News

With Chadbourne Suit Behind Her, Kerrie Campbell Continues Gender Equity Struggle

Scott Flaherty | April 23, 2018

Ex-Chadbourne & Parke partner Kerrie Campbell may have settled her gender bias case against the firm. But she's still fighting.

News

Greenspoon Marder Opens LA Office With 6-Lawyer Group

Meghan Tribe | April 23, 2018

Fast-growing Am Law 200 firm Greenspoon Marder has set up shop in Los Angeles after adding four lawyers from local boutique Eisner Jaffe, as well as a former California judge and ex-solo practitioner.

News

McIver Defense Promises to Appeal Jury's Guilty Verdict for Murder

R. Robin McDonald | April 23, 2018

The jury also convicted McIver of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and influencing a witness.

News

Stanford Law's Jeffrey Fisher, Veteran SCOTUS Lawyer, Joins O’Melveny as Special Counsel

Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018

Fisher, who has argued 35 cases before the high court, will maintain his position at Stanford and as co-director of its Supreme Court clinic, a position he's held since 2006.

News

Hogan Lovells Snags Restructuring Leader From Jones Day

Lizzy McLellan | April 23, 2018

Richard Wynne, Bennett Spiegel and Erin Brady joined Hogan Lovells on Monday, each bringing with them a book of well known clients.

News

Wisconsin AG Slams Award Given to Ex-Seyfarth Shaw Associate

Brian Baxter | April 20, 2018

Stephan Addison was one of two former Big Law associates accused of sexual assault in 2005. When the State Bar of Wisconsin recently gave him an award, that chapter of his life returned.

News

New Book Digs Into Richard Nixon’s Time in Big Law

Meghan Tribe | April 20, 2018

“Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House” explores how a five-year stint at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander became a launching pad to the presidency.

News

Fox Rothschild Grows Revenue 8 Percent, PPP Up 1.7 Percent

Lizzy McLellan | April 20, 2018

Managing partner Mark Morris said the firm had a strong 2017.

News

Wells Fargo Turned to Sullivan & Cromwell Ahead of $1B Consumer Settlement

C. Ryan Barber | April 20, 2018

“We always try to play absolutely straight with the regulators,” H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chairman and a lawyer for Wells Fargo, told The American Lawyer last year.

News

Proskauer Looks to Ditch Still-Pending Stanford Ponzi Suit

Scott Flaherty | April 20, 2018

Ahead of an upcoming Dallas trial, Proskauer's defense team filed a notice on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as part of an effort to escape claims from an official committee of investors who lost money in R. Allen Stanford's massive, long-running Ponzi scheme.

News

New Yale Report Highlights Top 10 Law Firms for Women, Families

Meghan Tribe | April 20, 2018

An annual report by Yale Law School has identified the best firms for working women and families.

News

Ex-Big Law Partner Dies After Life-Changing Assault, Robbery

Brian Baxter | April 20, 2018

Sanford Kaynor Jr. was left paralyzed and brain damaged following a 2012 shooting in New Orleans. He died Thursday.

News

Law Grad Employment Rate Improves Thanks to Smaller Class

Karen Sloan | April 20, 2018

The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.

News

What Does Kirkland's Lateral War Chest Buy? A Lot

Miriam Rozen | April 20, 2018

Kirkland & Ellis' latest hire once again shows off the firm's deep purse and lateral allure, broadens its practice strength, and chips away at a gender imbalance in its partnership.

News

UK Body Probes Dentons Over Dismissal of Ex-Human Resources Manager

Joseph Evans | April 20, 2018

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed an investigation of Dentons after an employment tribunal ruled against the firm for dismissing a former recruitment manager. The move comes the same week that Dentons suspended a Canadian partner in an unrelated matter.

News

Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

Analysis

'Client Value' Roles Take Off as Partners Place Trust in Professionals

Lizzy McLellan | April 19, 2018

Law firm client relationships aren't just in the hands of partners anymore.

News

Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity

Meghan Tribe | April 19, 2018

Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its new managing partner, making her potentially the first female black leader of a national law firm.

Analysis

Chinese Firms Are Coming for Your Partners - Again

Anna Zhang | April 19, 2018

Top Chinese firms like Han Kun and Fangda Partners are racing to hire away partners from global firms as they grow financially and seek more recognition.

News

Survey Shows 27 Percent Pay Gap for Top Women Equity Partners

Miriam Rozen | April 19, 2018

Even "star" partners pay a big price for their gender, new research by Acritas found.

News

Reed Smith Launches Tech Program for Select Summer Associates

Dan Packel | April 19, 2018

In a new twist on law firms' race to innovate, five summer associates in the United States and the U.K. will take on projects aimed at applying technology to legal services.

News

Latham Opens Nominations to Replace Ousted Leader Voge

Anna Ward | April 19, 2018

Almost a month after the shocking exit of former global chair and managing partner William Voge, Latham & Watkins has started a succession process to replace him.

News

Reed Smith Snags Steptoe & Johnson Trio for Pension Practice

Xiumei Dong | April 18, 2018

Reed Smith has hired a three-lawyer group for its public pension fund and tax wealth planning practices.

News

In Latest Lateral Hire, Latham Lands a New Real Estate Leader

Brian Baxter | April 18, 2018

Two months after leaving Jones Day, Michael Haas has joined Latham & Watkins in New York as co-head of the firm’s global real estate practice.

News

Plaintiffs Bar Looks to Cash In on #MeToo

Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

In an effort to capture legal work emanating from the #MeToo movement, plaintiffs firms across the country are registering website domain names and funding television commercials in their quest for big paydays.

News

Katten, on Hiring Spree, Adds IP Litigator From Alston & Bird

Christine Simmons | April 18, 2018

Other Alston & Bird lawyers may join Deepro Mukerjee in his move to Katten Muchin Rosenman, which has already hired about 30 lateral partners firmwide this year.

News

Cohen Leans Toward Big Law in Proposed Special Master Candidates

Colby Hamilton | April 18, 2018

Cohen's attorneys presented Judge Kimba Wood with a list of four names, all former prosecutors in private practice, while prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office sent over three of their own, all former magistrate judges from the Southern District of New York.

News

Disbarred Ex-Law Firm Chairman Scott Rothstein Stuck With 50-Year Sentence

Catherine Wilson | April 18, 2018

A judge says federal prosecutors have the discretion to yank an offer of a reduced prison sentence.

News

Robins Kaplan Reels in Litigation Duo to Expand Boston Base

Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

Robins Kaplan has become the latest large law firm to bulk up in Boston, bringing on business litigation partners Stephen Wald and Lauren Coppola from Rhode Island-based Partridge Snow & Hahn.

News

Proposed Student Loan Cap Could Devastate Law Schools

Karen Sloan | April 18, 2018

Experts worry that provisions within the pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will exacerbate legal education's diversity challenges and put a J.D. out of reach of low-income students.

News

Big Law Heads to Big Sky County, With a Stop in the Motor City

Meghan Tribe | April 17, 2018

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani announced this week two new offices in Detroit and Missoula, Montana.

News

Federal Judges Say Firms, Clients Favor Male Litigators at Their Peril

Dan Packel | April 17, 2018

At a Reed Smith event, former SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin and current U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe highlighted the costs of ignoring gender diversity.

News

SEC Discloses Deals With Ex-Dewey Leaders Sanders, DiCarmine

Christine Simmons | April 17, 2018

The agency's case against former Dewey executive Stephen DiCarmine now appears to be over. But that's not the case for other Dewey leaders.

News

Discovery, Mediation Scheduled in Proskauer Gender Bias Suit

Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2018

The two sides of a $50 million gender bias suit brought against Proskauer Rose by a female partner at the firm will discuss the potential of a settlement under a mediation process set out by the court's local rules.

News

Judge: Perkins Coie's Work for Clinton Should Limit Firm's Role in Arpaio Case

Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

News

Ex-Dorsey, Ogletree Partner Disbarred in Washington

Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2018

Carllene Placide, a former Big Law immigration and labor attorney, was disbarred in Washington, where the state's highest court criticized her for improper conduct surrounding her representation of non-firm clients.

News

Dentons Canada Partner Suspended After Fatal Hit-and-Run

Meghan Tribe | April 17, 2018

Shane Stevenson, a corporate partner with Dentons Canada, has been suspended from the firm following a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenage girl in Edmonton.

News

Cooley Scoops Up Veteran Wilson Sonsini Corporate Partner

Xiumei Dong | April 17, 2018

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has lost four corporate partners in the Bay Area within the past month.

Does Geographic Growth Pay Off?

Marcie Borgal Shunk| April 17, 2018

A new regional analysis of law firm geographic profiles and growth reveals the payoff from being a truly national or international law firm just may not be what it once was.

News

A&O to Launch Firmwide Rollout of New Performance Evaluation Scheme as Firm Targets More 'Honest' Feedback

Rose Walker| April 17, 2018

The Magic Circle firm becomes the latest to scrap annual reviews in favor of ongoing feedback

News

Paul Weiss Sponsors Play About Civil Rights Trailblazer

Meghan Tribe | April 16, 2018

A. Pauline "Pauli" Murray, a former associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, is the subject of a new Broadway production.

News

Sheppard Mullin Launches Dallas Office

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 16, 2018

The firm's new Dallas office has a total of 18 lawyers, with more on the way.

News

Longford Bags Jenner & Block Partner While Spending From $500M Purse

Roy Strom | April 16, 2018

After a decade in Big Law, Justin Maleson is joining the increasingly lucrative world of litigation finance.

News

Goodwin Bulks Up Life Sciences Group With Cross-Border Dechert Hires

Scott Flaherty | April 16, 2018

Goodwin Procter announced the addition of a trans-Atlantic transactions team in its life sciences group. Meanwhile, White & Case said it had hired away a debt financing partner from Goodwin in New York.

News

Cohen Claims Morgan Lewis, Squire Patton Boggs Records in Seized Materials

Christine Simmons | April 16, 2018

Records related to both global legal giants could be contained in materials seized last week by federal law enforcement officials in raids on Michael Cohen's home, hotel room and office.

Slideshow

What 10 Legal Department Luminaries Have Said About Outside Firms

Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

Here are some of the quotable (and occasionally controversial) statements those in legal departments have made about their outside partners.

News

Newt Gingrich Leaves Dentons, Eyes Relationship With New Law Firm

Ryan Lovelace | Meredith Hobbs | April 16, 2018

Gingrich, who joined Dentons' public policy and regulatory group in 2015, said he has been in talks with "various other global law firms."

Procurement and The New Legal Buy/Sell Dynamic

Mark A. Cohen| April 16, 2018

Procurement's expanding role in the legal industry is changing the way legal services are bought and sold.

News

Mayer Brown Taps Ex-London Leader as New Managing Partner

Rose Walker| April 16, 2018

Real estate and property expert Jeremy Clay has been named the Am Law 100 firm's new global managing partner.

News

Cooley Adds to East Coast Bench With Two 'Insurtech' Pros

Meghan Tribe | April 16, 2018

Heidi Lawson and Greg Hoffnagle are leaving Mintz Levin to join Cooley as the latter seeks to build out litigation, regulatory and insurance expertise in Boston and New York.

News

Orrick Poaches V&E Energy Partner and Office Head in Tokyo, Hughes Hubbard M&A Dealmaker in NYC

Dan Packel | April 15, 2018

James Atkin was Vinson & Elkins’ Tokyo office managing partner before moving to Orrick.

News

Kirkland Takes Two From Cravath in Latest Lateral Raid

Brian Baxter | April 14, 2018

Sandra Goldstein, a top partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and a former head of litigation at the firm, is headed to Kirkland & Ellis with Stefan Atkinson in New York.

Investigation

Prosecutors Say Cohen Under Investigation, Rebut Privilege Claims

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

Documents disclosed in the Southern District of New York show that Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the subject of a criminal inquiry into his personal business dealings. He also received a $500,000 "alliance fee" from Squire Patton Boggs.

News

Law Firms Rarely Have Policies About Lawyers Recording Phone Calls

Miriam Rozen | April 13, 2018

The legality of recording phone calls without permission is one thing. The ethics of doing so is another.

News

Power Company's Legal Malpractice Suit Against Greenberg Traurig Gets Tossed

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

NextEra Energy Inc. claimed it was damaged in the form of legal fees paid to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and trial and appeal fees "amounting to millions of dollars."

Q&A

Thinking of Ditching Big Law for a Startup? Read This First

Xiumei Dong | April 13, 2018

Andrew Dick, Catherine Krow and James Lee all put Big Law careers behind them to become entrepreneurs. The Recorder caught up with the trio to discuss some lessons they've learned.

News

Allen & Overy Faces Skepticism Over O'Melveny Merger as Doubts Emerge Among Partnership

Rose Walker| April 13, 2018

Partners are expressing reservations over a U.S. tie-up, as O'Melveny talks leave some unconvinced.

News

China Hacks on US Corporations Rising, With Law Firms, GCs Prime Targets

Ian Lopez | April 13, 2018

While China has been largely compliant with an agreement with the U.S. to not hack for intellectual property, new data indicates M&A info and contracts are viewed as fair game.

Analysis

The Law Firm Disrupted: The Most Bedeviling Aspect of Law Firm Change

Roy Strom | April 12, 2018

What the fast greens of the nation's most historic golf course can teach us about the pace of legal industry change.

News

AP Article on Another National Enquirer 'Catch & Kill' Trump Story Notes Role Played by Boies Schiller

Scott Flaherty | April 12, 2018

But the firm says it did not try to undermine The Associated Press story and its role was very different from its representation of Harvey Weinstein.

Q&A

Ex-Chadbourne Partner Kerrie Campbell Is Ready to Talk

Vivia Chen | April 12, 2018

With her pay discrimination suit behind her, the former Big Law partner has strong opinions about women in the legal profession and the #MeToo movement.

News

Deadline for The American Lawyer Awards Approaching

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 12, 2018

Check out the categories in our American Lawyer Awards for which submissions are due week. Some exciting new opportunities for those in the industry to show how they are revolutionizing the way legal services are delivered.

News

These 'Dishonest' NY Lawyers Led to $10.6M in Victim Payouts

Christine Simmons | April 12, 2018

Reimbursements last year from the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection included millions of dollars related to ex-law firm leader and imprisoned Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier and former prominent New York personal injury lawyer Stuart Schlesinger.

News

Hogan Lovells Scraps 'Broken' Review System for Associates

Ryan Lovelace | April 12, 2018

When it comes to performance feedback from their law firms, lawyers "have different expectations than I had many years ago when I was a young associate," CEO Stephen Immelt said.

News

Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks 'Waiting, Dying' to Testify in Aborted Investigation

Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

Katherine Ku spoke as part of a discussion called "Making the Future #NOTMeToo" about how women can ward off and respond to sexual harassment in the legal profession.

Analysis

Lawyers on Alert Over Russia Work as Tensions Turn Up Scrutiny on Client Connections

Joseph Evans | April 12, 2018

Lawyers at global law firms are being extra cautious about their work for Russian clients.

News

Polsinelli Pumps Up Boston Office With Two New Hires

Meghan Tribe | April 11, 2018

In the latest expansion effort by a large law firm in Boston, Polsinelli has picked up a new vice chair of its sports industry practice, as well as another corporate partner for its expanding partnership ranks.

News

Reed Smith Wades Into Fight With Mueller for Russian Company

Ryan Lovelace | April 11, 2018

Eric Dubelier and Katherine Joanne Seikaly entered appearances for Concord Management and Consulting, one of the Russian companies charged with seeking to tinker with the U.S. election.

Slideshow

Law Firms' Tech Investments, Dealmakers of the Year and More in The American Lawyer's April Issue

Ben Seal | April 11, 2018

The intermingling of technology and the law is far from a new trend, but the cover story for our April issue focuses on something that is new: The steps law firms are taking to shield themselves from new technologies taking away their work.

News

How a Defense Verdict That Wasn’t Became a $25M Settlement

Roy Strom | April 11, 2018

Winston & Strawn found itself caught up in a case involving a rogue courthouse clerk; a trial lawyer accused of fraud; and, at last check, a publicly traded company on the hook for a yachting accident.

News

Skadden Bankruptcy Veteran Joins Greenberg Traurig

Meghan Tribe | April 10, 2018

J. Gregory Milmoe, a former co-chair of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he spent 47 years, has joined Greenberg Traurig in Boston and New York.

News

Ex-Dickstein Partner's $64M Malpractice Verdict Still Ensnares Firm, Insurers

Dan Packel | April 10, 2018

Dickstein may be long gone, and a partner accused of malpractice there died in 2013, but that didn't stop new litigation from erupting this month over who should foot the bill.

News

Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Was Discreet Presence at Squire Patton Boggs

Christine Simmons | April 10, 2018

Between the start of his unusual relationship with the firm and this week's raid on his office, the nature of Cohen's work at Squire Patton Boggs was a mystery to many there.

News

Sidley Seeks Escape From Second Con Artist-Related Suit

Roy Strom | April 10, 2018

A con artist who once promoted his ties to Sidley Austin and recently got out of federal prison is still causing trouble for the global legal giant.

News

Grant & Eisenhofer Fee Spat Puts Spotlight on Harassment Claim

Scott Flaherty | April 10, 2018

A sexual harassment claim in a high-stakes dispute over legal fees, pitting Grant & Eisenhofer against a former partner, has entangled firm co-founder Stuart Grant.

Commentary

Michael Cohen Is Such an Awesome Lawyer

Vivia Chen | April 10, 2018

Loyalty, chutzpah and authenticity: Cohen is the whole package.

News

Strasburger & Price Merges with Clark Hill

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 10, 2018

The merger marks the third this month involving a large Texas firm.

News

Marketing Professionals Play More Significant Role at Law Firms, Survey Results Show

Miriam Rozen | April 10, 2018

About 62 percent of survey respondents said their firms were “increasing the importance placed on marketing and business development initiatives."

News

Partnerships With Procurement Will Lead to More Savings for Legal Departments, Survey Says

Caroline Spiezio | April 10, 2018

New data shows that making friends with procurement can be a big net positive.

News

Sanford Heisler Adds Baltimore Office, Boosts Sexual Violence Practice

Ryan Lovelace | April 10, 2018

The growing plaintiffs firm now has six offices around the country.

News

After FBI Raid, Squire Says It Severed Ties to Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

Ryan Lovelace | April 09, 2018

Squire Patton Boggs said Monday that it no longer had a strategic alliance with embattled Michael Cohen, who had been working out of the firm's offices in New York.

News

Morgan Lewis' Chicago Office Grows Again With Employee Benefits Pro

Roy Strom | April 09, 2018

Daniel Salemi is making the jump from boutique practice leader to Big Law partner.

News

On Heels of Merger Talks, O’Melveny Picks Up Ex-Federal Prosecutor

Meghan Tribe | April 09, 2018

Nicole Argentieri, chief of the public integrity section in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, has joined O'Melveny & Myers as a partner in its white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice.

News

Testimony Suggests Possible Racial Bias as McIver Murder Trial Reopens

R. Robin McDonald | April 09, 2018

After a weeklong spring break hiatus, the murder trial of Atlanta attorney and former Fisher Phillips partner Tex McIver reopened with testimony about his demeanor when he was notified that his wife, Diane McIver, had died.

News

Will A&O's US Merger Move Impel Other Magic Circle Firms to Follow Suit?

Rose Walker and Anna Ward| April 09, 2018

The Magic Circle firm’s trans-Atlantic merger talks could shake up the market as rivals rethink their U.S. strategies.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's Post-Merger Shake-up Continues

Anna Ward | April 09, 2018

Dubai office head and founder Mohammed Kamal has left to join Watson Farley & Williams.

News

Baseball Season’s Beginning Unveils Bullpen of Legal Billers

Brian Baxter | April 06, 2018

While snow and other inclement weather in certain parts of the country scuttled the home openers of several Major League Baseball teams, the league’s player’s union marked the start of a new league year with a filing listing a long lineup of legal bills.

Profile

At the Masters, Foley & Lardner Partner Presented the Green Jacket

Roy Strom | April 06, 2018

Foley & Lardner partner Fred Ridley is presiding over his first Masters tournament as chairman of Augusta National Golf Club. He chose law over a professional golf career but has hit both shots about as well as you can.

News

Fish & Richardson Offers 6-Figure Bonuses to Federal Circuit Clerks

Ryan Lovelace | April 06, 2018

The intellectual property-focused Am Law 100 firm has hiked its Federal Circuit bonuses by 30 percent.

Podcast

The Anatomy of a Deal: Fintech Edition

Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 06, 2018

This week, we take a close look at a deal in which finance and technology intersect, orchestrated by one of The American Lawyer's Dealmakers of the Year.

News

'Starry-Eyed' Firms Looking for Lone-Star Mates as Merger Mania Strikes Texas

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 06, 2018

Two big mergers involving Texas firms became final this month. Could more be on the way?

News

Legal Jobs Sector Posts Incremental Gains

Meghan Tribe | April 06, 2018

New data released by the U.S. Labor Department reported that 1,136,000 people were employed in the legal services industry in March, a slight increase over the last two months.

News

Allen & Overy, O’Melveny Eye Potential Trans-Atlantic Union

Christine Simmons and Rose Walker| April 06, 2018

The two firms are in deep discussions about a potential combination, according to two sources briefed on the matter. At least one high-ranking partner at O'Melveny & Myers is poised to leave the firm as a result of the deal.

News

Law School Applications Are Up, Especially Among High LSAT Scorers

Karen Sloan | April 06, 2018

The percent of applicants with LSAT scores of 160 or higher is up more than 21 percent over last year, a welcome development for legal educators who have struggled to attract strong candidates in recent years.

News

We Can't All Be 'Big Law' Partners and Other Takeaways From Stanford's #FutureLaw Conference

Ben Hancock | April 05, 2018

The importance of technology and specialization in the future of the legal profession, as well as the benefits and pitfalls of AI, were major themes at this year's event.

News

Canada Gets Into Law Firm Merger Game With Boutique Bolt-On

Meghan Tribe | April 05, 2018

The law firm consolidation craze continued north of the border this week, as leading Canadian firm Bennett Jones absorbed Vancouver-based boutique McCullough O'Connor Irwin.

News

GE Regulatory Lawyer Michael Fitzpatrick Helping to Shape World of Tomorrow

Sue Reisinger | April 05, 2018

Fitzpatrick and GE outside counsel Lisa Ellman of Hogan Lovells recently spoke with Corporate Counsel about emerging technologies.

Best Practices

Cybersecurity Vendors and Law Firms Partner Up, But Caution Still Advised

Miriam Rozen | April 05, 2018

While partnerships between cybersecurity companies and law firms are on the rise, “there is a lot of potential for conflicts of interest,” said one partner at an Am Law 100 firm.

News

Schulte Roth, Ex-Client Tussle Over Estate Planning Malpractice Claim

Christine Simmons | April 05, 2018

Jordan Seaman claims that Schulte Roth & Zabel failed to disclose a trustee relationship that created a "personal financial relationship" between a partner at the firm handling a matter with his former spouse.

News

Smith Gambrell Increased Revenue in 2017 as It Expanded in Europe and U.S.

Meredith Hobbs | April 05, 2018

The firm reported solid gains in revenue, but the investments in European locations and U.S. expansion kept profit flat.