Monthly Archives: November 2006

Drinker Biddle and Gardner Merge

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

After months of discussion and planning, Philadelphia-based Drinker Biddle & Reath and Chicago-based Gardner Carton & Douglas have recently announced that the two firms will merge. Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2007, this merger will create a firm with 651 lawyers and 26 other professionals across 12 offices. After the combination, the firm will have offices in three of the five biggest markets for bankruptcy filings: New York, Delaware and Chicago, and will have a combined gross revenue of about $350 million.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP | New York

New Partners in NY Firms

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Several firms in New York have recently acquired new partners and/or promoted associates to partner. Paul M. Kaplan, an antitrust counselor and litigator, has joined Bryan Cave as a partner, two criminal defense attorneys from Buchanan Ingersoll joined Carter Ledyard & Milburn as partners. Four lawyers at Morrison Cohen will be promoted on Jan. 1, and at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Denise Tormey was named managing partner in NY.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  New York

Philadelphia Firm Adds New Laterals

Sunday, November 5, 2006

On Monday November 6, John A. Nixon and Michael E. Bleier will move to Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen’s Philadelphia offices, concluding decades of work at their respective former employers. Nixon leaves Blank Rome after 13 years, and Bleier comes from 25 years at Mellon Financial Corp. There has been other lateral hiring recently in Philadelphia including Brian Guthrie’s move to Saul Ewing and Majorie Jacobs new job at Duane Morris.
Source: www.nylawyers.com

Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross Expands

Sunday, November 5, 2006

The 160-lawyer New Jersey firm opened 20,000 square feet of new office space in Princeton with hopes of expanding. With gross revenues of $84.6 million for the 2005 fiscal year, Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross ranked fifth in the New Jersey Law Journal Top 20 survey of NJ’s largest grossing firms.
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Tags:  Sills Cummis & Gross PC

NY IP Partner’s Lateral Move

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Margaret B. Brivanlou, a patent prosecution specialist who focuses on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, has left Jones Day. She joined Jones Day when that firm acquired most of the lawyers of now-defunct IP boutique Pennie & Edmonds in 2003. Ms. Brivanlou joins the NY team of King & Spaulding, the Atlanta-based firm with almost 200 lawyers in its New York office and over 800 worldwide.
Source: www.nylawyers.com

Tags:  New York

Two New Litigators at Fulbright & Jaworski

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Fulbright & Jaworski has gained two new litigators from Winston & Strawn. Daniel R. Murdock and Mr. Smith, both from Winston & Strawn, join the NY firm with expectations to focus on commercial litigation, anti-trust, white-collar, and securities regulatory matters. Fulbright & Jaworski employs about 1,000 lawyers around the country, with around 130 in New York.
Source: www.nylawyers.com

Tags:  Norton Rose Fulbright | New York

Chicago Merger

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is representing the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in its $8 billion acquisition of the Chicago Board of Trade, which is being advised by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. Subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, this merger would create the largest financial market in the world if it goes through.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

East Coast Firms Set to Merge

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

New Jersey firm Pitney Hardin and Connecticut-based Day, Berry & Howard are set to merge as of the beginning of 2007. The combined firm will have a significant East Coast presence, with approximately 400 attorneys in offices located in New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston, among others.
Source: www.law.com

Tags:  New York