Florida firm Holland & Knight will raise pay for its first-year associates to $120,000 annually. The raise will be effective for Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Amongst Florida firms, only White and Case is known to pay as much as $120,000 at this level.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | MiamiMajor Pennsylvania firms Buchanan Ingersoll and Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling are rumored to be in serious merger talks. Should the deal go through, the merged firm would be the largest in Pennsylvania, with 313 lawyers in-state and about 532 company-wide
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Major Pennsylvania firms Buchanan Ingersoll and Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling are rumored to be in serious merger talks. Should the deal go through, the merged firm would be the largest in Pennsylvania, with 313 lawyers in-state and about 532 company-wide. Source: www.law.com
Tags: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCLA firms Greenberg Glusker FieldsClaman & Machtinger and Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro have raised their first-year associate pay. Greenber Glusker's associates will now earn $135,000 their first year, while Christensen's raise was undisclosed. The move comes late in comparison to most others, but the firms insist it is to meet the market and bears no relation to the current wiretapping investigations.
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LA firms Greenberg Glusker FieldsClaman & Machtinger and Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro have raised their first-year associate pay. Greenber Glusker’s associates will now earn $135,000 their first year, while Christensen’s raise was undisclosed. The move comes late in comparison to most others, but the firms insist it is to meet the market and bears no relation to the current wiretapping investigations. Source:www.law.com
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Cozen O’Connor has opened a new Miami office focusing on commercial litigation and eventually corporate transactional work. The office has been seeded with three former Shook, Hardy, & Bacon partners, and there are plans for an immediate associate addition and more attorneys as needed. Source:www.law.com
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The San Diego office of Duane Morris has been bolstered by a few recent additions. A three-person team of partners focusing on products liability defense litigation–Karen Crawford, Patricia Hollenbeck, and John Cooley–has left Buchanan Ingersoll to join Duane Morris. Additionally, the firm and Buchanan Ingersoll IP partner Bradford Duft have come to terms, Acording to sources, many other attorneys are mulling offers. Duane Morris, Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz believes this expansion will continue, as the firm will “focus on attracting talented lawyers in San Diego and throughout the country.” Duane Morris now employs 20 attorneys in San Diego, while Buchanan Ingersoll is left with 8.
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Tags: Duane Morris LLPIn a recent survey of Texas firms, Texas Lawyer found an increase in salaries across the board for 2006. On average, first-years are making 4.7% more in 2006 than 2005, with fourth-years at 9.3% and seventh-years at 5.1% more respectively. In firms employing over 100 attorneys, first-years have seen a 16.4% salary increase.
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DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary will open its new Atlanta office on Monday with an initial staff of 12 attorneys. The firm expects the office to act as a hub for its southeastern activities and plans to expand to 50 attorneys by the end of this year. DLA Piper currently employs 3,100 lawyers worldwide. Source: www.law.com
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Texas Lawyer’s survey of the 25 top-grossing firms in Texas showed a 2.3% increase in gross revenues overall for 2005 over 2004. Of these firms, 16 reported an increase for 2005; the other 9 reported a decrease. Akin Gump comes in as the highest-grossing of all Texas firms, but V&E, Thompson & Knight, and Porter Hedges reported the greatest percentage increase in gross revenues for the year. Source: Texas Lawyer
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