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    Dentons Adds Ex-Skadden Bankruptcy Pro In Calif.

    Global law firm Dentons is beefing up its restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice with a new Los Angeles partner who spent more than two decades at Skadden, most recently as Skadden's head for corporate restructuring practice in the western United States.

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    Holland & Knight Adds Attys From Calif. Private Wealth Firm

    Holland & Knight LLP is vastly expanding its private wealth services, announcing Monday it is adding all eight of the attorneys from 17-year-old Los Angeles-based private wealth services boutique Karlin & Peebles LLP.

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    Ex-GMU Prof. Tells Judge To Ignore Accusers' 'False Reality'

    Former FTC Commissioner and law professor Joshua Wright on Friday slammed two former students' request to exclude evidence of damages at an upcoming trial in a $108 million lawsuit in which he accused them of defamation, saying the request is "self-servingly twisted to present a false reality."

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    Longtime Cravath Presiding Partner Sam Butler Dies At 94

    Sam Butler, former presiding partner of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP during the 1980s and 1990s, died on Saturday at 94. 

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    McDermott Adds Former DHS Deputy General Counsel In DC

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired a former deputy general counsel from the Biden administration's Homeland Security Department, who joined as a partner after working as an associate with Covington & Burling LLP, the firm announced Monday.

  • MoFo Boosts Geographic Diversity For 2025 Partner Class

    A year after elevating its largest partner class in a decade, Morrison Foerster LLP announced Monday that it is elevating 21 lawyers in 16 practices for 2025, touting a more geographically diverse roster than the previous year.

  • Proskauer Adds New Funds Partners In NY, DC

    Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday it has rung in the new year by adding two new partners to its private funds group, with the addition of a tax expert from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York and a regulatory specialist from the SEC in Washington, D.C.

  • Hogan Lovells Boosts 28 Partners, 47 Counsel In 3 Continents

    Hogan Lovells announced a slightly smaller promotion class than last year's on Monday, elevating 28 attorneys to partner and 47 to counsel across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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    Akin Names Largest Partner Class In Firm History

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday the promotion of 22 lawyers to partnership, its largest ever partner class.

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    Cleary Adds Antitrust Attys From A&O Shearman, TikTok

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that it is adding to its global antitrust team by hiring a partner in New York and a counsel in Brussels who are experts in transactional and behavioral work.

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    BakerHostetler Names New Office Leaders In Philly, Chicago

    BakerHostetler LLP has made changes in leadership at two of its offices, naming new managers for its offices in Philadelphia and Chicago, the firm announced Monday.

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    Husch Blackwell Joins Law Firms Adding Senior AI Roles

    Husch Blackwell LLP has hired an Adobe veteran to serve as its first senior director of artificial intelligence advisory services, the firm said Monday, making it the latest law firm to add a senior AI role.

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    Withers Brings On 8-Atty Trusts And Estates Boutique In LA

    International law firm Withers has expanded its Los Angeles office by absorbing the eight-attorney boutique Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker, Withers announced Monday.

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    CUNY Law Dean To Run Law School Admission Council

    Sudha Setty, a longtime educator and dean of the law school at City University of New York, will serve as the next president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council.

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    Haynes Boone Taps Appellate Leader As New General Counsel

    Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has appointed its Dallas-based appellate practice group chair to the role of general counsel, effective Jan. 1.

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    Ex-Sidley Corporate Partner Rejoins O'Melveny In NY

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former partner within its capital markets practice after a six-year stay at Sidley Austin LLP.

  • Howard University Joins Expanding Weil Service Fellowship

    Howard University School of Law is the latest school to join Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's public service initiative designed to develop the next generation of leaders in the legal profession while tackling social, economic and legal inequities.

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    Ex-Locke Lord IP Pros To Build Buchanan Chicago Office

    More than a dozen intellectual property pros from Locke Lord LLP, which officially merged with Troutman Pepper on Wednesday, are moving over to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and most of them are going to be part of launching the firm's new office in Chicago.

  • Insurer Accuses Hinshaw Of Negligence Over $11M Trial Loss

    Texas Insurance Co. has sued the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and a partner in California state court, alleging they failed to advise the insurer that it could be liable for the bulk of an $11.15 million verdict in an underlying personal injury case.

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    Law Firms Ended 2024 With 'Drastic' Drop In Lateral Hiring

    Large law firms engaged in more lateral hiring in 2024 than the year before, but a strong start to the year fizzled out with a substantial dip in hiring across all job categories in the fourth quarter, according to new information from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.

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    Atty David Rivkin Remembered For Passion For Constitution

    Longtime BakerHostetler partner, former White House lawyer and conservative media commentator David B. Rivkin Jr. is being remembered as a keen thinker and prolific writer who was passionate about the Constitution and took time to mentor others.

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    Taft Hired BCLP Comms Director Ahead Of Merger

    Once its merger with Sherman & Howard LLC became effective at the start of the new year, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Thursday it had hired Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's former director of communications.

  • Akin Forms Capital Solutions Team Under Private Credit Head

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is launching a capital solutions team dedicated to advising private capital investors and companies on global situations across debt and equity, hybrid and structured solutions, joint ventures, rollups and spinouts, the firm announced last week.

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    Ogletree's 2025 Shareholder Class Is Largest In Over A Decade

    After a year of expansion, management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Thursday announced its largest shareholder class in more than a decade.

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    Holland & Knight Matches BigLaw Bonuses In Major Markets

    Holland & Knight LLP announced associates in major U.S. markets will receive year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, with attorneys working in regional offices making smaller figures, according to a report.

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Expert Analysis

  • Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group Author Photo

    Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates? Author Photo

    Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.

  • 10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems Author Photo

    Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.

  • Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law Author Photo

    The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement Author Photo

    The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business? Author Photo

    Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.

  • 9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term Author Photo

    Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.

  • What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties Author Photo

    As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.

  • NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times Author Photo

    New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.

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    Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark Author Photo

    Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.

  • A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate Author Photo

    Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.

  • Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms Author Photo

    To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law Author Photo

    Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.

  • Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions Author Photo

    Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.

  • 3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content Author Photo

    Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.

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