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BrainBox AI Atty Sees Herself As 'Swiss Army Knife Of Legal'

By Sue Reisinger

Catherine Stephanou, the legal chief at BrainBox AI, started building the company's legal department from scratch when she was hired in 2020 and has guided the company through the usual growing pains, including its acquisition earlier this year by HVAC giant Trane Technologies.

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    Meet The Judge Weighing EEOC Disparate Impact Cases

    The Washington, D.C., federal judge set to decide if the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must continue probing disparate impact discrimination claims is known as a fair and detail-oriented jurist who has credited his wide-ranging experience — including as a corporate lawyer and a police officer — with preparing him for the bench.

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    Lewis Brisbois Liability Group Co-Chair To Join PI Boutique

    Personal injury boutique firm Banafsheh Danesh & Javid PC will add a longtime Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP defense trial attorney, who co-chaired its general liability practice, as a partner at the start of the new year, the firm announced Thursday.

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    Willkie Hikes Up Partnership Promotions With 30-Atty Class

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced that 30 of its attorneys from offices around the globe, who focus on a variety of practice areas, will be promoted to partner Jan. 1, more than its 19-member 2025 partner class.

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    Delayed Report Says 1,100 Legal Jobs Added In September

    The number of jobs in the U.S. legal industry ticked up this fall, with the sector adding 1,100 positions in September, according to preliminary data in the long-awaited jobs report released Thursday.

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    Bricker Graydon, Wyatt Tarrant Firms To Merge

    Ohio-based firm Bricker Graydon LLP announced Thursday it is merging with Kentucky-based Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP to form Bricker Graydon Wyatt, which will have an estimated 325 attorneys across four states.

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    Another Boomerang Returns To McGuireWoods From DOJ

    A former leader in U.S. attorney's offices in Virginia and North Carolina who spent more than 15 years working at the U.S. Department of Justice has rejoined McGuireWoods, where he'll team up with his former boss at the Eastern District of North Carolina, who returned to the firm earlier this year.

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    Office Snapshot: Chipman Brown's Modern Expansion In Del.

    In recently expanding the size of its office in Wilmington, Delaware, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole LLP said the renovated space was designed with "productivity and comfort in mind."

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    Senate Panel OKs Miss. Judge, US Atty Nominees After Delay

    After weeks of holdup, nominees for Mississippi federal courts and U.S. attorneys were voted out of committee on Thursday, following an impasse between Republican senators.

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    Kahana Feld Names First Chief People Officer

    Irvine, California-based Kahana Feld LLP continues expanding its executive leadership team, bringing in as its new human resources head a former Deloitte HR managing director who most recently was the chief human resources officer of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.

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    Kobre & Kim Adds Former DOJ National Security Atty In Del.

    Kobre & Kim LLP has hired a former national security attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice to its Delaware office to bolster its capacity to advise clients in government investigations and enforcement actions, as well as in corporate and commercial disputes.

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