Greenberg Traurig Increases First-Year Pay and Changes Pro Bono Policy

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Greenberg Traurig has increased salaries in its South Florida offices. The starting base salary in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale was raised from $120,000 to $135,000, while the total compensation is actually more than $150,000. That extra $15,000 comes in the form of a signing bonus, year-end bonus, Bar costs, and a discretionary bonus. More senior associates in those offices will also receive raises of about the same amount. Greenberg’s starting salary now matches that of White & Case; Holland & Knight, Hogan & Hartson and Akerman Senterfitt recently raised salaries for first years to $130,000 in South Florida. Greenberg also made a change in its pro bono policy. After a 15 percent firmwide drop in pro bono hours in 2006, the firm now allows lawyers to count 20 pro bono hours toward their billable hours target.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Miami

Labor & Employment Team Joins Bracewell & Giuliani

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Bracewell & Giuliani’s Dallas office has hired a new labor & employment team. Robert E. Sheeder and Marc D. Katz, formerly partners in Jenkens & Gilchrist’s Dallas office, will join as partners. Sheeder’s practice focuses on employment-related litigation, arbitration, employment discrimination and representing employers in collective bargaining and labor union organization campaigns. Katz focuses on the management-side of labor and employment litigation and counseling. Gail N. Salcido and Donna G. Hiltenbrand will also join Bracewell & Giuliani as associates.
Source: www.home.businesswire.com

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Thompson & Knight Hires Lateral Partner to Tax Practice

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Tyree C. Collier has joined Thompson & Knight as a partner in the Tax practice of the Dallas office. Collier specializes in the representation of nonprofit organizations, including large and small private foundations, hospitals and health systems, university-affiliated organizations, private schools, fundraising organizations, other types of public charities, and non-charitable tax exempt organizations. Thompson & Knight has around 420 attorneys in offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
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Shearman & Sterling Approved for Shanghai Launch

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Shearman & Sterling was finally granted a license to open in Shanghai today; the firm expects to open the new office later this spring. This will be the third office in the firm’s China operations after those in Hong Kong and Beijing. Corporate partner Andrew Ruff will head the new office; he has worked in the region for over 10 years focusing on M&A, infrastructure projects, and project finance. Chicago firm McDermott Will & Emery also launched in Shanghai this year.
Source: www.legalweek.com

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Seven Wilson Elser Litigation Partners Start Their Own Firm

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Seven former partners at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker have left to form their own firm, Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Park. Robert Littleton, Robert Joyce, James Ughetta, Yong Jin Park, Bryon Friedman, Bruce Ainbinder, and Michael Bai are all partners in the new firm, which focuses on complex litigation. The firm has offices in Manhattan and in Westchester County.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Lateral Hiring at Bracewell – Two More Bingham Partners Join in NY

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Two more Bingham McCutchen partners have joined Bracewell & Giuliani. Mark B. Joachim and Robert T. Carey will both become corporate partners in Bracewell’s New York office. Joachim represents investment funds and financial institutions, while Carey focuses on corporate finance and securities. Just last month two restructuring partners from Bingham also made the lateral move. Bracewell’s New York office houses about 33 of its 400 lawyers.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

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Appellate Justice Joins Locke Liddell in Austin

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Former Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Judge Sarah Duncan, has joined Locke Liddell & Sapp’s Appellate Section. She will be based in Austin, but will still continue work in San Antonio and other parts of the state. One of Duncan’s responsibilities with the Appellate Section is to expand the firm’s work with criminal appeals. One of the leading firms in Texas, Locke Liddell has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C.
Source: www.lawfuel.com

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Kemp Little Launches IP Litigation Practice

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Technology firm Kemp Little has launched an IP litigation practice with the arrival of Paul Garland, a senior associate at from White & Case. Garland joins as a partner, and will focus on patent litigation and trademark portfolio management. This hire is part of the firm’s move to broaden its practice areas and strengthen key groups like litigation. Kemp Little has also recently promoted two attorneys in its corporate and employment groups to partnership.
Source: www.thelawyer.com

Salans Opens Two Offices in Spain

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Salans has launched a 24-lawyer Spanish practice with offices in Madrid and Barcelona. This expansion comes after the firm took over Masons Buxeda Menchen and a two-partner litigation boutique, Alonso Armand Boedels. The Spanish practice will handle corporate and M&A work, energy, property law, construction, taxation, arbitration, litigation and employment. Salans is not the only international firm to target Spain; last year, Latham & Watkins also opened offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
Source: www.legalweek.com

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Drier Hires Two Bankruptcy Partners

Monday, April 9, 2007

John Campo and John Kinzey have left LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae for Drier LLP. The two attorneys will join the firm’s Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department as partners in the New York office. With the new additions, this practice now has 15 lawyers firmwide; Campo and Kinzey are especially valuable for their litigation experience. These two will continue to focus their practice on representing debtors, trustees, secured lenders, and other parties-in-interest in both Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court workouts. Since its founding in 1996, Drier and its affiliates has grown to more than 150 lawyers and seven offices. The firm’s principal practices are commercial litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employment law, corporate and securities, entertainment and intellectual property.
Source: www.prnewswire.com

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