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July 13, 2007 |

A Steady Course in Changing Winds

Seyfarth's David Wiseblood has been with six firms in eight years, but through the short-term change, he�s brought along his client roster and a mean game of hallway golf.
4 minute read
April 04, 2006 |

Ready for Anything

Law Librarians: An effective strategy for coping with disaster is vital to efficient recovery and continuous functioning of your firm's law library.
7 minute read
July 16, 2007 |

Change is in the air for lawyers, firms

BANKRUPTCY LAWYER David Wiseblood has made a hobby of turning office hallways into putting greens to practice his stroke and relax a little.So he was understandably disappointed when the carpets at Preston Gates Ellis' San Francisco office were ripped up and replaced as part of the firm's merger with Kirkpatrick Lockhart Nicholson Graham earlier this year.
4 minute read
February 11, 2003 |

Space Case

Excess real estate is a problem plaguing a whole host of Bay Area law firms. Firms that bet the farm on the technology boom are suffering, and so are some with more traditional practices. The problem is simply that many are saddled with expensive leases and took on too much space when times were good. Now they're having a hard time paying their rent, and they aren't finding anyone to sublease the excess.
7 minute read
July 25, 2007 |

Attorney Joins Sixth Firm in Eight Years

Bankruptcy lawyer David Wiseblood has joined Seyfarth Shaw, his sixth firm in eight years. He comes from K&L Gates, having joined the global behemoth when his Preston Gates letterhead changed in the 2007 merger with Kirkpatrick. That came after Preston Gates swallowed Berg & Parker in 2005, where he was one of just 13 lawyers. Change seems to be the new status quo, says a recruiter, who contrasts the trend with the old days, when even the unhappiest lawyer was reluctant to leave a bad relationship.
4 minute read
July 07, 2013 |

ResCap Bankruptcy Exit to Halt Am Law Firms' Fee Feast

When Residential Capital LLC filed a plan of reorganization Thursday, it moved a giant step closer to exiting bankruptcy—and to ending what has been a lucrative assignment for a bevy of firms, including Chadbourne & Parke, Morrison & Foerster, and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.
8 minute read
October 25, 2012 |

The Bankruptcy Files: ResCap Asset Sales Headline Busy Bankruptcy Month

Mayer Brown is advising a group led by Ocwen Financial on its $3 billion acquisition of bankrupt mortgage lender Residential Capital's loan servicing assets, while Munger Tolles is representing Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on its $1.5 billion acquisition of ResCap's loan portfolio. Meanwhile, other Am Law 100 firms such as Arnold & Porter, Bryan Cave, Cadwalader, DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose, and Sidley Austin have also landed key roles in the latest round of notable bankruptcy filings.
10 minute read

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