http://www.law.com/jsp/law/careercenter/index.jsp lawjobs.com - Where legal professionals find jobs and the latest career information. en-us 08 Feb 2012 01:47:27 -0500 Copyright 2010. ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/lawjobs2010/career_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/index.jsp Driven by client demand, Baltimore-based Miles & Stockbridge is opening a Washington, D.C., office with seven full-time and 11 part-time attorneys. The firm plans to grow the office to between 15 and 20 full-time lawyers, says the firm chairman, who also says the launch is part of a strategy to focus on a broad spectrum of practice areas. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541671674&rss=careercenter 1202541671674 Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of senior arbitrator Jose Maria Alonso Puig from leading local firm Garrigues. Alonso spent nine years as managing partner of the 2,000-lawyer Spanish giant before standing down in 2009 to head Garrigues' arbitration practice. He will join Baker's Madrid office on March 1. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541648689&rss=careercenter 1202541648689 Jones Day and Covington & Burling are bolstering their white-collar investigations practices in London. Jones Day is bringing in Glyn Powell from the Serious Fraud Office. Separately, Covington has hired Baker Botts partner Christopher Cooper. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541634142&rss=careercenter 1202541634142 K&L Gates has merged with Italian firm Marini Salsi Picciau to launch an office in Milan with three partners, three associates and three trainees. K&L Gates has added several new offices a year over the past few years, picking up small groups or firms to expand its geographic footprint abroad rather than conduct large-scale mergers. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541643807&rss=careercenter 1202541643807 Washington's top law offices were hit hard by the recession, with many shedding lawyers at an unprecedented pace. But that hasn't been the case for Lerch, Early & Brewer, which quickly became the fourth-biggest law office in D.C.'s suburbs. What accounts for Lerch Early's consistently stronger-than-average performance? http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541524077&rss=careercenter 1202541524077 The expansion of U.S. law firms is giving some Hong Kong associates the chance to nearly double their salaries. Is a pay war about to set a new standard in the market? Or will darkening economic clouds intervene? http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541526879&rss=careercenter 1202541526879 Emily Parker, the first female lawyer at Thompson & Knight and its first female partner, will become its first female managing partner on Feb. 15. Parker joined Thompson & Knight in 1973, after graduating from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541120306&rss=careercenter 1202541120306 The Los Angeles market is heating up, with Goodwin Procter becoming the latest firm to hire laterals for an office there. Terry Garnett and Vincent Yip are joining as partners. They'll be followed in a few weeks by Jay Chiu and Peter Wied, who will both be joining as counsel. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541192712&rss=careercenter 1202541192712 Davis Wright has launched a California real estate practice with three lawyers from DLA Piper. Partners Mark Nelson and Tiffany Switzer and of counsel Nancy Clapp focus on acquisitions, sales, development and finance matters. Separately, partner Steven Polard, a bankruptcy and commercial litigator, is moving over from Perkins Coie. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541010926&rss=careercenter 1202541010926 Australian firm Minter Ellison has launched an office in Mongolia focusing on the energy and resources sector. Partner Elisabeth Ellis is relocating from Minter Ellison's Hong Kong office to take charge of the new office in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. She will be the firm's sole resident partner in Mongolia. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202541023373&rss=careercenter 1202541023373 Lawyers are like port-a-potties, says The Rodent. Most of the time, nobody wants you around. When they really need you, though, they act like they couldn't be happier to see you. But in the end, everybody you deal with gives you the same old you-know-what. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202540914084&rss=careercenter 1202540914084 SNR Denton's Paris office is being hit with a 10-lawyer walkout, led by three partners, to Hughes Hubbard & Reed. The departing partners are Sena Agbayissah, who currently leads the Paris banking practice; local technology, media and telecom head Stefan Naumann; and M&A partner Alain Vincent. http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202540894341&rss=careercenter 1202540894341 After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice? http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202486175064&rss=careercenter 1202486175064 I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier? http://www.law.com/jsp/lawjobs/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202464422844&rss=careercenter 1202464422844