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  • March 29, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland Taps New Tax Partner, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Kirkland & Ellis loses two and hires one from Skadden; Wilmer expands in Denver; Winston & Strawn hires two more from Pillsbury and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 26, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Late Brother's Boutique Beckons Longtime Reed Smith Partner

    Frederick Leech, a longtime Reed Smith partner in Pittsburgh and former head of the firm's investment management practice, recently left to become chair of the corporate group at Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, a Steel City-based boutique founded in 1994 by his younger brother Tony Leech, who drowned 10 years later trying to save his two sons from a riptide in Costa Rica.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 25, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    The Bankruptcy Files: Oil Slide a Boon to Some Big Firms

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Bracewell & Giuliani, Haynes and Boone, Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins are some of the Am Law 200 firms that have snagged leading bankruptcy and restructuring roles in the struggling U.S. oil and gas sector.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 24, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Am Law 100 Pair Keep Poaching, Plus More Lateral Moves

    King & Spalding and Winston & Strawn continue their recent hiring sprees; Latham & Watkins lands one partner and lose two others; a longtime Reed Smith partner departs; Stroock snags a Goldman Sachs alum from Kirkland & Ellis; Wilmer brings back another former federal regulator; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Lewis Brisbois Lands in Wichita, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Kutak Rock loses eight of its nine lawyers in Wichita to growing Am Law 200 firm Lewis Brisbois; Cahill makes a rare partner hire; Kasowitz and Polsinelli partners take entrepreneurial turns; musical chairs at McDermott; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    King & Spalding Snags Pair of McDermott Litigators

    Bobby Burchfield, a management committee member and head of the complex litigation group at McDermott Will & Emery, has left the firm with partner Matthew Leland for King & Spalding. Burchfield joins the firm nearly four years after the departure of former top litigator Paul Clement. His departure from McDermott comes on the heels of a pair of IP partners defecting for Paul Hastings and as McDermott seeks to ramp up its private client practice.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 19, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Cahill Taps Cadwalader for Securities Enforcement Head

    Bradley Bondi, head of the securities enforcement and investigation group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel in a rare lateral hire by the Wall Street firm. Bondi, who will work out of New York and Washington, D.C., will lead Cahill's securities enforcement and regulatory group.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Top Israeli Lawyer Comes Up Short in Bid to Beat Bibi

    Yitzhak “Isaac” Herzog comes from one of Israel's most powerful political families—one likened to the Kennedys—but the former senior partner at leading local law firm Herzog Fox & Ne'eman was unable to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as the country's prime minister after elections Tuesday. Nonetheless, Herzog's Zionist Union performed strongly at the polls, and he could still be a key kingmaker.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Goodwin Procter Slashes 2 Percent of Workforce

    The Am Law 100 firm announced Wednesday that it would let go off 21 lawyers and 17 professional staffers from its litigation department.

    By Nell Gluckman and Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • March 17, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Mayer Brown Brings Back NSA's Top Lawyer

    After nearly three years as general counsel for the National Security Agency, Rajesh "Raj" De is returning to Mayer Brown, a firm where he first made partner in October 2007.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

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