Littler Mendelson has hired Robert Conti for its office in Orange County. Previously, Conti was a partner at Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes. He specializes in industrial injuries which result in disability discrimination claims.
Source: www.ocbiz.freedomblogging.com
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Foley & Lardner was hit hard by the recession, it would appear. Its gross revenue decreased by 8.8 percent to $667 million. Profits per partner declined by 7.9 percent, to $586,000. The following practice groups suffered the most: IP/IP Litigaiton, securities and white-collar litigation.
Source: www.jdjournal.com
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Ashurst has just made its first US lateral hire since it launched in the US last year. Attorney Margaret Sheehan joins the firm as a partner from Alston & Bird. Sheehan will practice in Ashurst’s financial services and products group. This is the first in what appears to be many desired lateral hires by Ashurst, who is currently focuses on expanding in Asia.
Source: www.legalweek.com
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White & Case has lost yet another partner from its Palo Alto office: Jennifer L. Yokoyama. Yokoyama, who specializes in patent litigation, left the firm for Nike. She takes the position of Assistant General Counsel – IP Litigation. It would appear that White & Case must either close its Palo Alto office, after so many departures, or recruit and/or transfer partners to save it.
Source: www.abovethelaw.com
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Six months after the Lovells/Hogan & Hartson merger, Lovells is to close its Chicago office. The office, consisting of seven partners, seems to have underperformed in the past few years. The firm is in the midst of discussing whether the Chicago partners will move to other offices.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tags: Hogan LovellsSidley Austin has made a substantial addition to its Hong Kong office. Alex Lloyd has joined the office’s U.S. Corporate Finance department starting May 1st. Lloyd has practiced in Hong Kong for the last five years. He received his J.D., cum laude From Georgetown University.
Source: www.businesswire.com
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Michael Wyatt escapes the Hogan & Hartson/Lovells merger by joining Foley Hoag. Wyatt joins as a partner in the Washington office. Prior to his time at Hogan & Hartson, he practiced with Semmes, Bowen & Semmes and Proskauer Rose.
Source: www.legaltimes.typad.com
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Fish & Richardson has made it to Intellectual Property Today “2010 Top Patent Firms” list. 356 law firms and individuals took part in the annual survey. Fish & Richardson issued 1,679 patents in 2009, an increase of 3.2 percent from the previous year. Patent work is one of the firm’s major practice areas.
Source: www.marketwire.com
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Duane Morris had a (mostly) successful year in 2009. The firm’s gross revenue increased by 5.4 percent. Duane Morris’ revenue jumped from $368 million in 2008 to $387.7 million in 2009, which is even more than its 2007 number of $375 million. Profits per equity partner were also up in 2009. It increased by 3.6 percent from $727,000 to $753,000. Revenue per lawyer actually fell one percent last year totaling $633,000.
Source: www.nylj.com
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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP has taken on two new partners: Helen Michael and Jeffrey Lenser join the firm in Washington. They both join the Insurance Recovery team. Michael and Lenser previously practiced with Howrey.
Source: www.lawfuel.com
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