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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.
December 26, 2015 | National Law Journal
With sustained and modest fiscal stability across the legal industry last year, 2015 created a clean palette for many of D.C.'s largest law firms. Some redesigned their Washington-focused practices like lobbying and white-collar law, many added or lost groups of lawyers, and a few considered or closed on mergers. We look at the 10 top trends and business decisions that created buzz in Washington Big Law this year, from Dentons to Dennis Hastert.
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 24, 2015 | Legal Times
We call this one the pre-Christmas rush: A handful of firms (and Supreme Court justices) come forth to share news of retiring firm founders, an office closure and an argument date. Plus, some superlatives and rankings so lawyers can reflect back on a year of hard work. This is a round-up of legal news from ALM and around the country.
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December 23, 2015 | National Law Journal
Wiley Rein's two founders, Richard Wiley and Bert Rein, will effectively retire from the strategic management of the Washington law firm on Jan. 1. Wiley will become chair emeritus and Rein will become vice chair emeritus, the firm announced Wednesday. Two younger female partners—Kathleen Kirby and Kimberly Melvin—will replace them on the firm's executive committee.
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December 18, 2015 | National Law Journal
Sterne Kessler has collected more than 5,000 pairs of shoes over three decades. Sometimes, they must saw the shoes in half.
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December 17, 2015 | Legal Times
The regional Virginia law firm Hirschler Fleischer will put its name on a law office in Tysons Corner through the acquisition of Leach Travell, a seven-lawyer firm that partners spun off from Venable in Washington more than a decade ago. The firms jointly announced the combination this week. "We were looking for an opportunity to extend into Northern Virginia," James Weinberg, Hirschler Fleischer's president, said. "It just seemed like a natural fit."
By Katelyn Polantz
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December 17, 2015 | Legal Times
Gibson Dunn lawyers are wrist-slapped in court, Venable could face a malpractice suit it thought it had fought off, and two Colorado law firms fight over the name Gilbert: This is a round-up of legal news from ALM and around the country.
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December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal
Arnold & Porter's most recent news looked a little out of the ordinary: The firm hired a group of 11 public policy specialists from Squire Patton Boggs. The firm decided months ago it needed more legislative weight, especially to complement its large health care regulatory practice. "We have decided that we needed to invest further in public policy in the health care space but also beyond the health care space," Thomas Milch, Arnold & Porter's chairman, told The National Law Journal this week. "The opportunity [to hire the Squire Patton Boggs group] presented itself unexpectedly a little bit, but not the subject matter. We had actually given it some thought," Milch said.
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December 15, 2015 | National Law Journal
After years of searching for a way to grow, Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro appears to have found a partner. The Dickstein Shapiro partnership approved a merger yesterday with Bryan Cave, according to a former Dickstein partner and another Washington partner familiar with Dickstein's merger vote. But it's not a final and announced deal yet: Bryan Cave's partners are voting today, one of the sources said.
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December 15, 2015 | Legal Times
Covington & Burling is now free from the controversies around the construction of its new Washington offices, after a judge dismissed the firm from being part of two contractors' dispute over payments.
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December 14, 2015 | Legal Times
Current managing partner David DeBruin hands the job to Samuel Feder, a telecommunications partner.
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