On Jan 1. Seattle firm Davis Wright Tremaine will merge with Washington, D.C-based Cole, Raywid & Braverman. Through this merger, Davis Wright will gain a boutique firm with 35 cable and telecommunications lawyers. Cole Raywid’s attorneys will be added into Davis Wright’s communications, media and technology law practice, increasing that group’s numbers to 120 nationwide. Davis Wright ranked 115 in The American Lawyer’s latest Am Law 200 survey, with firmwide revenues of $186 million and profits per partner of $360,000. Cole Raywid’s revenues and profits are comparable to Davis Wright’s.
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Partnerships and Moves in NY
Eight attorneys recently made partner at NY’s Sullivan & Cromwell. Baker & McKenzie also adds four new lawyers to its New York office as partners. Similarly, in firms across the country such as Winston & Strawn (Chicago) and Miller & Chevalier (Washington), attorneys are making lateral moves and joining new firms as partners.
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Lateral Acquisition for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe strengthened its China practice through its acquisition of structured-finance lawyer Michelle Taylor. Taylor joins the 23-lawyer Hong Kong office as a partner after leaving Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker’s Hong Kong office where she was a partner in the corporate group. Within the past couple months, Orrick has lost some lateral some lateral partners, so this addition comes at a good time.
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TX Attorneys on the Move
Texas firm Winstead Sechrest & Minick has gained several new lawyers in three offices around the state. The Austin office welcomed Scott Rhodes; Dallas gained eight new attorneys; and three new lawyers joined the Houston office.
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Bingham McCutchen’s New Hong Kong Office
Boston firm Bingham McCutchen is set to open a Hong Kong office this January. This office will focus on advising existing financial-institution clients in Asia. The Hong Kong opening comes after Bingham’s merger with Swidler Berlin of D.C., and after Bingham’s Jay Zimmermann stated that the firm hopes to expand its international operation. After completing six mergers, Zimmerman has morphed this firm into a national powerhouse.
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Lateral Moves for CA Lawyers
The California firm Rosen, Bien, & Asaro is now Rosen, Bien, & Galvan after the loss of partner Andrea Asaro and the appointment of new name partner Ernest Galvan. The firm has also relocated to new offices on the 10th floor of 315 Montgomery St. and gained four associates specializing in public interest and private sector litigation. Galvan, a graduate of Yale Law School, has been with the firm since 1998 and handles general and complex civil litigation, emphasizing civil rights, employment and attorneys fee cases.
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Buffalo & Birmingham Firms’ New NY Offices
Hodgson Russ of Buffalo and Birmingham’s Whatley Drake & Kallas are opening new offices in New York. For Whatley Drake & Kallas, fifteen attorneys now call the 37th floor of 1540 Broadway home; Hodgson Russ has 31 lawyers in their 24th floor office. Drawn to the tower for its views of Time Square, both firms have 10 year leases on their new spaces.
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New Laterals at Hiscock & Barclay
The Albany office of Hiscock & Barclay gains two new laterals from McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams. Michael J. Grygiel and William A. Hurst join the firm as partners, and will practice in the new media and First Amendment law practice area.
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Lateral Move for High-Profile Litigator
DeMaurice Smith, a litigator from the D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, made a move to Patton Boggs last week. Smith was formerly a prosecutor and a counsel, but at this firm he says he’ll focus on white-collar criminal defense matters and tort liability trials. Other Latham lawyers have moved to Patton Boggs this year; in April 30 litigators from Latham’s Newark office joined the team.
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NY Office Bolstered by Boutique Acquisition
Crowell & Moring of Washington D.C. has added the boutique firm King Pagano Harrison and ten partners from the intellectual property boutique Morgan & Finnegan to its New York office. The office opened in September with only two partners, so the moves increase the total number of New York lawyers for Crowell & Moring to 15. Nationwide, Crowell & Moring has around 300 lawyers.
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