Law Firm Hiring

Breaking news and analysis of law firm partner moves, lateral hiring trends and law school graduate employment.

  • Breaking up is hard - firms should be wary of dissing ex-partners

    By Alex Novarese | May 31, 2012

    "Look, the reality is that this guy hadn't been performing for a while, and you know what happens in these situations…" My response was admittedly a bit schoolyard: "A US firm comes along and doubles their money? That'll teach 'em..."

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  • Squire Sanders brings in Eversheds partner

    By Rose Orlik | April 26, 2012

    Squire Sanders has boosted its Manchester pensions group with the hire of highly regarded partner David Griffiths from Eversheds' local office.

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  • Wragges brings in ex-Norton Rose partner

    By Rose Orlik | April 19, 2012

    Wragge & Co has grown its international projects practice with the hire of former Norton Rose Middle East infrastructure head Jonathan Brufal. Brufal, who joins Wragges in London as a partner in the firm's energy and infrastructure finance team, focuses on international projects with a particular emphasis on power and utilities in the Middle East, as well as energy and mining in Africa.

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  • What's at stake? A star not invested in you isn't worth much

    By Alex Novarese | April 19, 2012

    "Even if the individual is a superstar, why would you ever want to base a business on such recruits? And forget fluffy stuff about collegiality, why would high performers want a guarantee? They're selling the chance to profit from their delivery..."

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  • Making Mayer add up – can the Anglo-US challenger make the equation work out?

    By Friederike Heine | April 19, 2012

    "Maher's departure forced the US to take a closer look at the firm's remaining corporate clients in London, and it looked pretty grim. The City office had to redefine itself and change its client focus, which inevitably resulted in departures..."

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  • US players grow London footprint as partner presence rises almost 10%

    By Suzi Ring | March 15, 2012

    US law firms grew their partner count in the City by close to 10% during 2011 as they continued to increase their share of the European legal market. Legal Week's research into the hiring activity and penetration of US firms in London found total partner count at the 45 US and transatlantic firms in London taking part in the survey increased by 91 in the year to January 2012, to 1,199.

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  • Aggressive US firms push London partner hiring to five-year high

    By Friederike Heine | March 15, 2012

    Partner hiring by US firms in London increased by over 25% in 2011, with firms adding more partners to their City bases than at any time over the last five years. Legal Week's annual survey of hiring trends at the City operations of some of the largest US and transatlantic firms found there were 116 partner hires during 2011 across the 45 firms taking part in the survey. The overwhelming majority of these (101) were partners at their previous firms.

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  • DLA's Mexico entrance flags up growing interest in burgeoning LatAm markets

    By Rose Orlik | March 8, 2012

    Robust insurance and infrastructure sectors are drawing legal advisers to Mexico and Brazil. Rose Orlik reports

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  • Wragges brings in SJ Berwin partner for City real estate push

    By Suzi Ring | March 8, 2012

    Wragge & Co has grown its City real estate practice with the hire of SJ Berwin partner Duncan Field. Field, who is also a qualified barrister, is set to join the law firm's planning and regeneration team this spring after 13 years at SJ Berwin, where he has been a partner since 2005.

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  • Charles Russell hires employment partner from Pinsents

    By Rose Orlik | February 16, 2012

    Charles Russell has bulked up its employment and pensions team with the hire of Pinsent Masons employment partner Robert Mecrate-Butcher. Mecrate-Butcher, who joined Pinsents in 2007, works across both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on advising clients in the insurance and banking sectors. He specialises in TUPE advice, with his practice also 
covering diversity and equality issues, executive departures and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The hire takes the combined employment and pensions group to 11 partners.

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    PLW People in the News—Dec. 1, 2020—Marshall Dennehey, Clark Hill

    By Aleeza Furman | December 1, 2020

    Health care liability attorney Ronald M. Puntil Jr. returned to Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin's Pittsburgh office as a shareholder in the health care department, and Clark Hill announced the addition of Nicole Phatak as a member in its tax and estate planning practice, resident in the firm's Pittsburgh office.

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  • Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 30, 2020

    By Jonathan Erway | November 30, 2020

    Houston attorney Alexander A. Kuiper, an alumni of South Texas College of Law Houston, has established an endowed distinguished professorship of national security law at STCL Houston in anticipation of the law school's centennial year in 2023.

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  • New York Law Journal

    As Employment Business Booms, 2 Practices Combine

    By Aleeza Furman | November 30, 2020

    Wechsler & Cohen will close its doors on Nov. 30, when its attorneys move to Harris St. Laurent. 

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  • The American Lawyer

    As Firms Restructure Staffs for the Post-Pandemic Future, Who Will Be Protected and Exposed?

    By Dan Roe | November 29, 2020

    Law firms are preparing for the future as they navigate the present, illuminating some clear trends about what staffing will look like when the crisis is over.

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  • The American Lawyer

    Sensing Opportunity With Change in Administrations, Paul Hastings Bulks Up Life Sciences Consulting Arm

    By Patrick Smith | November 24, 2020

    Paul Hastings finds some blue ocean in consulting that complements existing practices.

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    PLW People in the News—Nov. 24, 2020—Royer Cooper, Eastburn and Gray

    By Aleeza Furman | November 24, 2020

    Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld announced the addition of partner David S. Antzis to the firm's corporate and business group., and Judy Hayman, a shareholder in the Doylestown office of Eastburn and Gray, presented a CLE to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual Family Law Institute.

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  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Former Superior Court Judge Bolsters Pashman Stein's Public Interest Practice

    By Suzette Parmley | November 24, 2020

    Retired Union County Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim will assist pro bono clients with immigration, criminal and other matters through the firm's 1-year-old Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center.

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News—Nov. 24, 2020—Cummins Law, Barley Snyder

    By Aleeza Furman | November 24, 2020

    Daniel E. Cummins of Clarks Summit firm Cummins Law presented a Zoom CLE program titled "Celebrating the Holidays With Tort Talk: A Holiday-Themed Civil Litigation Update," and Barley Snyder partner Justin Tomevi spoke to approximately 150 of his fellow York County attorneys at a recent virtual event.

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  • New Jersey Law Journal

    On The Move: Vaughan Baio & Partners; Wong Fleming

    By Jonathan Erway | November 24, 2020

    Four Partners Join Vaughan Baio & Partners Vaughan Baio & Partners added four partners—Peter P. Perla Jr., Joseph P. Horan II, Susie B.…

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  • Daily Business Review

    Civil Rights Lawyer Joins Plaintiffs Firm Behind McDonald's Discrimination Litigation

    By Dan Roe | November 23, 2020

    Daryl Parks, whose clients have included the families of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, has joined the Ferraro Law Firm, helping to lead its discrimination lawsuits against McDonald's. 

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