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Miller Friel Welcomes Ex-Morgan Lewis Insurance Leader
Miller Friel PLLC announced Thursday that an attorney with more than 40 years of experience in insurance recovery has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as senior counsel.
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Office Snapshot: Hanson Bridgett Expands On LA Success
After starting with just two attorneys in Los Angeles more than a decade ago, Hanson Bridgett LLP recently moved its office there to a larger space in the landmark CalEdison Building to accommodate the firm's growing roster in the city.
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Law Students' Pro Bono Hours Valued At Over $157M
Law school students in the class of 2024 contributed at least 4.7 million hours of pro bono services valued at roughly $157 million as part of their education, a survey released this week by the Association of American Law Schools says.
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Constangy's LA Office Gets New Partner, Practice Co-Leader
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has announced the hiring of an experienced Los Angeles-based employment attorney as a partner and the appointment of another lawyer from the same office as the new co-chair of its California class actions and complex litigation practice.
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Asset Recovery Ace Rejoins Shumaker In Fla. From Solo Firm
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced that an experienced attorney who's spent over 30 years working on the asset recovery process has rejoined the firm's Sarasota, Florida, office as a senior counsel.
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Maron Marvel Adds 15 Attys From Closing Lavin Cedrone
More than a dozen attorneys and additional support staff from the closing Lavin Cedrone Graver Boyd & DiSipio have found a soft place to land with a plan to move to Maron Marvel Bardley Anderson & Tardy LLC's Philadelphia office this summer.
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Bressler Amery's New Texas Head On Importance Of Listening
Law360 Pulse recently sat down with John Kincade, the new leader of Bressler Amery & Ross PC's Texas offices, to discuss its footprint in the state, his plans for growth and advice he would give to the younger generation of lawyers.
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Pierson Ferdinand Hires Commercial Litigation Partner In NY
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP attorney as a New York-based partner in its commercial litigation practice, the firm said Thursday.
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Lewis Brisbois Litigator Jumps To FordHarrison In LA
Management-side labor and employment firm FordHarrison LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a litigator from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Taylor English Lands GrayRobinson Atty Trio In Florida
Taylor English Duma LLP announced that three attorneys have joined the firm's Lakeland and Orlando, Florida, offices from GrayRobinson PA, expanding its capabilities in corporate and real estate law.
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NJ Justices Deem Town Liable For Frivolous Lawsuits
Frivolous litigation by local government officials is not constitutionally protected and carries financial consequences, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 5-0 decision reining in baseless legal battles.
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Pierson Ferdinand Expands IP Bench With Boutique Atty
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has brought on a former Brooks Kushman PC intellectual property shareholder, strengthening its IP department with an attorney who brings over two decades of IP experience, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Healthcare Duo Joins Epstein Becker In California, DC
Epstein Becker Green announced Wednesday that the firm hired a pair of experienced healthcare regulatory attorneys based in California and Washington, D.C. who came aboard following longtime stints with Crowell & Moring LLP and Reed Smith LLP.
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Ice Miller Adds Pair of Business Group Partners In NY, DC
Ice Miller LLP has expanded its business offerings with the addition of two experienced attorneys in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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NJ Firm Stark & Stark Partners With Anytime AI
Anytime AI, a startup offering a legal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, recently announced a new strategic partnership with New Jersey-based Stark & Stark PC that will see the law firm adopt the latest version of its automated litigation workflow platform.
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BigLaw Dreams? These Schools Can Make Them Real
More law school students are finding that a position at a law firm is their preferred landing place after graduation. Here's a look at the choices students are making and the schools that are sending the highest percentage of their students directly to BigLaw.
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2024
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review
A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
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Moye White Lease Default Left 'Shock', 'Uncertainty,' Co. Says
A Denver landlord fought back against counterclaims lodged by defunct law firm Moye White LLP in Colorado state court, arguing that the firm wasn't wrongfully evicted from its Denver office space and willingly left the property.
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Former U.S. Atty Joins Fredrikson & Byron In North Dakota
Fredrikson & Byron PA announced that a former North Dakota U.S. attorney who has also served multiple terms in the state's senate has joined the firm's office in Fargo as an officer in its litigation group.
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Seward & Kissel Hires Ex-Arnold & Porter Trusts Pro In NY
Seward & Kissel LLP has added an attorney previously with Arnold & Porter and Withers Bergman LLP as co-head of its trusts and estates practice in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Lathrop GPM Continues Calif. Focus With Sacramento Office
Lathrop GPM LLP has launched an office in Sacramento, California, its fourth in the Golden State, to be helmed by three existing partners, the firm said in an announcement Tuesday.
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Freeman Mathis Adds Litigation Trio From Fla. Boutique
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three attorneys to its Miami shop from Gaebe Mullen Antonelli & DiMatteo as part of an ongoing effort to expand in the state.
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Constangy Taps Princeton Head To Co-Lead Transaction Team
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has selected the leader of its Princeton office and a partner of 14 years to be co-chair of the labor and employment firm's corporate transaction practice group.
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Jones Walker Adds Construction, Bankruptcy Attys In Miami
Two litigation attorneys have joined Jones Walker LLP's Miami office, adding experience to its construction and bankruptcy and restructuring practice groups, the firm announced Tuesday.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
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Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing
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Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
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5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage?
Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.