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Top Female Partner Retires For Something New |
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
Pinney L. Allen is retiring from Alston & Bird and from her career as a lawyer all together. Her new career? She has accepted the position of the head of school for the Atlanta Girls' School. She starts the job July 1. At 54, Pinney Allen is diving into a long-held interest of education and women's issues.
Source: www.legalweek.com |
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Perkins Coie Doesn't Employ “Jerks” and Also Gives Free Milkshakes |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
Perkins Coie has a policy of turning down even successful lawyers if they do not work well with others. Besides not hiring grumps, Perkins awards its lawyers with bonuses for good behavior (toward others). Decision are based, in part, on questoionnaires filled by partners concerning other the “citizenship” of other partners. Besides the perk of the lack of jerks in the firm, Perkins also offers 100% health care coverage, 50% reimbursement of mass transit commuting costs, and free milkshakes!
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com |
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Merger of Blackwell Sanders LLP and Husch & Eppenberger LLC Finalized |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
The merger between Blackwell Sanders and Husch & Eppenberger was closed on February 29. It is now Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP. It was actually expected to close earlier in February or in late January, but both firms had some compromises to make. Previous chairmen from each firm, David Fenley and Joseph Conran will lead the conjoined firm as co-chairmen.
Source: www.bizjournals.com |
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Merger of Blackwell Sanders LLP and Husch & Eppenberger LLC Finalized |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
The merger between Blackwell Sanders and Husch & Eppenberger was closed on February 29. It is now Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP. It was actually expected to close earlier in February or in late January, but both firms had some compromises to make. Previous chairmen from each firm, David Fenley and Joseph Conran will lead the conjoined firm as co-chairmen.
Source: www.bizjournals.com |
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The First Texas Law Firm as an Energy Star Partner |
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has emerged a ENERGY STAR Partner, becoming the first Texas-based law firm to join the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge. The project is joint collaboration by the Environment, Energy, and Resources Section of the American Bar Association and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Gardere committed to reducing energy use in its offices by at least 10 percent.
Source:pr-usa.net |
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Romania is Now Home to White Case |
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
White & Case has recently opened a branch in Bucharest, becoming its 37th firm. The Romanian office will be led by lawyer Todd Shollenbarger. His team will consist of 10 lawyers focused on real estate, finance, energy and private equity.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Proskauer Rose's 2007 Revenues Are Up |
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
Proskauer Rose posts a 19% increase in revenues for the year 2007. 2006's figure of $514.3m (£262m) increased to $627.8m (£320m). Profits per partner (PEP) has grown 15% to reach $1.5m (£763,000). This is good news following Proskauer's 2007s launch of offices in London, as well as Sao Paulo.
Source: www.legalweek.com |
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Ropes and Gray Opens Up Shop In Chicago |
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
Boston based Ropes & Gray has launched a new office in Boston this past Monday. It currently predicts that within the next two years, it will grow to house 100 lawyers. The firm has been around now for 140 years accumulating about 900 lawyers in seven offices, six in the US and one in Tokyo.
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com |
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP opened an office in Shanghai, which brings the total number of offices in Asia Pacific to six. The Shanghai office is to focus on M&A, corporate finance and real estate.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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A New Addition to Kaye Scholer |
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
Kaye Scholer has a new addition in its Frankfurt office. Mayer Brown patent litigation lawyer,Wolfgang Leip, has joined as Partner. Leip moved to the US firm’s German arm last month along with associate Benedict von St André and two assistants.
Source: www. legalweek.com |
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Firm Mergers Dropped Some in 2007 |
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Law firm consultancy Hildebrandt International reports that in 2007 55 law firm mergers. Not bad, as compared to the 58 law firm mergers in 2006. The trend is still apparently higher than from 2004 and 2005. Hildebrandt expects the 2008 number to stay fairly high.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Nixon Peabody is looking to gain LEED certification for its new Albany office. The U.S. Green Building Council offers LEED certification to buildings who meet particular qualifications concerning its environmentalism. Nixon Peabody plans to move into their hopefully LEED certified building in mid-May.
Source: www.bizjournals.com |
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Kurt Nondorf to Lead Jackson Walker's Houston Office |
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Kurt Nondorf has recently joined the Houston office of Jackson Walker LLP as managing partner. His position entails the overseeing of the firm in its Houston location. Nondorf was previously head of transactions section in the firm's Dallas branch, where he practiced commercial real estate.
Source: www.bizjournals.com |
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Timea Bana Joins Siegler Law Office/Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Tímea Bana has joined Siegler Law Office/Weil, Gotshal & Manges as an associate. Bana joins from Hungarian Television Zrt, in which she headed contractual matters. Bana's specialization is in media and intellectual property law.
Source: www.bbj.hu |
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Chadbourne & Parke Makes More Room In London |
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Chadbourne & Parke is expanding its London offices, adding more than 1,000 square meters to its Regis House location on King William Street. The expansion will support the branch's growth, allowing for more attorney's and more room. The construction should be completed in May.
Source: www.sev.prnewswire.com |
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A New Addition to Jones Day |
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Brette Simon joins Jones Day in the Los Angeles Office as a partner in the Private Equity Practice. Ms. Simon, a renowned transactional attorney, comes from the Los Angeles office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Ms. Simon is the 4th transactional attorney to join as partner in the West Coast offices of Jones Day in the past three months.
Source: www.pehub.com
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Hogan & Hartson Launches Earth Friendly and Wellness Pilot Program |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
Hogan & Hartson LLP has implemented a pilot program in its Colorado offices aimed to do two things: establish "green" business practices and improve the health of its employees.
The program focuses on reducing energy use and waste. The program also strives to better inform its employees by offering information, services, and incentives for participation.
Source: www.pr-inside.com |
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Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP Is Joined By James Wesley Kinnear |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
James Wesley Kinnear has joined Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro as a partner in their San Francisco office. Kinnear will continue to center his work on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. His main focus is media and IP litigation.
Source: www.pr-inside.com
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Akerman Enlists Environmental Lawyer |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
Robert M. Andersen, who comes from New York's Dewey & LeBoeuf, has joined the team of Akerman Senterfitt, specifically their Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group. Prior to Dewey, Anderson was former chief counsel of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he supervised 400 attorneys. As of now, Anderson has joined one of Florida's largest law firms.
Source: www.law.com |
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Reed Smith Adds Fifth Partner to Los Angeles Office This Month |
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
Charles Pak, former co-chairman of the private equity group at Seyfarth Shaw, joins Reed Smith's Los Angeles office as a partner in its corporate and securities group. Pak is experienced in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance. In addition to Charles Pak, Reed Smith has hired four new partners to the Los Angeles office this month.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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