The National Law Journal (NLJ) has released the site’s 2009 survey on the nations 250 top firms. According to the information NLJ gathered, the lay-off ration between women to men was comparable. The number of female lawyers at these firms decresased by 2 percent, same as men. The average number of women partners actually increased from 39.4 in 2008 to 41. Women only make up for 25 percent of NLJ 250 lawyers and only 18.47 percent of the partner pool.
Source: www.law.com
John Woodruff rejoins Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. Woodruff was previously with the firm from 2004 to 2008, afterwhich he joined KPMG LLP. He will be stationed in the Houston office as a partner in the tax group. Gardere is an AmLaw 200 firm with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City.
Source: www.openpr.com
Tags: HoustonAttorney Michael Fosh has dumped Herbert Smith for Reed Smith. Fosh joins later’s Beijing office as a corporate partner. He served as the Beijing chief representative for Herbert Smith.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tags: Beijing
Latham & Watkins LLP has opened an office in Beijing, making it the firms fifth office in Asia, and its third in China. This addition follows the launching of offices by Winston & Strawn LLP and Slaughter and May in China in 2009.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | Beijing
The head of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s litigation practice in Washington has been lured away by Blank Rome. Raymond Mullady joins the firms product liability, mass torts, and insurance group as a partner. Mullady starts at Blank Rome today.
Source: www.legaltimes.typepad.com
Tags: Blank Rome LLPRimon Law Group, a virtual law firm, has hired four new partners: Dov Grunschlag, Jason Jungreis, John Rosenbaum and Rosanna Russell. Grunschlag was a partner at DLA Piper. Jason Jungreis currently holds the position of Vice President of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association. John Rosenbaum joins from White & Case LLP. Rosanna Russell was previously with Cooley Godward.
Source: www.live-pr.com
Above The Law has posted a 2009 top ten legal stories list. The stories that were most frequented on the ATL website made the cut. Two personal favorites focus on superficiality.
Davis Polk revamped its website, added pictures, and by doing so, reinforced its reputation of hiring beautiful attorneys. To check out some of ATL’s crushes: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/07/davis_polk_website_makeover.php.
Ballard Spahr changed their website too. The firm posted both headshots and body shots of its attorneys. Isn’t the following a well-known saying: Never hire an attorney before you’ve seen their entire torso…? To see ATL’s take on the body shots: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/09/new_ballard_spahr_website.php
Source: www.abovethelaw.com
Greenberg Traurig has a new environmental and energy law blog. The blog will focus on new legislation, regulations, trends, opportunities, risks, and particular cases. The website address is as follows: www.environmentalandenergylawblog.com/. Reed Rubinstein, a Greenberg partner, will fill of the role of editor.
Source: www.earthtimes.org
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Buchalter Nemer has greatly expanded its real estate practice field. Buchalter poached nine real estate attorneys from Ellman Burke Hoffman and Johnson. This addition brings Buchalter up to 30 lawyers in the field.
Source: www.sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com
Tags: Buchalter PCThe number of part-time attorneys grew in 2009. The National Association for Law Placement states that the percentage rose from 5.6% in 2008 to 5.9% in 2009. Working part-time seems to be one solution of surviving the economy. It allows for law firms to reduce salary while saving the jobs of its employees. It also benefits attorneys who have family obligations.
Source: www.nylj.com
