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The American Lawyer

FisherBroyles Litigation and Corporate Leaders Depart, Presaging Mass Exodus From Am Law 200's First Distributed Firm

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.
3 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: Many of Quinn Emanuel's NY Attorneys Don't Want to Work from 'Anywhere'

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.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Mergers: How to Catch a Falling Knife

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.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm Leaders May Be Tiring of the Job, But That's Not Why They've Been Leaving

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.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Behind Stroock's Dissolution: Partnership Discord and Pension Burdens

"They didn't do anything when 45 people left a year ago," said a Stroock lawyer about firm leadership.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

11 Years Later, Ex-Dewey Lawyers Are Doing as Well as Industry Peers

The high-profile bankruptcy of Dewey & LeBoeuf didn't hamper the careers of former partners and associates in the long run, new research shows.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm GCs: From Part-Time Advisers to Full-Time 'Risk Avoidance Monitors'

"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.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prominent Plaintiff-Side Wrongful-Conviction Firm Sharpens Leadership Picture With Addition of 2 Name Partners

The name change comes as the 15-attorney firm prepares to hang its sign at a different address. Next spring, it will move from its longtime home in Manhattan's Tribeca to a new office in the West Village at 200 Varick St.
3 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Bayard Welcomes New Chair of Restructuring Group

Bayard announced that Ericka F. Johnson has joined the firm as a director and chair of the business restructuring and liquidations practice.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fried Frank's Greenwald to Step Down as Firm Plans New Leadership in 2024

Kenneth Rosh will likely step in as the firm's new chair, while Steven Epstein will assume managing partner duties, sources say.
2 minute read

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