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Collaborative Approach Helps Chartwell Grow To 300 Attys
With the addition of a handful of lateral hires at the start of the new year, Chartwell Law Offices LLP has crossed the 300-attorney mark and evolved from what started 24 years ago as a four-person insurance law boutique operating in the Philadelphia suburbs into a 39-office firm.
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Wilson Elser Promotes 41 Attorneys to Partnership
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP has named its partner class for 2026, promoting 41 attorneys and outdoing last year's class by seven attorneys, the firm announced Monday.
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Morgan Lewis Expands Tax Team With NY, Miami Partners
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has added two new partners, one in Miami and one in New York, who will provide tax advice to private clients, family offices and investment managers in financial hubs around the world, the firm said Monday.
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Sitting Judges Advocate For Bill To Allow Them To Carry Guns
Three federal judges have come out in support of a Republican-led bill to allow judges and prosecutors to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
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Meet The Candidates For President-Elect Of Florida Bar
In picking the next president-elect of the Florida Bar, attorneys will choose between a Tampa solo practitioner and a Miami Beach family law attorney, who have criss-crossed the state to connect with lawyers and learn more about the issues affecting their practices.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software.
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Hand Arendall, Barron & Redding Merge In Northwest Florida
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC, a firm serving Alabama and Northwest Florida, announced Friday it is merging with Barron & Redding PA, a full-service boutique based in Panama City, Florida.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ice Miller Names Deputy Managing Partner Duo, New Partners
Following the official appointment of new chief managing partner Joshua Christie, Ice Miller LLP announced that it has named two attorneys as deputy managing partners and has elevated six attorneys to partner.
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Miami Dade College Seeks Judge DQ In Trump Library Case
Miami Dade College said a Florida state judge should be disqualified from presiding over a dispute concerning its transfer of land to the state for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, arguing that the judge thanked and hugged the retired Florida International University professor challenging the transfer and discussed facts that weren't in court documents.
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3 Decades After Mail-Room Start, Varnum Atty To Lead Firm
Michigan's Varnum LLP tapped a former mail-room messenger who started in 1995 and worked his way up to partner in the litigation and trial practice team to serve as its next executive partner.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
A handful of firms in the Midwest and the East Coast finished out 2025 by completing relocation plans for offices in markets including Chicago, New York, Maryland, Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Hinshaw Adds 4 McGlinchey Stafford Consumer Finance Pros
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is expanding its finance services team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in four consumer finance litigators from McGlinchey Stafford PLLC — which announced this week that it's shuttering — to join its Washington, D.C., and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offices.
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Adams & Reese Names New Office, Practice Heads
Adams & Reese LLP announced that the firm has appointed three new office partners-in-charge along with new leaders of its corporate services and litigation practice groups.
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McGlinchey Stafford To Close After 51 Years
New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced Tuesday that it has decided to wind down operations after over half a century, citing difficult market conditions and unspecified "internal circumstances."
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Akerman Brings On Smith Gambrell Litigator in Florida
A longtime Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP attorney has moved his practice to Akerman LLP's national litigation practice group in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Firm In 'Maya' Verdict Seeks Coverage For Spinoff Fee Row
The firm that secured a $213 million award in favor of Maya Kowalski, the person at the center of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," told a Florida federal court that its professional liability insurer owed coverage for a spinoff suit involving trial consultant fees.
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K&L Gates Elevates 26 To Partner Across 17 Offices
K&L Gates LLP unveiled a partner class nearly as large as the previous year's on Tuesday, elevating 26 attorneys across 17 offices.
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Holland & Knight Names Largest Partner Class In 3 Years
Holland & Knight has elected 50 attorneys to its partnership ranks, marking its largest class since 2023.
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Fla. 'Grim Reaper' Atty Facing Bar Admonishment Over Appeal
A referee with the Florida state bar recommended that an attorney who appeared on state beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper early in the COVID-19 pandemic face admonishment for listing co-counsel on an appeal in a case against Gov. Ron DeSantis without consent.
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Judgeship Nomination Not Renewed Amid Fla. Charity Probe
The nomination of John Guard, senior counselor to the attorney general of Florida, for a Middle District of Florida federal judgeship, has not been renewed for the new session of Congress after he came under scrutiny in a criminal probe regarding a charity connected to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Blank Rome Expands In Florida With Akerman IP Atty Duo
Blank Rome LLP has established a presence in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the addition of lawyers from Akerman LLP to its intellectual property and technology practice group and its technology industry team.
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Becker DC Office Head Named Gov't Law & Lobbying Chair
Becker & Poliakoff PC announced that longtime Washington, D.C., office head Omar Franco has been named the new head of the firm's government law and lobbying practice.
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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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The Pandemic's Long-Term Impact On Law Firm Operations
Brian Burlant at Major Lindsey looks at how pandemic-era remote work has changed the way law firms operate — from shifts in secretarial functions to associate professional development — and explains why some alterations may be here to stay.
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Opinion
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The success of a Broward County, Florida, court earlier this month in conducting jury selection online is a true testament of faith in the jury system, and there is no doubt trials can be conducted via a video platform during the pandemic, says Chief Judge Jack Tuter of Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit.