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Katelyn Polantz is a Washington, D.C.-based data editor and staff reporter at ALM. She has written about law firm business and economics, lobbying and the federal government for the National Law Journal and ALM since 2014. She is originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
January 13, 2016 | National Law Journal
Vincent Cohen Jr., the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia until October, will join the Philadelphia-founded law firm Dechert, the firm will announce today. Cohen's hiring allows Dechert to stake a stronger presence in the Washington white-collar universe. His former boss, Ronald Machen, went to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. "They never put the vice president and the president in the same plane," Cohen told the NLJ, when asked why he didn't follow Machen to Wilmer. "We had to spread the love around."
By Katelyn Polantz
1 minute read
January 11, 2016 | National Law Journal
Former Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina who lost her re-election bid in 2014 then remained unaffiliated with private-practice Washington, has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a senior policy consultant, the firm announced Monday.
By Katelyn Polantz
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January 7, 2016 | National Law Journal
The new normal in the legal industry is flat financial performance year to year, and firms aren't doing enough about it. That's the accusation levied in 2016's annual report on the state of the legal market from Georgetown Law's Center for the Study of the Legal Profession. One solution the report provides: Dismantle the power of the full partnership.
By Katelyn Polantz
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January 7, 2016 | Legal Times
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline sues the feds, while Alabama and the American Bar Association take strong positions on same-sex marriage licenses and immigrant deportation raids, respectively. This is a round-up of news from ALM and other outlets.
By Katelyn Polantz
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January 5, 2016 | National Law Journal
Litigator Jeffrey Mitchell and two counsel, Judith Cohen and Erin Burns, have left Dickstein Shapiro to open a New York office for Los Angeles litigation boutique Browne George Ross, the firm said Tuesday. In addition to the Browne George Ross hires, Dickstein Shapiro litigation partner Eric Fisher joined the New York boutique Binder & Schwartz this week.
By Katelyn Polantz
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January 4, 2016 | National Law Journal
In early December, Washington attorney Charles Miller told the District of Columbia Council he opposed a proposal that would require employers to give 16 weeks of paid time off to workers who have babies or need to care for a family member.
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 31, 2015 | National Law Journal
Dickstein Shapiro won't be merging with Bryan Cave, according to an attorney at the law firm and two sources outside of the firm with knowledge of its recent discussions.
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 31, 2015 | Legal Times
Two BigLaw firms are mourning tragedies this week. NPR interviewed Bill Cosby's lawyer. And we wrap up several more legal news stories and year-end overviews for the last day of 2015.
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 30, 2015 | National Law Journal
Litigation boutique Zuckerman Spaeder and a handful of general-service law firms with offices in Washington bought National Public Radio sponsorships in 2015, positioning their names on the hottest auditory advertising avenue of the year.
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 28, 2015 | National Law Journal
Adam Rosser, a 44-year-old counsel at Hunton & Williams, had thought the European migrant crisis might reveal itself while he and his father vacationed for 10 days in Greece this September. But the sight grabbed him more deeply than he had expected and turned him into a volunteer. The crisis has since become his personal cause.
By Katelyn Polantz
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