A headhunting firm has sued the tri-state law firm of Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf for $3 million, claiming the law firm failed to pay a placement fee for an IP group move from Budd Larner. 

New York-based Austin & Devon Associates, led by legal recruiter Kim Valentini, said it put Andrew Miller and his “highly profitable” group of pharmaceuticals-focused intellectual property lawyers on the radar of Windels Marx managing partner Robert Luddy back in 2017.