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Lawyer AI Personas Are Coming To Law Firms
Law firms are starting to use and experiment with a type of agentic artificial intelligence known as AI personas to mimic specific attorneys at certain tasks, such as partners providing feedback to associates.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began spring with another action-packed week as President Donald Trump continued to eye BigLaw diversity programs and firms expanded their presence and headcounts worldwide. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Munck Wilson Taps Dallas Atty As Patent Prosecution Leader
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has chosen a Dallas-based senior partner with more than a decade of successful intellectual property work at the firm to take the helm of its patent preparation and prosecution practice, the firm announced this week.
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Whistleblower Atty Leaves Motley Rice, Launches New Firm
Longtime securities and whistleblower attorney Rebecca M. Katz has left plaintiffs litigation firm Motley Rice LLC and has launched her own small firm, Katz Whistleblower Law LLC.
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Berger Singerman Rips Bid To Save Fla. Malpractice Suit
Berger Singerman LLP and one of its attorneys have asked a Florida state court once again to toss a malpractice lawsuit related to hurricane damages brought by former client ARC Resorts LLC, saying the business is seeking to "dodge dismissal through obfuscation."
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Offit Kurman Names New Deputy Managing Principal
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law announced Thursday that a Virginia-based attorney who previously served as one of the firm's department chairs has been elevated to the role of deputy managing principal.
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Steptoe Litigation Partner Joins Michael Best In Chicago
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced that an experienced attorney who spent the last decade with Steptoe LLP has joined the firm's litigation practice as a partner in Chicago.
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Robinson Bradshaw Adds Ex-FBI Deputy Chief Of Staff
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA has hired a former FBI deputy chief of staff, whose new role will focus on representing clients in complex internal investigations similar to those he led in a previous position at the Justice Department, the firm announced.
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Office Snapshot: Bell Nunnally Is 'Abuzz' In Dallas
With a total commitment to an in-office model and a rapidly growing headcount, Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP is expanding its space in the firm's single location in Dallas' historic Arts District, and its leader says the office atmosphere is "abuzz with activity."
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Special Master Suggests Sanctioning Irell In Patent Case
Irell & Manella LLP should be sanctioned for the actions of an attorney who allegedly presented an altered document during a deposition for its client CogniPower LLC as part of the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, a special master in the case has recommended.
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Constangy Adds Employment, Cyber Attys From Littler, Willkie
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has bulked up its employment practice in Florida with a senior counsel who joined from Littler Mendelson PC and fortified its cyber team with an attorney in Georgia who came aboard from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Plaintiffs Attys Fight Arbitration, While Imposing It On Clients
Plaintiffs attorney groups have for decades lobbied against forced arbitration, saying it strips injured consumers and aggrieved workers of their right to jury trial and hides corporate misconduct from public view. But many plaintiffs lawyers nationwide have subjected their own clients to forced arbitration in their retainer contracts — including leaders of some organizations that forbid the practice, Law360 has found.
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Morris Manning Rehires Int'l Trade Associate In DC
An international trade attorney who recently spent a little more than a year and a half with Covington & Burling LLP has rejoined Morris Manning & Martin LLP in Washington, D.C., where he once spent nearly a decade at.
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Robbins Geller Escapes Sanctions In Gas Price-Fixing Suit
A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid to sanction Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys in a gas price-fixing suit, determining that the firm didn't act in bad faith or unreasonably multiply proceedings in a way that unnecessarily cost Alon USA Energy millions.
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Sequoia Financial Names Benesch Atty As GC
Wealth management firm Sequoia Financial Group LLC has brought a member of its outside legal team at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in-house as general counsel.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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Sills Cummis Adds Commercial Litigator From Wilson Elser
Sills Cummis & Gross PC has welcomed a commercial lawyer from the defense litigation firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, touting his experience in industries like aviation, hospitality, food and beverage, construction and cosmetics in its announcement on Tuesday.
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Munck Wilson Taps Transactions Partner To Co-Lead In Austin
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP announced that a veteran transactions attorney with over 30 years of experience has been named the co-chair of the firm's Austin, Texas, office.
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How BigLaw Is Tweaking Diversity Messaging Amid Pushback
As the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of diversity programs, some of the nation's leading law firms are quietly adjusting how they publicly present their diversity commitments, including softening language, scrubbing diversity reports, and, in some cases, erasing diversity pages altogether.
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Real Estate Duo Closes Boutique To Join Howard & Howard
A pair of attorneys operating a Chicago-based real estate-focused boutique recently closed the firm's doors and have joined Howard & Howard's office in the Windy City.
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Veteran IP Atty Joins Axinn's DC Office As Partner From Sidley
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced intellectual property attorney focused on litigating technology matters has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Atlanta Mid-Law Firms Grapple With Hot Talent Market
As BigLaw poaches large groups of Atlanta-based attorneys from smaller firms, Atlanta firms are doubling down on their unique cultures and identities in order to retain and attract attorneys amid a more active talent market in the city.
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Maynard Nexsen Adds 5 Constangy Employment Attys In LA
Maynard Nexsen PC has brought a 5-lawyer team from labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its Los Angeles office, bringing on a team that is experienced in management-side employment law and can converse in six languages.
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Burr & Forman Lands GrayRobinson Real Estate Partner In Fla.
Burr & Forman LLP expanded its Orlando, Florida, real estate capabilities with the addition of a partner with general counsel experience from GrayRobinson PA.
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Dickie McCamey Expands Pittsburgh Office With Energy Atty
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC has expanded its Pittsburgh office with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in energy law and looking to deepen his practice with more small business and transactional matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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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.