8 Percent of Women lead US firms, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). There are various assumptions to why this is percentage is so low. One such reason, is the fact that women, as well as men, do not wish to endure the hardships entailed with the position of Managing Partner. At times, the managing partner must do less lawyering to take on more managerial responsibility. Joel Henning, a consultant at Hildebrandt International, describes the role as being a type of “housekeeper”. Women are not willing to forgo their allowance to excel at what they love, to clean house at work. Another factor for having so few women high up on the ladder, is that it is was not too long ago that big law firms were hiring women in the first place. Jerry Clements, the woman leading the firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, explains that when she graduated from law school in 1981, top law firms were just beginning to hire women. The rate of progress? In 2006, the number of women leaders was at a mere 5 percent.
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Top Law Schools and Top Law Firms Go Hand-in-Hand
A growing percentage of graduates from top law schools are taking positions at NLJ 250 law firms. NLJ, The National Law Journal, has an annual survey of the nation’s largest law firms. Colombia Law School took the number 1 slot, as having the greatest percentage of graduates going to one of the 250 NLJ firms. About 75 percent of its graduates took jobs at the largest law firms.
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Lovells Loses One to Simmons
Andrea Accornero has announced her departure from Lovells LP. She will be joining the Milan office of Simmons & Simmons at the end of April. Accornero focuses her practice on private equity.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Bryan Cave Hires Another For Asia Office
Bryan Cave has hired Ignatius Hwang to join as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Ignatius will head the firm’s projects practice in Asia. He will be aided by various other experienced projects practitioners in the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore offices.
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Winston & Strawn Takes Two From Mayer Brown
Winston & Strawn LLP has recently hired two excellent banking and finance attorneys. Christopher C. Kupec and Molly McGill have joined the firm’s Charlotte, N.C. They both join as partners and were both previously partners at Mayer Brown in Charlotte.
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Choate Hires New Manging Director of Wealth Management group
Todd Millay has received the position of the managing director of Choate, Hall & Stewart’s Wealth Management group. This position will mandate working closely with the firm’s management team consisting of lawyers, tax preparers, and trusts and estates administrators. Before joining Choate, Hall & Stewart, Todd Millay was the founding executive director of the Wharton Global Family Alliance.
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Cadwalader Loses Two
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft are losing two reinsurance partners. Head of the practice, Lawrence I. Brandes and Harry P. Cohen are joining other firms. Brandes has chosen the DLA Piper and will begin later this week. Cohen will join the New York office of Crowell & Moring at the start of May.
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Morris, Manning & Martin Adds Many
Morris, Manning & Martin has hired a whole troupe of newbies to its firm, existing of three partners, four senior lawyers, and a of-counsel. Washington receives two new partners to join its Intellectual Property group: Christopher W. Raimund and Ping Wang, M.D. Savannah takes Joseph R. “Rusty” Ross and turns him into partner in its health care practice; he will also be working with the real estate group. Morris, Manning & Martin takes 21 year in-house counsel veteran of Fannie Mae, Allison Gould, for the firm’s Atlanta headquarters. Gould will join the commercial real estate lending group.
Source: www.atlanta.dbusinessnews.com
Moore & Van Allen Recruits Nine
The firm Moore & Van Allen has recruited nine attorneys for its Charlotte office. These new attorney’s join various practice groups: Rick Hazlett, Amy Johnson, Brett Weber and Matt Mitchell join the firm’s financial services group; Three attorneys, Christian Buhrer, Marcus Lee, and Jason Allman are joining the firm’s corporate practice group; David Annis is now a member of the intellectual property group; Michael Coblin is joining the firm’s government, policy and regulatory affairs group. These nine hires now brings Moore & Van Allen up to more than 230 attorneys.
Source: www.charlotte.com
Fish & Richardson Hires Olga May
The firm of Fish & Richardson has hired an associate to its San Diego office. Olga May will join the business litgation group. Before joining the firm, Olga was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Roger T. Benitez and the Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo with the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. www.sddt.com
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