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Lawyers Hit Billable Hour Goals, But At What Cost?
As lawyers across the U.S. tally their hours and take stock of how the past year unfolded, a recent Law360 Pulse survey suggests many will meet their billable goals, but often at the expense of their mental health and work-life balance.
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Lawyers Don't Expect AI To Lower Billing Targets
Generative AI is raising questions about how time-based billing adapts when tasks become faster to complete, but most attorneys recently surveyed by Law360 Pulse are skeptical that AI will shift expectations anytime soon.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Foley Hoag's handling of a suit challenging the proposed White House ballroom and Vedder Price's work on a $2 billion transaction with Goldman Sachs lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Dec. 4 to 19.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Five firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the D.C. Circuit reinstated an order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants for climate change projects.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Real Estate Law Firm Expands In Georgia With Athens Office
The real estate law firm Goggans Stutzman Hudson Wilson & Mize LLP announced that it has opened a new office in Athens, Georgia, to be led by a partner with more than 25 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate matters.
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2025 Marked Another Big Year For Mid-Law Mergers
In 2025, Mid-Law firms were under increasing pressure to grow, with mergers typically being the most attractive option, leading to several high-profile mergers of midsize, midmarket and regional firms being acquired and numerous Mid-Law firms themselves absorbing smaller firms amid ongoing industry consolidation.
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Ga. Judicial Panel Names 15 Contenders For State Judgeships
The Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia has recommended candidates to Gov. Brian Kemp to fill vacancies in the state courts of Bryan, DeKalb, Henry and Spalding counties, and the superior courts of the Alapaha, Augusta, Brunswick and Douglas Judicial Circuits.
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Nelson Mullins Partner Class Back To 18 After 2025 Jump
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have promoted 18 attorneys to its partnership level — a class that is half the size of last year's 36 elevations.
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Digital Mortgage Exchange Maxex Taps Ex-BigLaw Atty As GC
An experienced CEO and chief compliance officer, who most recently was a Connecticut-based partner at Garris Horn LLP, has taken on the general counsel role at digital mortgage exchange Maxex in Atlanta.
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Ex-Celsius GC To Join Taft From Krevolin & Horst In Atlanta
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that a lawyer with Krevolin & Horst LLC — who previously served as the first general counsel for the global beverage company Celsius Holdings Inc. — will join its Atlanta office as the firm is set to complete its merger with Morris Manning & Martin LLP on Dec. 31.
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Bonus News: Glenn Agre, Bursor & Fisher Reveal 2025 Levels
Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP told its associates in a memo last week that it would be issuing year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 and special bonuses ranging from $6,000 to $25,000 based on seniority, with the chance to receive premiums above the year-end bonuses based on "extraordinary dedication and/or performance."
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DA Willis Rips GOP Probe Of Trump Charges As 'Foolishness'
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis came out swinging Wednesday at Republican lawmakers investigating her unsuccessful racketeering prosecution of President Donald Trump, deriding the probe as "foolishness" and a "damn joke."
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Susman Godfrey Bests Market With Bonuses Of Up To $280K
Susman Godfrey LLP announced on Tuesday that it is topping New York's bonus scale with payouts that range from a median of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median of $280,000 for the most senior associates.
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Ga. Atty Loses Anti-SLAPP Bid Amid Feud With Judge
A Georgia lawyer and ex-solicitor general has been denied an early exit from a suit alleging that he double-billed a former client, as a state court rejected the attorney's claims that the suit was mere cover for a long-running feud with a local judge.
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Aderant, Harvey Team Up To Streamline Legal Operations
Legal software firm Aderant announced this week that it has launched a partnership with legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey aimed at streamlining how law firms and legal professionals manage "the practice and business of law."
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Legal Sector Jobs Held Steady During Gov't Shutdown
The number of U.S. legal industry jobs remained level in November after inching up just 300 positions in October from the previous month, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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5 Big Litigation Developments Out Of Georgia In 2025
It was a busy year for courts in Georgia, with a federal judge ordering the state's corrections system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people in prison, and prosecutors deciding to drop the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and his allies. Here, Law360 recaps the biggest legal developments to come out of Peach State courts in 2025.
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Colo. Woman Claims Ga. Law Firm Misled Her On Debt Relief
A Colorado woman accused a Georgia law firm Friday of charging her over $40,000 for debt settlement and credit repair services despite doing little to settle her debts or improve her credit score — before the firm dropped her as a client entirely.
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Arbitration Ruling Stands In Morgan & Morgan Class Action
A Georgia federal judge said Monday she won't backtrack on her decision to send a malpractice lawsuit from a former client of Morgan & Morgan PA to arbitration, once again rejecting his arguments that his proposed class claims were exempt from an agreement to arbitrate disputes.
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11th Circ. Rejects ESOP Managers' Individual Arbitration Push
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday backed a court's decision to keep a lawsuit in Georgia federal court alleging a legal technology company's employee stock ownership plan shares were undervalued in a plan termination, holding that an arbitration provision was unenforceable because it blocked rights under federal benefits law.
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ABA Flags AI Fears: Making Attys 'Worse At Their Jobs'
The erosion of skills for junior associates, deepfakes as evidence in court and the lack of technical knowledge in law firms were among the top fears and challenges listed by the American Bar Association in a new report about artificial intelligence in the legal profession.
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Elsberg Baker Exceeds, Cohen Ziffer Matches Atty Bonuses
Trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC announced Monday that its associates will earn up to $226,250 in extra cash this year.
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Trust In State Courts Holds, But Justice Is Seen As Unequal
Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research.
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Pierson Ferdinand Litigator Tapped To Be Atlanta's City Atty
The mayor of Atlanta has named a Pierson Ferdinand LLP litigation partner to succeed the current city attorney, who is retiring from the practice of law, tapping an attorney who brings more than two decades of legal experience in the private and public sectors.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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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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Law Firm Biz Development Tips For The Pandemic Era
Jessica Starr and Monica Ulzheimer at Alston & Bird look at four areas where business development and other law firm administrative teams can take a leadership role in driving practice growth at a time when attorney interactions with clients and peers are limited.
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Opinion
Reflections On My 1st Judicial Election Amid Racial Tensions
Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Benham looks back at the racial barriers facing his first judicial campaign in 1984, and explains how those experiences shaped his decades on the bench, why judges should refrain from taking political stances, and why he was an early supporter of therapeutic courts that deal with systemic problems.