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Sills Cummis Adds Employment Pro From Crowell & Moring
Sills Cummis & Gross PC brought on a labor and employment attorney from Crowell & Moring LLP who brings more than two decades of experience to the firm's New York office advising employers on how to navigate disputes and ensure they comply with prevailing wage laws.
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Whiteford Adds Montgomery McCracken Bankruptcy Ace
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP has added a Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP bankruptcy attorney in Delaware to bolster its capacity to handle Chapter 11 and other bankruptcy proceedings.
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BCLP Exec Named Ice Miller's New Marketing Head
Ice Miller LLP announced that an experienced legal executive from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP who's worked in the marketing departments at major firms for over 20 years has joined as its new chief marketing and business development officer.
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Ex-NJ Judge 'Back Home' As Trial Atty At Chiesa Shahinian
Alberto Rivas, who retired from a 15-year career on the New Jersey Superior Court earlier this year, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the next phase of his legal career in the litigation department at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.
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Office Snapshot: Richards Layton Upgrades Delaware Digs
Delaware law firm Richards Layton & Finger PA this week unveiled completed renovations to its 150,000-square-foot, multifloor office at One Rodney Square in Wilmington, where the firm's president said the revamped space is better suited to meet the needs of its staff and clients.
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Pullman & Comley Expands ADR Practice With Retired Judge
Pullman & Comley LLC has grown its alternative dispute resolution practice with the addition of a recently retired Connecticut Superior Court judge.
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Quarles & Brady Rehires Cross-Border IP Atty From Vorys
Quarles & Brady LLP has rehired a former partner from Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP who focuses her practice on cross-border intellectual property enforcement matters in China and the U.S.
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Lima Accuses Foley Hoag Of Conflict In $200M Award Case
The Peruvian city of Lima has urged a D.C. federal court to vacate its confirmation of about $200 million in arbitral awards favoring a highway contractor, saying the municipality's former counsel at Foley Hoag LLP concealed a conflict of interest.
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BigLaw Has More LinkedIn Followers, But Less Engagement
The 30 largest U.S. law firms have more LinkedIn followers, but smaller firms in the top 200 have higher engagement rates despite fewer followers on the platform, according to a report released Thursday by BTI Consulting Group.
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Judge Rejects DQ Of Smith Gambrell In Defamation Suit
A New York federal judge denied a former Major Lindsey & Africa recruiter's bid to disqualify Smith Gambrell from representing Major Lindsey in the employee's $75 million federal defamation suit, saying the request wasn't ripe for consideration yet.
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McGlinchey Stafford Adds Real Estate, Financial Services Pro
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced that the firm has added a real estate and financial services pro to its financial services litigation practice, who joins the firm following a five-year stint in private practice.
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Jones Foster Expands In Florida With Gunster Litigator
Jones Foster announced Wednesday that it has grown its complex litigation and dispute resolution practice group with a new shareholder in West Palm Beach, Florida, who was previously with Gunster.
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Chartwell Founding Partner On Firm's Mid-Atlantic Growth
Law360 Pulse caught up with Charles Barreras, founding partner of Chartwell Law Offices LLP, to discuss how the firm has grown so far this year to include a trio of new offices in New Jersey, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
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Eckert Seamans Enters NYC With 11 Hawkins Parnell Attys
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC said Wednesday that it has launched an office in New York City with the addition of an 11-attorney team from Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, while scaling back its New Jersey presence.
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Carlton Fields Adds Atlanta M&A Pro From Hartman Simons
Carlton Fields has bolstered its business transactions practice with a new shareholder in Atlanta who was previously with Hartman Simons & Wood LLP.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the first quarter of the year.
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Litchfield Cavo Litigator Joins Kaufman Dolowich In LA
Kaufman Dolowich announced that an experienced litigator with over a decade spent working on employment, labor and consumer financial services matters has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner.
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Pierson Ferdinand Launches Latin America Practice
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Wednesday that it launched a Latin America practice and tapped an international arbitration partner in Miami to lead the new group.
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Troutman Data Privacy And AI Pro Joins McDonald Hopkins
McDonald Hopkins LLC is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Troutman Pepper Locke LLP data privacy and artificial intelligence expert as a member in its Chicago office.
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Chiesa Shahinian Adds Retired NJ Judge To Litigation Team
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has added a retired Middlesex County judge with 15 years of experience on the Superior Court bench to its litigation group, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Fennemore Craig Keeps Up Expansion With Ariz. Firm Combo
Western firm Fennemore Craig PC announced Tuesday that it is set to combine with Phoenix labor and employment boutique BurnsBarton PLC, making it the sixth firm to combine with Fennemore Craig since the start of 2024.
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SBSB Eastham Expands With Maritime Law Expert In Texas
Schouest Bamdas Soshea BenMaier & Eastham PLLC announced that it hired an experienced attorney who's spent over two decades working on a wide range of maritime and admiralty law matters as a partner for its office in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Longtime UBS Associate GC Joins Maynard Nexsen In NY
Maynard Nexsen PC announced Tuesday that after over a decade with UBS Financial Services, its longtime associate general counsel of legal and compliance has joined the firm's New York office as a shareholder.
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Faster Pace, More Stress, On Path To A Summer Associate Gig
The path to securing a summer associate position at a law firm has changed significantly over the past few years, adding new pressures for students reaching for those coveted positions and new challenges for law firms trying to find top talent, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associate Survey.
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AI Is Uncharted Territory In Summer Associate Job Hunt
About 20% of law students used artificial intelligence to assist them with their summer associate job hunt, leaning on the new technology to help navigate new challenges and shifting timelines, according to Law360 Pulse's 2025 Summer Associates Survey.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?
Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.
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How To Successfully Market Your Summer Associate Program
Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Opinion
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Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?
Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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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.