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Miller Nash Grows Business & Corp. Team With 3 Seattle Attys
Pacific Northwest law firm Miller Nash LLP has expanded its business and corporate practice team in Seattle with two new partners and a special counsel who is a longtime legal executive.
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Phillips Lytle Adds Ex-Benderson Development In-House Atty
An attorney who started his career at Phillips Lytle LLP has returned to the firm as special counsel on its real estate industry team in New York state after five years as in-house counsel at Benderson Development.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit revived Florida-based NTE Energy Services' anticompetitive lawsuit accusing Duke Energy of squeezing it out of the market in North Carolina.
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Winstead Mourns Loss Of Founding Shareholder
Peter "Pete" Winstead, a founding shareholder of Winstead PC who died unexpectedly this week at 84, is not only being remembered for his tireless commitment to his law firm but for his dedication to the Austin, Texas, community where he lived for nearly three decades.
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Ex-Judge, Litigator Launch New Chiesa Shahinian ADR Team
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC debuted a new alternative dispute resolution group this week, bringing federal and state judges, prosecutors, and more together into a unified practice and creating a "service that is right for the times," according to its leaders.
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Cordell & Cordell Can't Escape Ex-Paralegal's Discrimination Suit
A Kansas federal judge ruled Friday that Cordell & Cordell PC must face claims in a discrimination suit brought by a former paralegal at the firm, including an assertion she was fired in retaliation for reporting mistreatment and sexual harassment.
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Cyber Litigation Pro Joins Pierson Ferdinand In Ohio
A cyber litigation specialist has moved from leading his own practice for over a decade to the rapidly expanding Pierson Ferdinand LLP in Ohio, the firm said Thursday.
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Real Estate Vet Joins Harter Secrest In Rochester
New York firm Harter Secrest & Emery LLP announced that it hired a veteran real estate attorney with more than 30 years of experience as a partner and member of its general counsel services team in Rochester.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Buchalter's Atlanta Head Dishes On New Office In Busy Market
Former Taylor English Duma LLP attorney Seth Trimble joined Law360 Pulse to discuss launching Buchalter’s new Atlanta office as part of a recent series of attorney departures from Taylor English in the city
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Ex-Morgan & Morgan Client Wants Malpractice Case In Court
A Georgia deputy sheriff suing Morgan & Morgan PA's office in Jacksonville, Florida, for malpractice has urged a Georgia federal court not to send his case to arbitration, as he claimed the firm effectively bullied him into signing a contract with an arbitration clause.
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McElroy Deutsch Seeks To Ax Former CFO's Ch. 11 Case
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP urged a New Jersey bankruptcy court Thursday to throw out a Chapter 11 filing from its former chief financial officer, who has been sent to prison for stealing over $1 million from the firm, slamming it as a bad faith "tactical maneuver" to stall ongoing civil litigation.
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Lowenstein Sandler Adds Goodwin Venture Capital Vet In Calif
Lowenstein Sandler LLP is expanding its Silicon Valley startup team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a Goodwin Procter LLP venture capital ace as a partner in its Palo Alto, California, office.
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Kelley Kronenberg Hires Attorney Trio In Fort Lauderdale
Kelley Kronenberg announced that it hired three attorneys in Fort Lauderdale, highlighted by a former Fowler White Burnett PA professional liability attorney who joined as a partner.
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Foley Hoag Co-Managing Partner Talks Culture, Future
After being named in late July as co-managing partner of Boston-based Foley Hoag LLP, Hathaway Pease Russell spoke with Law360 Pulse about where she sees the firm today, its plans for the future, and what she sees as most valuable about its culture.
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GrayRobinson Adds Estate Planning Pro From Harrison In Fla.
GrayRobinson PA has bolstered its private client services section with a shareholder in Naples, Florida, who came aboard from Harrison LLP.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid Fallout Over Politics, Social Issues
With a presidential election approaching, the Israel-Hamas war continuing, and numerous social issues creating division in the country, Dawn Reddy Solowey of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discusses how law firms might de-escalate potential conflicts that could erupt at work.
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Bid For Ex-Judge's Phone Records Halted At Texas Hearing
A Texas bankruptcy judge shut down a bid from JCPenney's bankruptcy administrator to subpoena former Judge David R. Jones' cellphone records in a partially sealed hearing Wednesday in connection with Jones' secret romance with a onetime lawyer at Jackson Walker LLP.
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Marshall Dennehey Adds Co-Chair Of Disciplinary Practice
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing professionals in malpractice and liability matters has moved his practice to Marshall Dennehey PC after more than 17 years with Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos LLP.
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5 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect
Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.
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Kaufman Dolowich Names Partner Duo To Lead Dallas, NOLA
Kaufman Dolowich LLP announced that a pair of experienced partners, including a former in-house attorney at fast food franchisee Sun Holdings, were named the co-managing partners of the firm's Dallas and New Orleans offices.
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Thompson Coburn Adds Willkie Benefits Atty
Thompson Coburn LLP has brought on an employee benefits litigator from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a partner in Chicago, picking up a lawyer with over two decades of experience advising and representing employers, plan administrators and fiduciaries.
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Former Deputy Counsel To NY Governor Joins Barclay Damon
Pei Pei Cheng de Castro, former deputy counsel to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, has joined Barclay Damon in its New York City office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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A New Take On 'Presumed Innocent' With Scott Turow
A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.
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Shumaker Construction Pro Jumps To Carlton Fields In Fla.
Florida's real estate market and construction law practices are continuing their boom after the height of the pandemic, and Carlton Fields has bolstered its expertise in those areas by adding a former construction law partner from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP.
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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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.