Law firm Nixon Peabody has announced the opening of a permanent office in Palo Alto, California. The firm opened a temporary office in Silicon Valley in February, but hopes that the new office will facilitate their intended West Coast expansion.
Source: www.democratandchronicle.com
American firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has announced that it will acquire the entirety of London-based firm Kendall Freeman. The union will become effective on the first of January. After the merger, the firm will have more than 600 attorneys in 11 offices worldwide.
Source: www.earthtimes.org
Cravath, Swaine & Moore announced their end of year bonuses on Monday. First years will get $10,000 in special bonuses while seniors will get $50,000. Year-end bonuses will be between $35,000 and $60,000.
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Allen & Overy has announced the hiring of David C. Esseks. Esseks, a white collar attorney, will join the firm’s New York office as a partner. He joins the British firm from the Southern District US Attorney’s Office.
Source: www.nylj.com
Baker & McKenzie has announced the hiring of six attorneys for its China IP practice. These attorneys include senior associates Maria Smith, Angeline Lee, and Sian Bowen as well as associates Gloria Poon and Annie Tsoi, all of whom will work in Hong Kong. Senior associate Clement Ngai will work in the Shanghai office.
Source: www.financeasia.com
Stinson Morrison Hecker has announced that two new attorneys will be joining its office in Phoenix, Arizona. Anda L. Lincoln is an associate in the general-business practice who attended Lewis & Clark Law School. Susan W. Ng is a business litigation associate who attended Arizona State University.
Source: www.azcentral.com
Williams Mullin Maupin Taylor has announced plans to double its IP and Patent Litigation groups in North Carolina over the next next couple years. In order to accommodate the ten extra attorneys who will be joining the firm, they have leased a new office that is 10,000 square feet larger than their current one.
Source: www.newsobserver.com
Top litigation firm Heller Ehrman has hit a rough patch. After the recent lay-offs which resulted in a loss of 65 staff members, two partners and four associates have left the firm for Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe. Leading the group is Patricia Gillette, previously co-chairwoman of Heller Ehrman’s Labor & Employment group.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Although law firm Cozen O’Connor stated earlier this year that they had no intention of joining the first-year salary hike craze, they have just announced that they will boost first-year annual pay for attorneys in their Philadelphia office by $10,000 to $135,000. The pay hike will become affective January 1.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Dallas firm Gwinn & Roby has closed its doors. The defense firm once housed 200 attorneys in three offices throughout Texas. Source blame HB 4, a tort reform measure set in 2003, for the downfall of the firm.
Source: www.texaslawyer.com
