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The 2025 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.
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Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
As BigLaw firms continue to post record-breaking revenues, we're highlighting the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the most recent calendar year.
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These Firms Are The 2025 Prestige Leaders
Clients gravitate towards firms with sterling reputations, and so does exceptional legal talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.
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Senate Confirms Fed. Judges For Florida And Alabama
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal to serve on the Middle District of Florida, along with Harold D. Mooty III, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, to the Northern District of Alabama.
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Miami Atty Accused Of Defamation For False Media Campaign
A Miami luxury homebuilder is suing attorney Javier Lopez and his former firm Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton PA for defamation, claiming he made false statements to the press and to third parties calling the homebuilder a criminal who was under FBI investigation.
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How GCs Can Keep The 'Essence' Of Their DEI Efforts
While shifts this year in federal diversity, equity and inclusion guidelines may have changed the way corporate legal teams track and share demographic information — including for their external counsel — a panel of in-house attorneys who spoke Monday said their work on the issue continues.
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Trump Media Aims To DQ Gunster In Fight With Investors
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, is fighting with investors over whether Gunster should be allowed to represent them against the company's lawsuit over taking the business public in light of a Florida state judge's ties to the firm.
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Fla. High Court Steps Up Cybersecurity Efforts
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued new cybersecurity standards across the state's court system, including the establishment of a committee that will oversee governance of the policy in the judicial branch.
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Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Robinson & Cole's handling of a $146.5 million healthcare transaction and Munger Tolles' defense of OpenAI in a trade secrets suit lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 3 to 17.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC and Miller Fair Henry PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury found Samsung must pay nearly $445.5 million for infringing four wireless communication patents.
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Miami Boutique Expands Its Big Vision In Little River
Miami boutique Caldera Law has had a monumental month with the opening of a brand-new 2,800-square-foot office space in the city's Little River neighborhood, along with the addition of renowned talent in one of its emerging practice areas.
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Ga. Judge Resigns After DUI Arrest Outside Fla. Strip Club
A Georgia Superior Court jurist who led the state's Council of Superior Court Judges stepped down from the bench Thursday after his driving under the influence arrest last week outside a Jacksonville, Florida, strip club.
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Stearns Weaver Adds Phelps Real Estate Ace In Tampa
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA has picked up a new of counsel for its Tampa office, adding an attorney from Phelps Dunbar LLP who is experienced in transactional real estate matters.
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How Frost Brown, Gibbons Merger Plans Took Root
The proposed tie-up of Midwest-based Frost Brown Todd LLP and Northeast middle-market peer Gibbons PC is being praised as a smart combination in an increasingly competitive middle market where consolidation pressures are driving an increase in merger activity.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms expanded their operations and hired C-suite executives. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Jimerson Birr Expands Fla. Footprint With Tallahassee Office
Florida's Jimerson Birr PA has launched a Tallahassee office to handle administrative and regulatory law, licensing and compliance matters from the state's capital city.
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Fox Rothschild Adds Buchanan Ingersoll Litigator In Fla.
Fox Rothschild LLP expanded its litigation capabilities in both Sarasota, Florida, with the addition of a new partner from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC who will also maintain a practice in New York.
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Why Betr's Legal Leader Feels He's Where He Belongs
Since joining the gambling and media business Betr in April, Matt Kane, its head of legal, has dived into the highly regulated, competitive and constantly evolving sports betting arena.
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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations
Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.
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McDonald Hopkins Co-Presidents Share Recipe For Success
McDonald Hopkins LLC Co-Presidents James Giszczak and James Stief joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the success of their joint leadership model and plans for their second term.
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Former DOJ South Fla. Appellate Leader Joins Boutique
The former appellate chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida joined appellate boutique Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP in Miami.
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GrayRobinson Taps Alcohol Pro As Regulated Products Lead
GrayRobinson PA tapped one of its longtime attorneys with more than 25 years of experience in alcoholic beverage and food law regulation to lead its regulated products section.
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Fla. Woman Gets Life In Prison For FSU Law Prof Murder
A Florida state court judge has sentenced Donna Adelson to life in prison after a jury found her guilty last month of masterminding a plot to hire hit men to kill her former son-in-law, Dan Markel, who was a law professor at Florida State University.
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Ogletree Brings On New COO From BCLP In DC
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added a former chief operating officer for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as its chief operating officer, the firm announced Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.