By Patrick Smith | December 6, 2023
Proskauer will have an election to fill Steven Ellis' position in January, with the newly elected chair taking the reins in April 2024, according to managing partner Daryn Grossman.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | December 6, 2023
"I give Kevin Broyles and James Fisher full credit for having this vision when they started in 2002," said Grant Walsh, who left FisherBroyles a decade ago to co-found Culhane Meadows, another distributed firm.
By Amanda O'Brien | December 5, 2023
Ulmer & Berne LLP and Greensfelder Hemker & Gale will be merging, effective Feb. 1, 2024. The new firm, UB Greensfelder, will have an estimated 275 attorneys across nine offices and an annual gross revenue of approximately $150 million, according to leaders.
By Justin Henry | December 1, 2023
Joel Ferdinand and Michael Pierson, the former global managing partners of the firm's litigation and global corporate practices, have resigned and are planning to launch a new venture. They could be joined by 140 of their former colleagues.
By Dan Packel | November 30, 2023
New York attorneys as a whole are making more use of their offices than other white collar workers in the region. But law firm occupancy trails Chicago and Houston.
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Hugh A. Simons | November 14, 2023
History suggests that acquiring a "falling knife firm" can be accretive for the acquiring firm but that it requires something of the order of a 30% reduction in the equity partner ranks at the acquired firm, Hugh Simons writes.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Paul T. Denis | November 10, 2023
An analysis by former Big Law partner Paul Denis of leadership departures over the past few decades shows recent changes may be based less on satisfaction and more on growing tenure length.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Patrick Smith | November 2, 2023
"They didn't do anything when 45 people left a year ago," said a Stroock lawyer about firm leadership.
By Dan Roe | October 23, 2023
The high-profile bankruptcy of Dewey & LeBoeuf didn't hamper the careers of former partners and associates in the long run, new research shows.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | October 12, 2023
"What I've seen is law firm GCs are starting to be viewed less like law firm lawyers and more like members of the corporate team, like the CFO or the COO," said William Connolly, the new general counsel and chief legal officer at Nixon Peabody.
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