GrayRobinson PA.
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Dickie McCamey Expands Pittsburgh Office With Energy Atty
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC has expanded its Pittsburgh office with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in energy law and looking to deepen his practice with more small business and transactional matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Career Kramer Levin Atty Moves To Pryor Cashman In NY
Pryor Cashman LLP's new bankruptcy lateral, Joseph A. Shifer, invoked the words of journalist H. L. Mencken when explaining in an interview on Tuesday why he'd stuck with working on creditors' rights issues for more than 17 years: to him, the practice is "the life of kings," he told Law360 Pulse.
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Steptoe & Johnson Adds Higher Ed Team Manager
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has added the former director of talent acquisition for Kelley Kronenberg as the manager of its higher education practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Mitchell Silberberg Adds Greenberg Glusker IP Trio In LA
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced Monday that a three-attorney team of entertainment intellectual property attorneys from the Los Angeles-based Greenberg Glusker LLP have joined the firm.
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Vorys Releases Labor-Focused AI Tool For Its Attys, HR Pros
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP announced Monday the launch of an in-house agentic artificial intelligence product designed to help its attorneys and human resources professionals answer questions regarding federal, state and local employment laws.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.