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New Bowman And Brooke DEI Chairs Talk Diversity In 2025
CM Law Absorbs 6-Atty Marketing, IP Law Firm In Chicago
Former Acting US Atty Talks Leading Cole Schotz's DC Launch
Lippes Mathias Partners Talk Growth, New C-Suite Roles
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Day Pitney Taps Attys For Employment, PE Leader Roles
Day Pitney LLP has named new leaders of its employment and labor and private equity and finance practice groups, the firm announced Thursday.
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Saxton & Stump Continues Expansion With 2 Kleinbard Attys
Two attorneys involved with several recent high-profile cases litigated in Pennsylvania state courts have moved their practices to Saxton & Stump's offices in Lancaster and the Philadelphia area after a combined 17 years at Kleinbard LLC.
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Greenberg Traurig Hires Procopio Litigation Duo In San Diego
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a member of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's management committee and another partner from that firm to its litigation practice in San Diego.
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PierFerd Starts New Insurance Group With Carlton Fields Atty
The rapidly-growing firm of Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Thursday that it tapped a new partner who was previously with Carlton Fields to launch an international insurance regulatory team practice along with another Los Angeles-based attorney.
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Harris Beach Murtha Adds DOE Discrimination Atty In Conn.
An experienced discrimination attorney has made the move to Harris Beach Murtha — a recently combined enterprise of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP — in its labor and employment practice group.
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Richard Susskind On What Attys Should Do In The Age Of AI
Author Richard Susskind, who has a new book out about artificial intelligence, discusses how legal institutions are not ready for AI and what it will take for lawyers to recognize their potential vulnerability to being replaced by it.
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Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Reject Trump's Dismissal Bid
Susman Godfrey LLP has pressed a D.C. federal court not to kill the firm's suit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, arguing that the government's "meritless" dismissal motion "goes to great lengths to distract from the indisputable truth" that the order is "blatantly unconstitutional."
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Becker Lobbying Team Adds Former Hispanic Caucus Director
The former executive director of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined Becker & Poliakoff PC's federal lobbying team in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
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Barclay Damon Continues Growth With Morrison Cohen Hire
Barclay Damon LLP is continuing the momentum its headcount growth made in 2024, announcing Tuesday that it has hired an employee benefits attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP in New York City.
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Hanson Bridgett Adds Ex-Leader Of Mail Contractors Group
Hanson Bridgett LLP has hired the former executive director of the trade association representing the U.S. Postal Service's surface transportation contractors, according to a recent announcement.
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Miller & Martin Lands Trio Of Litigators In Georgia, Tennessee
Miller & Martin PLLC has boosted its litigation bench with a trio of attorneys in Georgia and Tennessee from Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC, Taylor English Duma LLP and a federal public defender's office.
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Munck Wilson Adds Dallas Corporate Atty From Spencer Fane
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP announced that an experienced corporate attorney who has spent nearly two decades working in areas such as finance, gaming, technology and energy has joined the firm's uptown Dallas office as a partner from Spencer Fane LLP.
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Michael Best Gains Higher Ed Leader In Austin From Littler
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has deepened its labor and employment practice group with a partner in Austin who also serves as co-chair of the firm's higher education industry team and came aboard from Littler Mendelson PC.
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4 Skills Gen Z Associates Need To Close The Generation Gap
As they enter the legal workforce in increasing numbers, Generation Z lawyers need to hone certain skills to thrive in multigenerational law firms, experts say, in many cases shifting how they communicate and build relationships in order to adapt to earlier generations' preferences.
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Large Law Firm Revenues Climb Despite Dip In Demand
Even as the demand for legal services fell short of industry expectations, U.S. law firms entered 2025 on solid financial footing, with steady rate hikes fueling an 11.3% jump in first-quarter revenues, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Saxton & Stump CEO On Firm's Push Into Pittsburgh, York
As CEO of Pennsylvania-based Saxton & Stump, Jim Saxton likes see a plan come together, such as the firm's launch of new offices this month in Pittsburgh and York, Pennsylvania. Saxton told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that both expansions have been part of the firm's growth strategy for years.
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$10M Brown Rudnick Deal With Guo Trustee Gets Judge's OK
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $10 million deal between Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the Chinese exile's onetime attorneys at Brown Rudnick LLP, and greenlighted 10 lesser settlements with other firms and luxury retailer Versace.
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McNees Adds Construction, RE Litigator In Harrisburg, Pa.
Pennsylvania-based Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC has expanded its construction and real estate practice with the recent addition of an attorney who moved her practice after three years with Stevens & Lee PC.
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Seward & Kissel Adds Fund Finance Atty In NY From Dechert
Seward & Kissel LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced fund finance attorney has joined the firm's corporate group as a New York-based partner from Dechert LLP.
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Pillsbury Litigator Jumps To Benesch In San Francisco
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced that an experienced corporate litigator has joined the firm's fast-growing San Francisco office as a partner from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
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Hughes Hubbard Selects Marketing Chief From Ropes & Gray
Hughes Hubbard & Reed has tapped a former Ropes & Gray LLP marketing director and Legal Marketing Association president to serve as its chief marketing and business development officer, the firm announced Monday.
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Lawyers Worry About Financial Stability Of Their Careers
In 2025, even lawyers are feeling anxious about their bottom lines: Only 44% of attorneys described their financial stability as "excellent" in a recent Law360 Pulse survey.
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What Attorneys Really Think About Their Profession
Law360 Pulse asked respondents to our Lawyer Satisfaction Survey for their thoughts on misconceptions about being a lawyer, what the best parts of the job are and what they would tell newer lawyers. Here's what they said.
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How Happy Are Attorneys At Work Now?
In a time of rising uncertainty and stress, there are signs that spirits are sagging in the legal profession compared with recent years, according to a new Law360 Pulse survey.
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Law Schools Admit More Men, But More Women Are Applying
Among law school applicants, women have far outpaced men over the past 10 years, yet the admission rate for men has remained higher, according to the nonprofit AccessLex Institute's Legal Education Data Deck released Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Keep Nonequity Partners Happy
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Leverage Your Atty Bio
If maintained properly, your firm bio can help attract potential clients and create authentic connections, so it's crucial to take steps to write an updated attorney profile that goes beyond a list of credentials, says Raychel Lean at Reputation Ink.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Promote Thoughtful Use Of AI?
Eran Kahana at Maslon discusses how partners can encourage responsible use of artificial intelligence tools within their firms by learning to spot pitfalls common to AI-generated work product and championing firmwide procedures and trainings that address the risks of uncritically relying on this powerful but imperfect technology.
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Making Legal Cents: Firm Culture Is The New Game Plan
Law firm culture is often dismissed as a soft factor — merely platitudes on a website that seem disconnected from the bottom line — but by intentionally embedding a strong culture into day-to-day operations, law firms can achieve sustainable success, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.