Drinkle Biddle has just launched its 13th office. The latest addition resides in Century City, California. The four partners who joined the firm to open the office are: George Caplan and Henry Shields Jr., from Epstein Becker Green; Kate S. Gold, previously with Kaye Scholer, and Kristopher S. Davis. The office primarily focuses on commercial litigation.
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Tags: Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP | Los AngelesChadbourne & Parke has announced plans to reimburse associates the amount that the firm cut from paychecks back in April. That amount was undisclosed. Chadbourne told employees that when things picked up, the firm would pay part or all of the wage reduction. Now that the market is picking up, the firm believes it is time to make good on its word.
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The number of associate promotions to partner has declined significantly in 2009. In the month of November, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has promoted half as many associates as last year, from eight to four. Latham & Watkins has decreased its numbers by 25 percent to 23. Ropes & Gray has graduated eight associates to partner, a third of the number from last year. The ecomonic downturn is partially to blame, but it would appear that in recent years promotions were becoming increasingly more difficult to come by.
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