Tommy Jacks, a top litigator, has moved to the Austin, Texas branch of Fish & Richardson. Jacks, who has previously ran his own practice, joins as a partner.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Luce Forward Changes Pay-Rate System
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps recently overhauled their pay scale system, ousting the traditional class-year system. The new pay scale is based on productivity, rates of practice, and number of hours worked. The firm changed the system mostly to give credit to those associates who have earned it.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Holland & Knight Grabs Construction Group
Holland & Knight has announced the hiring of a group of construction attorneys. Frederick Rohn, Harry Sacks, Henry Rosenzweig and Deborah Roth have all joined the firm’s New York office. They previously worked for Sacks Montgomery PC in New York.
Source: www.lawfuel.com
Cadwalader Lays Off 35 Attorneys
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has announced that it is laying off 35 attorneys due to the weak mortgage-backed securities market. The firm is also stepping up efforts to diversify its practices. The firm says it does not expect the lay-offs to affect client services.
Source: www.nylj.com
Winston & Strawn Gain Three IP Attorneys
Winston & Strawn has announced the hiring of three intellectual property attorneys for its San Francisco branch. Glenn Westreich, Patrick Michael and Beth Mitchell all came from Nixon Peabody. All three join as partners.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Open Paris Office
Law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has opened a Paris office. This is the firm’s third European office, joining existing offices in Berlin and London. The new office will be headed by partners Diane Hedary and Olivia Le Horovitz.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Fowler White Closes Naples, FL Office
Fowler White Boggs Banker PA has announced that it will close its office in Naples, Florida. This change is due to the fact that lead partner in the Naples office Carolyn C. Coukos is retiring and three of the remaining four attorneys in the office are transferring to Porter Wright Morris & Arthur’s Naples office. The Naples office primarily dealt with wealth management, trusts and estates.
Source: www.bixjournals.com
Powell Goldstein Opens Charlotte, NC Office
Law firm Powell Goldstein LLP has announced that it has opened an office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The office will be staffed by six areas attorneys. Geoffrey R. Maibohm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Donald E. Martin of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP, will join as partners. Ralph Baldino, D. Scott Rudd and Daniel P. Zellers all come from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and John W. Oakes, II joined the firm from Alston & Bird LLP. All are associates.
Source: www.centredaily.com
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Completes Merger With British Firm
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge have announced that their merger with British firm Kendall Freeman has been completed. The firm will continue to operate under the current management structure based in Boston and will now house 600 attorneys in 11 offices. The firm will be referred to as Edwards, Angell Palmer & Dodge in the US and Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge UK in the United Kingdom.
Source: www.prnewswire.com
Akermann Senterfitt Acquires New York Boutique
Akermann Senterfitt LLP has announced the acquisition of New York boutique firm Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP. This move will more than double Akermann Senterfitt’s New York office, mostly in the Real Estate practice.
Source: www.metrocorpcounsel.com
