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- How's the Lateral Market? Q&A With a Recruiter
- Legacy Lovells Partners to Receive First Post-Merger Bonuses
- 2 Gordon & Rees Health Care Partners to Form Own Firm
- Fla. Bills Push for Licensing, Definition of Paralegals
- Akin Gump Securities Partner Opens Boutique
- Wolf Block Still Winding Down 2 Years Later
- SEC Attorney Sues Agency Alleging Racial Discrimination
- Billy Martin Joins Dorsey & Whitney Trial Group
- Poll Finds Jump in In-House Interviews of Law Firm Partners
- Michele Roberts Moves From Akin Gump to Skadden
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| How's the Lateral Market? Q&A With a Recruiter | Top |
| Law firms are hiring laterals again after the slowdown caused by the recession, says Southern California legal recruiter Sabina Lippman, and she has some good news about the trend in compensation. Lippman has opened her own recruiting firm after 10 years at Watanabe Nason Schwartz & Lippman. | |
| Legacy Lovells Partners to Receive First Post-Merger Bonuses | Top |
| Legacy Lovells partners are set to receive their first bonus payments under U.S. merger partner Hogan & Hartson's bonus structure. Hogan Lovells International will pay out 7.5 percent of its profits from May 1 to Dec. 31, 2010, as partner bonuses to both salaried and equity partners. | |
| 2 Gordon & Rees Health Care Partners to Form Own Firm | Top |
| The San Francisco-based leader of Gordon & Rees' health care practice group, John Supple, is starting a small health care defense firm in April with another Gordon & Rees partner and an associate, and two other lawyers, including a recent graduate. Supple says two more job offers are outstanding. | |
| Fla. Bills Push for Licensing, Definition of Paralegals | Top |
| Companion bills in the state Legislature would pave the way to make Florida the first state in the country to require licenses for paralegals as well as a continuing education scheme. But not everyone is a fan of the idea, with some lawyers questioning why paralegal regulation is necessary. | |
| Akin Gump Securities Partner Opens Boutique | Top |
| Corporate clients want to do more work on a contingency basis -- making it a good time to launch a boutique, according to one lawyer. Steven Kaufhold, a securities litigator recently with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, opened Kaufhold Gaskin in San Francisco this month. | |
| Wolf Block Still Winding Down 2 Years Later | Top |
| Two years have passed since Wolf Block partners voted to dissolve the firm, and the defunct firm's outside lawyers and wind-down committee are still trying to collect money from former partners, work out deals with creditors and respond to suits by vendors and former attorneys. | |
| SEC Attorney Sues Agency Alleging Racial Discrimination | Top |
| A Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer is suing her employer for racial discrimination, alleging she was denied pay raises and harassed because she is African-American. Ronesha Butler also alleges her former supervisor retaliated after Butler filed an EEO complaint. | |
| Billy Martin Joins Dorsey & Whitney Trial Group | Top |
| Washington, D.C.'s Dorsey & Whitney announced Tuesday that it has snagged Billy Martin, a former Howrey partner. Martin, a well-known trial attorney whose former clients include sports stars, celebrities and political figures, will join Dorsey & Whitney's trial group as a partner. | |
| Poll Finds Jump in In-House Interviews of Law Firm Partners | Top |
| According to a recent national survey of attorney hiring trends in corporations, interviews of senior level lawyers jumped 20 percent between January 2010 and January 2011. And 38 percent of the companies surveyed said experienced attorneys were being considered for a wide range of positions. | |
| Michele Roberts Moves From Akin Gump to Skadden | Top |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is bringing on Washington, D.C., litigator Michele Roberts as a partner, picking up a lawyer known for her skill and decades of experience in front of juries. Roberts, who specializes in white-collar defense, is leaving Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. | |
| Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? | Top |
| After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice? | |
| Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? | Top |
| I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier? | |
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