Robert M. Morgenthau just recently retired from his position as Manhattan district attorney. The 90 year old then took a week long vacation during which he realized that not working makes him “nervous”. He solved that problem very quickly by accepting an of counsel position with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
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Haynes and Boone has greatly boosted its Austin office with the hire of Michael Jewell. Jewell is taking the firm’s new government affairs counsel position. Before joining Haynes, Jewell served as a director of Texas government and regulatory affairs at Reliant Energy and RRI Energy.
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Tags: Haynes and Boone, LLPCalifornia law firms may be more diverse than firms across the nation as seen by the results of a study commissioned by Fenwick & West. For instance, major California firms have twice as many minority partners as compared to firms elsewhere. California also takes the cake for the number of female and minority nonpartners.
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Allen & Overy has introduced a new benefit: equity partners are now given the opportunity to work part-time in hopes of keeping more its female employees. The particulars: partners can work as little as four days a week or have as much as 52 extra days off a year. Arrangements must be made with department managers.
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Tags: Allen & Overy LLPDespite the long hours and fear of being laid off, the annual Fortune survey declares six BigLaw firms as some of the best places to work. The annual survey rates the 100 best companies to work for based on a survey given to a sample of employees and a series of questions given to the company. The following six firms made it on the list: Bingham McCutchen – #12, Alston & Bird – #30, Arnold & Porter – #65, Perkins Coie – #75, Baker Donelson – #77, and Orrick – #95.
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Baker Botts L.L.P. has boosted its Moscow office with the addition of John F. Sheedy. Sheedy has over 20 years of experience with Russian clients and deals involving Russia. He specifies in oil and gas, mergers & acquisitions and private equity. Sheedy joins as a partner.
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has had its profits per partner increase by 28 percent. This increase is due to the firm loosing 21 percent of its equity partners. In fact, Cadwalader’s total revenue was 10 percent lower than the year before. In 2009, the firm made a gross revenue of $456.5 million, exactly 9.78 percent less than 2008’s gross revenue.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has a new addition: an office in Las Vegas. This latest office makes Ogletree’s 36th office. There is a possibility that the firm will open two new offices next in Denver and the Pacific Northwest.
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Seyfarth Shaw has just laid off 40 people. About 20 attorneys and 20 staff have taken the blow. The firm sent out an memorandum basically explaining that the layoffs are due to the economy and its affect on the legal world.
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Norton Rose’s aim to boost business in Asia now has focus: Singapore. The firm has made a big move by transferring Peter Cash from Australia to the Singapore office. Cash has major experience in commericial dispute resolution.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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