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The Best Therapy For Lawyers, According To Ex-Lawyers
Attorneys-turned-therapists say no one understands the stresses of being a lawyer like another lawyer. They also say their clients sometimes struggle at first with treatment that prioritizes feelings, mindfulness and even body awareness over the intellectualizing and rationalizing that make them successful at their jobs.
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How Dechert's Culture Helped Its SF Leader Forge Resilience
When his 2-month-old daughter was hospitalized with a potentially fatal condition, Dechert partner Jonathan Stott leaned on firm mentors and colleagues for strength. Now, as managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office Stott is on a mission to pay it forward and continue fostering a supportive and resilient office community.
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Atty Alcohol Misuse: What's Worked, What Hasn't, What's Next
In the eight years since an ABA report revealed pervasive alcohol misuse among lawyers, the legal industry has sought to address the problem. Here is a look at what’s working, what isn’t, and how legal employers can effectively address law’s problem drinking crisis going forward.
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Workload, Trauma, Isolation Impacting Judges' Mental Health
Overwhelming caseloads, the secondary trauma from certain types of cases and a lack of peer support are the biggest stressors judges say they're facing, with many of them experiencing difficulty concentrating, remaining unbiased and treating litigants and lawyers with respect as a result.
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Most Gen Z Lawyers Would Take A Pay Cut For Fewer Hours
Money is no longer the top factor in many Generation Z lawyers' list of priorities, with three-fourths naming culture as the No. 1 factor they used in choosing a law firm, according to a new report released Monday by recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa and legal intelligence provider Leopard Solutions.
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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
In the past year, plaintiffs have won settlements and judgments for millions and billions of dollars from companies such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Fox News, with many high-profile cases finally wrapping up after years of fighting. Such cases — involving over-the-top compensation packages, chemical contamination, gender discrimination and data mining — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments earned them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024.
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Senators Urge ABA To Look Into Rape Questions On Bar Apps
Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to the American Bar Association on Friday urging it to study how state bar applications require would-be attorneys to disclose sexual violence.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Richards Layton & Finger PA and Desmarais LLP handling a suit against Pfizer over mRNA vaccine technology and Warner Norcross + Judd LLP's handling of a Midwestern bank merger lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 12 to 26.
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Benesch Continues Growth With Another Former Kirkland Atty
An experienced in-house attorney who previously worked in private practice at Kirkland & Ellis LLP has joined Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, continuing the firm's trend of hiring former Kirkland attorneys.
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Balch & Bingham Gets New Digs In Downtown Jacksonville
Balch & Bingham LLP plans to move into a new space Monday in the Bank of America Tower in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, gaining more than 3,000 square feet for the burgeoning office.
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Hodgson Russ Hires Longtime Business Litigator In Florida
Hodgson Russ LLP has expanded its business litigation group in Florida, with an attorney joining from Wargo French Singer, who focuses his practice on representing corporate clients in a range of civil litigation, the firm announced Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after New York's highest state court overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction in a contentious, split opinion that found the former movie mogul's first jury proceeding was unfair.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms made new hires and expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Plunkett Cooney Hires Longtime Michigan Legislative Director
Plunkett Cooney PC has hired a longtime staffer of the Michigan Legislature who has joined the practice group led by the former speaker of the state House he once worked for as legislative director.
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Maynard Nexsen Adds Litigator In San Francisco
Maynard Nexsen PC is expanding its litigation team, bringing in a longtime Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP trial attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Ex-Burns & Levinson Life Sciences Chair Joins Polsinelli
Polsinelli PC announced that the former life sciences co-chair at New England firm Burns & Levinson LLP has joined its Boston office as a shareholder.
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Bressler Switches To Committee Leadership Structure
Bressler Amery & Ross PC has reshaped its leadership structure and is now headed up by a five-member management committee in charge of the firm's day-to-day operations and long-term strategic planning.
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Higher Pay Part Of Recruitment 'Wild West' For Del. Firms
As more Delaware firms increase associate starting salaries to remain competitive, the leader of one of its largest firms likens the current process to recruit top talent as being a bit like the Wild West, saying competition to attract associates is fierce and starting sooner than ever.
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Conn. Judge In Drug Price-Fixing Suit Reveals Day Pitney Ties
U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut said Thursday he will not recuse himself from overseeing state enforcers' price-fixing claims against Sandoz Inc. and other drug companies despite Sandoz's attorneys being from Day Pitney LLP, where he was once a partner.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Familiar proved preferable for a handful of firms in April, as Lathrop GPM and Haynes and Boone went vertical with their office moves in Boston and San Antonio, respectively, while BakerHostetler and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman renewed their leases in San Francisco.
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Hinshaw Grows In LA With McGlinchey, GRSM50 Attys
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has expanded its Los Angeles office with the addition of two partners from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP and McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, the firm said Thursday.
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Adams And Reese Hires Environmental Law Head In Alabama
Adams and Reese LLP has hired a longtime environmental litigator who is joining the firm in Birmingham, Alabama, to lead the environmental team, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Marshall Dennehey Gains Employment Ace From NJ Boutique
Marshall Dennehey PC has added an employment law and trial attorney to its Mount Laurel, New Jersey, roster who came aboard from Flahive Mueller LLC.
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Office Snapshot: Buchalter Grows At Swift Pace In San Diego
Law360 Pulse takes a look at Buchalter PC's makeover of the firm's San Diego office, where the growth in its attorney roster since the shop opened six years ago has far exceeded expectations.
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Ex-Sixth Street Counsel Joins Finn Dixon In Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut-based Finn Dixon & Herling LLP announced that a former managing director and in-house counsel at the investment firm Sixth Street Partners joined its investment management practice group as a partner.