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Jackson Walker Names Chief Innovation, Information Officers
Jackson Walker LLP has appointed two of its business professionals to fill the roles of chief innovation officer and chief information officer, advancing the firm's technology-driven client service.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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®ÊÓƵ as Rising Stars.
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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®ÊÓƵ as Rising Stars.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Baker Donelson Taps Trio Of Attys For Leadership Roles
Three Baker Donelson shareholders have been named to new leadership roles.
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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.
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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.
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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®ÊÓƵ Pulse.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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®ÊÓƵ as Rising Stars.
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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®ÊÓƵ as Rising Stars.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.
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Guest Feature
Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers
To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.