À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

Modern Lawyer


  • iStock-1465618017.jpg

    Law Firm Leasing On Pace To Surpass High-Performing 2024

    U.S. law firms leased 5.9 million square feet in the first six months of 2025, the most active first half since 2018, according to a report released Tuesday by real estate services company Savills.

  • imgi_3_hanaway_catherine_image_170676.png

    Former Husch Blackwell Chair Named Missouri AG

    Former Husch Blackwell LLP chair Catherine L. Hanaway has been appointed Missouri's next attorney general by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, according to the firm on Tuesday.

  • imgi_3_28009-50115.jpg

    Former Microsoft Counsel Joins Eversheds Real Estate Team

    Eversheds Sutherland has grown its U.S. real estate practice group with the addition of a former senior corporate counsel at Microsoft, the firm said Tuesday.

  • Nikolaus Caro_Davis Polk.jpg

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Nikolaus Caro

    Nikolaus Caro of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is advising Sycamore Partners in its take-private acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, earning him a spot among the private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ as Rising Stars.

  • David Kennedy_Davis Polk.jpg

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's David Kennedy

    David Kennedy, a partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's finance practice group, advised one of the largest-ever private credit deals in the U.S., with the refinancing of Finastra Group's existing first-lien and second-lien credit facilities, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ as Rising Stars.

  • Varuna Bhattacharyya.png

    Seyfarth Adds CRE Loan Pro To NY Office

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP added a commercial real estate finance pro to its real estate group from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, two months after expanding its offices with a 22-person transactional team from Morris Manning & Martin LLP.

  • imgi_4_510255_2to1.jpg

    One Year Later, White & Case IP Atty Jumps Back To Latham

    A year after moving his intellectual property practice to White & Case LLP, a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner is returning to his old firm, where he had spent over 14 years.

  • Kimberly J. Min and Craig B. Heron

    Saul Ewing Adds Ex-Whiteford RE, Public Finance Pros

    Saul Ewing LLP hired two former Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP partners who specialize in public finance, corporate and real estate matters as partners for its Baltimore office.

  • knudsen-andrew.jpg

    DOJ Environmental Atty Joins McGuireWoods In DC

    A former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer who helped the Biden administration fight for the removal of a 1,000-foot buoy barrier in the Rio Grande and defended EPA guidance on forever chemicals has joined McGuireWoods' office in Washington, D.C.

  • LAMB-CHOJ-KRES.png

    Baker Donelson Taps Trio Of Attys For Leadership Roles

    Three Baker Donelson shareholders have been named to new leadership roles.

  • Joe Walker.jpg

    Squire Patton Rehires Orrick's White Collar Co-Head

    Squire Patton Boggs announced the return of its former government investigations and white collar practice head on Tuesday after the Department of Justice alum spent the last four years co-leading the white collar and corporate investigations practice at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

  • Buchalter Adds Ex-Alston & Bird Partner To IP Practice

    Buchalter PC said Monday that it was adding H. James Abe as an intellectual property shareholder to its Los Angeles office, bringing on an attorney who previously worked at Alston & Bird LLP and has experience with commercial disputes, transactions and licensing.

  • iStock-1819878064.jpg

    Litigation Funder Burford Eyes Investments In US Law Firms

    Burford Capital LLC, the world's largest litigation funder, is eyeing an investment model to put money directly in U.S. law firms after years of investing in U.S. lawsuits, its chief development officer told À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Pulse.

  • 2_up_king.png

    King & Spalding Brings On Goodwin Litigators In SF, DC

    King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has added two intellectual property attorneys from Goodwin Procter LLP to strengthen its business litigation practice group and its capacity to handle patent and trade secrets disputes.

  • LabMD Fights Dinsmore's Bid To Toss Malpractice Suit

    Now-shuttered LabMD Inc. and its CEO are pushing back against a bid from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and a legal nonprofit to have a malpractice suit in Georgia federal court tossed, saying they haven't abandoned the case but rather were delayed in pursuing arbitration because they were searching for "competent counsel."

  • 2_up_gs.png

    Goldberg Segalla Adds Employment, Insurance Attys In NYC

    Goldberg Segalla LLP announced Monday that it has grown its employment and insurance services in New York with the recent addition of two attorneys who moved their practices from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP and Clyde & Co. LLP.

  • AccessLex Reveals New Prep Course For NextGen Exam

    Nonprofit legal education organization AccessLex Institute announced Monday an updated version of its Helix Bar Review to prepare test-takers for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which is set to debut in July 2026.

  • Lee_Jennifer_press.jpg

    Rising Star: Orrick's Jennifer Lee

    Jennifer Lee of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped Nationstar Mortgage LLC defeat a slew of claims tied to the sale of nearly $2 billion in delinquent loans and represented Credit Suisse in a two-week trial in New York state court involving nine-figure litigation, earning her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ as Rising Stars.

  • EvaMak - À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ.jpg

    Rising Star: Freshfields Eva Mak

    Eva Mak of Freshfields LLP has several multibillion-dollar deals under her belt, including a $16.5 billion take-private acquisition of cloud computing company Citrix Systems Inc., earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ as Rising Stars.

  • Michael Rechtin.png

    Latham Hires DLA Piper Real Estate Lawyer In Chicago

    Latham & Watkins LLP has hired a former DLA Piper real estate partner in Chicago who focuses his practice on helping clients develop data centers and other infrastructure for the digital technology industry, the firm announced Monday.

  • Timothy Murphy.jpeg

    MoFo Hires Paul Weiss Exec To Replace Retiring CFO

    Morrison Foerster LLP announced Monday that an executive at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, who had served as that firm's finance chief since May, joined Morrison Foerster's executive team in the New York office as its new chief financial officer.

  • Olivia Girouard.png

    Littler Opens Montreal Office To Grow Canadian Presence

    Employment and labor law practice Littler Mendelson PC announced Monday that it has opened an office in Montreal, with a new of counsel from employer of record Globalization Partners.

  • namrow-eric.jpg

    Morgan Lewis ITC Lawyer Joins Weil In DC As Group Leader

    An intellectual property litigator with almost 30 years of experience has left Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to lead the U.S. International Trade Commission practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.

  • Stratton_Jack_Headshot.jpg

    Weil Lands Kirkland Executive Compensation Pro In LA

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP executive benefits expert as a partner in its year-old Los Angeles office.

  • iStock-2198176411.jpg

    For Summer Associate AI, Ropes & Gray Rethinks The Cloud

    To prepare the next generation of lawyers for artificial intelligence, Ropes & Gray launched a comprehensive generative AI initiative in 2025 that gave summer associates hands-on experience with the latest technology.

Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the Modern Lawyer archive.
×

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Tax Authority À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Employment Authority À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Insurance Authority À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Real Estate Authority À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Healthcare Authority À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Bankruptcy Authority

Rankings

NEWLeaderboard Analytics Social Impact Leaders Prestige Leaders Pulse Leaderboard Women in Law Report À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ 400 Diversity Snapshot Rising Stars Summer Associates

National Sections

Modern Lawyer Courts Daily Litigation In-House Mid-Law Legal Tech Small Law Insights

Regional Sections

California Pulse Connecticut Pulse DC Pulse Delaware Pulse Florida Pulse Georgia Pulse New Jersey Pulse New York Pulse Pennsylvania Pulse Texas Pulse

Site Menu

Subscribe Advanced Search About Contact