A woman’s group in the Yale Law School has produced a list of the top ten family-friendly firms. The firms were chosen based on length of maternity leave (as well as how often attorneys use it), on-site childcare facilities, compensation, and flexible schedules as well as other factors. The top spot went to Quarles & Brady, followed, in order, by Proskauer Rose; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Jenner & Block; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Covington & Burling; Arnold & Porter; DLA Piper; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris Glovsky & Popeo and Faegre & Benson.
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Sheppard Mullin Amps Up Santa Barbara Office
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has announced the hiring of two attorneys in their Santa Barbara office. Christina L. Costley and Alexey Vorobiov, both formerly of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, will join Sheppard Mullin’s Business Trial and Labor and Employment practices respectively. Sheppard Mullin has also moved special counsel J. Daniel Farrell from their New York office to Santa Barbara.
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DLA Piper Adds Duo to New York Corporate Practice
Paul Hastins Adds Asian Finance Group
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP has announced that it has hired three finance partners in Asia. Joseph Kim or LAtham & Watkins and David Vance of Baker & McKenzie will join the firm’s Tokyo office, and Patricia Tan Openshaw of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will join the firm’s Hong Kong office.
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Greenberg Traurig Beefs Up Bankruptcy Practice
Greenberg Traurig announced that it has hired a shareholder for its Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice. John W. Weiss will join the firm’s New York office and focus on representing debtors, official and unofficial committees, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, lessors and lessees of both real and personal property, and others involved in bankruptcy issues.
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King & Spalding Raids Kilpatrick Stockton
King & Spalding has announced that it has raided Kilpatrick Stockton’s intellectual property practice and acquired three partners. George Marcou, former managing partner of King & Spalding’s DC office, heads the group, and is joined by fellow partners Dawn0Marie Bey and Michael Dimino. Additionally, the acquired seven Kilpatrick government relations attorney, including Christoper Ott, John Howell, Michael Rishling, Arch Galloway and Dan Hickey.
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Jersey First Year Pay Hikes
Much like the rest of the country, firms in northern New Jersey have been on a first year pay hike spree. McCarter & English has announced that first-years will earn $135,000 starting in January, which is an 8 percent increase. This move was made in order to stay competitive with other norther New Jersey firms’ first year rates, such as Drink Biddle ($145,000), Proskauer Rose ($145,000), Lowenstein Sandler ($140,000), Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik ($140,000) and Day Pitney ($135,000).
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Sullivan & Cromwell Ups the Bonuses Ante for Senior Associates
Sullivan & Cromwell has announced a new bonus plan for senior associates that will link supplemental bonuses to the firm’s financial performance. The new system will work by setting aside a certain amount of money for the bonuses–estimated to be around $2.5 million–and make this money available to fifth-years on up, as well as counsels. The firm expects that associates of the same level will earn approximately the same bonuses, although bonuses will be based on financial results and overall activity.
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Duo Flees Merging Firm
White & Case has announced the hiring of two private client attorneys. John M. Olivieri and Cecily P. Maquire will join the firm from Dewey Ballantine, the former as partner and the later as counsel. The pair is rumored to have left Dewey Ballantine due to its impending merger with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.
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Greenberg Traurig Acquires Government Affairs Associate Director
Greenberg Traurig has announced that Anne P. Van Buren has joined its Albany office. Van Burn is a Governmental Affairs attorney and will be the Albany office’s Associate Director. She joins Greenberg Traurig from The Business Council of New York State, where she was the Director of Energy and Telecommunications.
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