DLA Piper Opens Atlanta Office

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary will open its new Atlanta office on Monday with an initial staff of 12 attorneys. The firm expects the office to act as a hub for its southeastern activities and plans to expand to 50 attorneys by the end of this year. DLA Piper currently employs 3,100 lawyers worldwide. Source: www.law.com

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Texas Firms Report Slight Increase in Gross Revenue for 2005

Texas Lawyer’s survey of the 25 top-grossing firms in Texas showed a 2.3% increase in gross revenues overall for 2005 over 2004. Of these firms, 16 reported an increase for 2005; the other 9 reported a decrease. Akin Gump comes in as the highest-grossing of all Texas firms, but V&E, Thompson & Knight, and Porter Hedges reported the greatest percentage increase in gross revenues for the year. Source: Texas Lawyer

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Adams and Reese Expands to Memphis

Adams and Reese, a 300-lawyer firm based in New Orleans, is expanding into Memphis. The office will open with an initial staff of 15 attorneys picked up from Armstrong Allen, but the firm plans to quickly increase the size of the office. Source: www.law.com

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Merger for Kelley Drye and Collier Shannon

Kelley, Drye, & Warren and Collier Shannon Scott have officially merged. In the new structure, the staff of 400 attorneys will operate under the name Kelley, Drye, & Warren in all offices except D.C., which will use the name Kelley Drye Collier Shannon. Source: www.law.com

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More Raises for Texas Firms

Three more major Texas firms have announced raises for associates at all experience levels. Dallas firm Winstead, Sechrest & Minick has bumped first-years to $135,00 with a $5,000 potential bonus and Houston-based Fulbright & Jaworski’s first-years will earn $140,000. Baker & McKenzie will pay associates in Dallas and Houston $140,000 with a $10,000 potential bonus for the first year. Source: www.law.com

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Lateral Moves on the Rise in Texas

2005 saw a 12.93 percent increase in lateral hiring in Texas over the previous year, according to Texas Lawyer’s recent study of 18 of the state’s largest firms. Akin Gump recorded the most at 95 lateral hires, and Corporate and Securities came in as the hottest practice area with 97 total hires accross the surveyed firms. Source: www.law.com

Merger in Works for Reed Smith

Pittsburgh-based firm Reed Smith and UK firm Richards Butler are working to complete a merger deal by the end of May, creating a 1,300 attorney entity with a worldwide presence. The deal would not only grow Reed Smith’s presence in London and Paris, but also in the Middle East and Asia. Source: www.law.com

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More Expansion Plans for Duane Morris

Plans are now in the works for a new Singapore office, as well as for an increase the size of the London practice. Within two years, the firm expects to grow in size to 1,000 attorneys, nearly doubling its current staff of 600. Source: New York Lawyer

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