Philly-Area Firm Leaders On Building A Practice That Will Last

By Rachel Rippetoe

Philadelphia lawyer Pat Pierce has been practicing law for over four decades, but after recently merging her practice with a team of experienced attorneys to form the litigation boutique Goldshaw Greenblatt Pierce LLC, she said she'd finally created what she called "the firm I'd been waiting for."

Motorola GC Steps In As Lumen's New Chief Legal Officer

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Pro Bono Coaching Helps Ex-Federal Attorneys Transition

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'Mouthpiece' Or Assistant? AI Deposition Tools Up For Debate

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Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring

Courts
DC Judge Grapples With Jurisdiction In ABA Grant Row
By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge wrestled with his court's jurisdiction Monday as the American Bar Association sought a court order reviving terminated federal grant funding for its Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence.
Daily Litigation
Law Students Say Trump Orders Imperil Their Future Careers
By Patrick Hoff

More than 1,000 law students voiced support for Jenner & Block's bid to invalidate an executive order targeting the firm, arguing Monday that the Trump administration's directive threatens to compromise the legal profession and derail their careers before they can begin.
Legal Tech
Dentons Launches AI Tool For Europe, Central Asia Staff
By Matt Perez

Dentons announced Monday the launch of an internally developed artificial intelligence tool for its personnel in Europe and Central Asia, joining other firms in developing proprietary AI tools this year.

Daily Litigation
BigLaw Student Fellowship Faces Discrimination Charge
By Alison Knezevich

A new legal advocacy organization on Monday alleged that a decades-old program that partners with dozens of BigLaw firms to support incoming law students is racially discriminatory.
Courts
Meet The Attys Defending NJ Mayor In ICE Facility Case
By Jake Maher

One of New Jersey's most high-powered criminal defense attorneys is among a trio of litigators defending Newark mayor Ras Baraka against charges related to his arrest last week at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the city.
DC Pulse
Arnold & Porter Adds Former U.S. Ambassador In DC
By Christine DeRosa

A veteran U.S. Department of State official with over 35 years of experience in federal government has made the move to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP as a senior international policy adviser, the firm said Monday.

Modern Lawyer
Akin Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Real Estate Funds, M&A Partners
By Nate Beck

Former Mayer Brown LLP partners Wendy Dodson Gallegos and Jason Wagenmaker have moved to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to advise the firm's real estate fund formation and mergers and acquisitions practices, according to a Monday announcement.
Modern Lawyer
Sidley Adds Morgan Lewis Financial Services Trio In Texas, NY
By Lynn LaRowe

Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday it has added a trio of banking and financial services attorneys from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Dallas and New York.
In-House
Clifford Chance Adds Texas Energy Pro After In-House Roles
By Lynn LaRowe

Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday that it has expanded its energy and infrastructure financing offerings in the U.S. with a partner who came aboard after a decade filling in-house roles at Cheniere Energy Inc. and Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Courts
Ex-EDNY US Atty Breon Peace Returns To Cleary Gottlieb
By Rose Krebs

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York has rejoined the firm to co-lead its litigation group and enhance its capacity to handle white collar cases, commercial litigation and other matters.