Simpson Thacher Opens in Beijing

Friday, April 27, 2007

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has opened a new office in Beijing. The firm recruited Douglas Markel, a partner from UK firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, to head the new office. Markel is a megers & acquistions lawyer, and he has practiced in Beijing for 16 years; he also headed Freshfields’ China practice last year. Simpson Thacher starting recruiting for the office last year, hiring Shearman & Sterling partner Leiming Chan and Shaolin Luo, a counsel from Chinese firm Fangda Partners. Corporate partner Chris Lin will also relocate from Simpson’s Hong Kong outfit to Beijing.
Source: www.law.com

Tags:  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Beijing

Pepper Hamilton Increases NY Presence

Friday, April 27, 2007

Since last year, Pepper Hamilton has been working on building up its New York office. The firm moved to a larger space, moved partner James Rosener from Berwyn, PA to NY, and has recently hired two new partners for the office. Kenneth King and Samuel Abate Jr. will focus their work on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation as well as commercial litigation. King joins from Patterson Bellknap Webb & Tyler, and Abate comes from the New York office of McCarter & English. King and Abate previously worked together at Brown & Wood and Beatie King & Abate in New York.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

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Five Attorneys Leave Frost Brown Todd to Start Own Firm

Friday, April 27, 2007

Five litigation attorneys from Frost Brown Todd’s Louisville office have left to start their own firm. Robert Gwin, Robert Steinmetz, Donald Miller II and W. Bruce Baird were members with the firm, and William Donnell was an of-counsel. Frost Brown Todd was created from a merger between Ohio’s Frost & Jacobs and Kentucky’s Brown, Todd & Heyburn. The firm has eight offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.
Source: www.louisville.bizjournals.com

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IP Litigator Joins Howrey from Dewey Ballantine

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Howrey has recruited the managing partner and co-chair of the IP litigation group of Dewey Ballantine’s Silicon Valley office. Jeannine Yoo Sano will join Howrey’s East Palo Alto office, leaving her former office with eight attorneys, including only one partner. Dewey’s shrinking numbers are largely attributed to the failed merger with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, after which many attorneys got offers elsewhere. Sano was drawn to Howrey because of the firm’s focus on IP, antitrust, and global litigation. The addition of Sano is a part of Howrey’s plan to expand in the Bay Area; accordingly, an antitrust partner was recently hired in San Francisco.
Source: www.law.com

Pepper Hamilton Builds Health Litigation Team

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton has added two lateral partners to its New York office. Kenneth King joins from Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, and Samuel Abate joins from the NY office of McCarter & English. Both lawyers will be partners in Pepper Hamilton’s health effects litigation practice, which represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability cases. About eight of the firm’s 450 lawyers are stationed in New York.
Source: www.law.com

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Firm Raises First-Year Pay in Philly

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis has been slow to jump on the salary raise bandwagon. The firm just announced that effective Sept. 1 it would raise starting salaries in Philadelphia from $125,000 to $135,000. Corresponding increases will be made in other offices, and the firm is still determining raises for more senior associates. Several other firms announced raises in their Philadelphia offices. Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen bumped its first-year pay to $135,000, retroactive to Feb. 1. Duane Morris, Blank Rome and DLA Piper have also raised Philly starting salaries to $135,000, retroactive to Jan. 1.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Seven Real Estate Lawyers Join Thompson & Knight

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Seven real estate lawyers from varied firms have joined Thompson & Knight in its New York and Dallas offices. The New York office hired John B. Wood and Bohdan “Bud” S. Kosvych from Sussman, Sollis, Tweedy & Wood. In Dallas, Jay Gibson and Laura McClellan joined as partners, while Misty Willcox, Sean D. Hawkins and Meg Squiers joined as associates. Gibson came from Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons; McClellan left Foster Pepper in Seattle; Willcox came from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr; Hawkins left Vinson & Elkins; and Squiers returned to Thompson & Knight after taking a leave. These new additions boost the firm’s real estate and banking practice to 54 lawyers.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

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Team of Four Corporate Lawyers Join McDermott

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Four corporate attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have left to join McDermott, Will & Emery. Orrick partner Ronald Goldberg, along with two associates will join the LA office. Edward Christian, a longtime collegue of Goldberg, will be a partner in the New York office. Goldberg’s specialty is corporate finance; he joined McDermott largely because some of his former partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are now at McDermott’s NY office. Goldberg is bringing all of his clients to his new firm. The lateral hires were a part of the firm’s plan to expand its coporate finance practice in California.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  McDermott Will & Emery LLP | New York

It’s Naptime for Lawyers at Kilpatrick Stockton

Thursday, April 26, 2007

More and more law firms today are developing innovative ways to provide benefits and lifestyle accomodations for their attorneys and other employees. At Kilpatrick Stockton’s Raleigh office, the firm has created a “power room” to which employees can escape to take a nap or just relax for a while. The sign outside the door reads “Shhhhh. I’m in here snoozing.” and inside, the room has a couch, recliner, blanket, lamp, and coffee table. Normally users retreat for 10 to 20 minutes.
Source: www.lawfuel.com

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Fulbright Snags Four Jenkens Litigators

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Fulbright & Jaworski has gained four litigation partners from fallen Texas firm Jenkens & Gilchrist. Rodney Acker, Theodore Daniel, Ellen Bush Sessions and Guy Wade will all join Fulbright’s Dallas office as partners. This is the second group of Jenkens partners that Fulbright has recruited. In January, the entire Houston tax team joined Fulbright.
Source: www.thelawyer.com

Tags:  Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston