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Steptoe & Johnson Brings On Dykema Energy Atty In Dallas
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has added a Dallas-based member to its energy and natural resources department who joins from Dykema Gossett PLLC.
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Robinson & Cole Leader On Finding Firm's 'Secret Sauce'
After nearly 35 years at Robinson & Cole LLP, including the past four as managing partner, Rhonda Tobin has learned what makes the firm special — its people. Tobin recently told Law360 Pulse about how integral the firm's people are to its culture and her job, and the challenges of becoming a firm leader in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Harris Beach Murtha Adds Former Avangrid Regulatory VP
A veteran energy attorney who worked in-house at utility companies Eversource Energy and Avangrid Inc. has made the move back to private practice at Harris Beach Murtha in Connecticut.
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Burr & Forman Brings On McCarter & English Bankruptcy Atty
Burr & Forman LLP has added a bankruptcy attorney from McCarter & English LLP to its Wilmington, Delaware, office to advise clients in corporate reorganizations and litigation in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7.
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Agency Says Klehr Harrison Testimony Allowed In NFL Case
A sports management company on Wednesday argued that a Pennsylvania federal court's previous sanction orders permit the testimony it is seeking from two Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP attorneys who represented defendants in a lawsuit over an alleged attempt to poach former Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay as a client.
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Moore & Van Allen Brings On Entertainment Finance Co-Chair
Carolinas firm Moore & Van Allen PLLC has announced that an experienced finance and mergers and acquisitions attorney has joined the firm from O'Melveny & Myers LLP as the co-chair of its recently launched entertainment finance practice.
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Emory Taps Former Georgia Chief Justice As Interim President
Emory University has selected former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears to be its interim president later this year, turning to a legal trailblazer and Emory law alum who has been on the university's board of trustees for 15 years.
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Morris Manning Healthcare Duo Joins Bradley Arant In Atlanta
A little more than a month after hiring a 12-attorney intellectual property team from Morris Manning & Martin LLP in Atlanta, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on Wednesday announced the hires of an experienced healthcare partner duo from the same firm.
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Pashman Stein Adds Lowenstein Sandler Trusts & Estates Ace
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has added an estate planning expert with over 25 years of experience practicing in New York and New Jersey from Lowenstein Sandler LLP, the firm announced this week.
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Former Ga. Labor Dept. CLO Among Pair Of Hall Booth Hires
Hall Booth Smith PC expanded its Atlanta office with two former government attorneys, one most recently with the Georgia Department of Labor and the other with Crawford and Boyle LLC.
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Greenspoon Marder Adds Former GC To Hospitality Group
Greenspoon Marder LLP hired a former general counsel and senior vice president for pizza and burger chain Emmy Squared as a partner for the firm's hospitality, alcohol and leisure industry group in its New York City office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Law Firms Slow To Adopt $225K Associate 1st-Year Salaries
First-year associate salaries of $225,000 may make headlines, but they aren't yet the reality at most law firms surveyed for a new report by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Hamilton Miller Tops New Ranking Of Midsize Law Firms
Miami-based Hamilton Miller & Birthisel LLP has topped the inaugural ranking of the leading 200 midsize law firms from legal software provider SurePoint Technologies, which scored firms based on factors such as gender and ethnic diversity, and attorney roster growth.
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New Broward Judge Brings Varied Experience To Bench
Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Armstrong Teasdale LLP partner Marlon Weiss to fill a vacant seat on the bench in Broward County, to which he brings a wide range of experience in commercial litigation, criminal cases and even in classroom management.
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Porzio Bromberg Brings On Retired NJ Appellate Judge
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC announced Tuesday that it has added a former New Jersey Appellate Division judge as of counsel to bolster its litigation services and co-chair its professional development committee.
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FisherBroyles Adds Litigator And Patent Atty In DC
Virtual law firm FisherBroyles LLP announced Tuesday that a pair of experienced attorneys have joined the firm in Washington, D.C., as partners, enhancing its capabilities in the litigation and intellectual property spaces.
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Jack Smith Deputy To Lead Internal Probes At Scale LLP
National dispersed law firm Scale LLP announced Tuesday that it has added former federal prosecutor Matthew B. Burke, who assisted with special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation, to steer its internal investigations practice.
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California Litigator Joins Pierson Ferdinand From Pillsbury
After over 25 years at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, an experienced, California-based litigator has come aboard Pierson Ferdinand LLP as a partner, the virtual law firm announced Tuesday.
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'I Need To Be Careful': Judge Wades Into Musk-Firm Conflict
A New York federal judge questioned his authority to weigh in on Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's hiring decisions after it sought permission to employ a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney who Elon Musk claims could disadvantage him in a shareholder lawsuit, asking the firm and Musk to brief him on what may be an issue of first impression.
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Why Training Partners To Supervise AI Is Now A Priority
As law firms integrate generative artificial intelligence into their operations and teach attorneys to use it, some are getting their partners up to speed by training them specifically in how to supervise the use of these tools.
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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
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Becker Picks Leaders For NJ Community Association Practice
Commercial law firm Becker & Poliakoff PC has announced new leadership Friday for its New Jersey condo, co-op and HOA practice, appointing a trio of shareholders to lead as chair and vice chairs.
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How Shumaker Is Celebrating 100 Years With Rebranding
As Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP neared its 100th anniversary this year, managing partner Jennifer Compton said the firm landed on a rebranding as a way to both celebrate the past and look to the future.
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Atlanta Bar Elects Hawkins Parnell Atty As President
The Atlanta Bar Association installed its new president at the more than 4,000-member voluntary group's annual meeting, selecting a Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP partner who helped launch the organization's first leadership academy that begins in the fall.
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Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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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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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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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.