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MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jeff Knox
Jeff Knox, co-managing partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Washington, D.C., office and co-head of the government and internal investigations practice, defended an individual client from a yearslong financial investigation and litigation this year, and resolved matters for clients including Deutsche Bank and the Dutch energy-trading firm Vitol, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
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MVP: Gupta Wessler's Deepak Gupta
Deepak Gupta of Gupta Wessler challenged the president's power to remove independent agency board members and rescued the class action device from two existential threats in the Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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MVP: Seyfarth's Jason Smith
Jason Smith of Seyfarth Shaw LLP's construction practice took over the appeal of a lawsuit after a bench trial had already been conducted by another law firm, but nevertheless obtained a reversal of every aspect of the lower court's decision challenged on appeal, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction MVPs.
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MVP: Milbank's Jenna McGrath
Jenna McGrath of Milbank LLP took the regulatory lead in getting major transactions in the power sector to the finish line, earning her a spot among the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Brad Faris
Brad Faris of Latham & Watkins LLP helped guide Omnicom in its planned $13.5 billion acquisition of Interpublic, worked on a pending $34.5 billion deal as Cox Communications is acquired by Charter Communications Inc. and is leading an expected $5.75 billion deal as Lumen Technologies sells off its fiber optic network business to AT&T, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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MVP: Willkie's David Drewes
David C. Drewes, co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's real estate department, has guided major transactions, such as Saks Global's $2.7 billion Neiman Marcus Group acquisition and Henry Crown & Company's $3.5 billion Rockefeller Center refinancing, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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MVP: Milbank's Fiona Schaeffer
Fiona Schaeffer, an antitrust partner at Milbank LLP, represented U.S. Steel in its $14.9 billion merger with Nippon Steel Corp., among other matters, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition/Antitrust MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Les Carnegie
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Les Carnegie guided a healthcare business after it found trace amounts of a restricted material in one of its products and helped a biopharmaceutical corporation sell part of its operation to an Indian company, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Trade MVPs.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Former K&L Gates Partner In Pittsburgh
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on their investment management strategies has moved his practice to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Pittsburgh office after nearly 12 years with K&L Gates.
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Jack Smith To Launch Firm With Willkie Partner, 2 Ex-Deputies
Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, is set to launch his own firm alongside two of his former top deputies and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice.
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How BigLaw Is Redrawing Its Global Map For 2026
The U.S. remains by far the world's most important legal market, but as clients and capital flows become increasingly international, U.S. law firms are grappling with where and whether to expand their global footprint.
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These Law Firms Are Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders
What does it take to stand out as a global legal powerhouse? The firms featured in this year's Law360 Pulse ranking have built a worldwide reach few can match.
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Tracking The Footprints Of Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders
The law firms in this year's Law360 Pulse Global Leaders ranking have built networks that span the globe. Visualize the reach of those 50 firms with our interactive map.
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Winston & Strawn Moves Chicago Office After 35 Years
Winston & Strawn LLP has moved its Chicago team for the first time in 35 years, settling into a riverside skyscraper that firm leaders credit for inspiring greater in-office attendance.
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Starbucks Gov't Affairs Pro Joins Cozen O'Connor Policy Arm
Cozen O'Connor's government affairs subsidiary announced that it has hired the former regional head of policy and government affairs for Starbucks.
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OFAC Inks $1M Russian Sanctions Deal With Ex-Gov't Official
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Tuesday that an unidentified attorney and former government official has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations the individual violated Russian sanctions by acting as a fiduciary for the family trust of a blocked Russian oligarch.
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Estate Planning Law Firm Gains PE Stake In Tech Platform
Hargrove Firm, a Kentucky-based trust and estate planning law firm, has worked out a deal for a private equity investment in its related technology platform known as NetLaw at a time of growing interest in nontraditional business arrangements within the legal industry.
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MoFo, Kellogg Hansen Exceed Prevailing BigLaw Bonus Scale
Morrison Foerster LLP and boutique law firm Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC both recently unveiled above-market bonuses, according to a MoFo in-house memo and a media report.
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US, UK Duo Named Cadwalader Restructuring Chairs
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced Tuesday that it has named a pair of experienced partners based in London and in New York and Washington, D.C., to lead the firm's financial restructuring practice.
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Benefits, Bonuses Rose As Remote Work Dipped In 2024
More firms are offering benefits such as parental leave and bonuses, and the legal industry appears to be settling on the amount of remote work that attorneys and staffers are allowed to perform, the Association of Legal Administrators has found in its latest annual report.
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Trustee Says Winston & Strawn Is Liable For $1.7B Fintech Bust
The trustee of the bankrupt self-styled "anti-woke" financial technology startup GloriFi said Winston & Strawn LLP shouldn't be allowed to escape a malpractice lawsuit over the company's $1.7 billion failure, saying the firm was a knowing participant in the allegedly unlawful activities of its then-CEO.
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Cooley Adds 30-Person Life Sciences IP Team From Dechert
A trio of Dechert LLP partners, including the co-chair of its global intellectual property practice, have joined Cooley LLP alongside a team of special counsel, associates and patent agents, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jenner & Block To Require 4 Days In Office Starting In March
Jenner & Block LLP is planning to call attorneys and other employees into the office four days a week next year, joining a growing number of BigLaw firms that have announced increased in-person work requirements.
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Akerman Adds Steptoe Counsel To DC Corporate Team
Akerman LLP has hired a former of counsel from Steptoe LLP who started his career in public service working as an attorney advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the firm announced Monday.
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King & Spalding Promotes 27 Attys To Partner Across Globe
King & Spalding LLP is elevating 27 lawyers to partner in 2026, the firm announced on Tuesday, a smaller class than the 37 attorneys who were promoted this year in the firm's largest class of partners.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay?
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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Series
My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Roundup
Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.