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- Location Matters When It Comes to Big Law Success
- Trio of U.K. Law Firms Included in List of Top Employers for Women
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Adds M&A Partner in Silicon Valley
- Increased Lateral Demand Could Lead to Larger Entry-Level Classes
- Hunton Data Security Lawyer Returns to Alston
- Hughes Hubbard, Foley Partners Team With Federal Prosecutor to Form Boutique
- Law Firm: Former Client Owes Multimillion-Dollar Performance Incentive Bonus
- What Firms Can Learn From Dickinson's Lateral Hiring Approach
- Companies Get Creative to Cut Legal Costs
- Lawyer: County Clerk With Alzheimer's Duped Into Resigning
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| Location Matters When It Comes to Big Law Success | Top |
| Physical location is not just a key to real estate success, but also one of the many random factors dictating success in Big Law, says The Snark. As a Cog, you want to avoid satellite office syndrome, and remember that your assigned office location is directly related to the work you receive. | |
| Trio of U.K. Law Firms Included in List of Top Employers for Women | Top |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and Addleshaw Goddard have all been included in The Times' annual Top 50 Employers for Women list, which was published on Wednesday, with both Freshfields and Hogan Lovells included for the first time. | |
| Dewey & LeBoeuf Adds M&A Partner in Silicon Valley | Top |
| Mergers and acquisitions partner James Griffin has left Fulbright & Jaworski in Dallas to join Dewey & LeBoeuf in Silicon Valley. He joins a team of lawyers that came to Dewey from Cooley in 2009. "They're just a fantastic group of M&A professionals," Griffin said. "It was a deal that I could not say no to." | |
| Increased Lateral Demand Could Lead to Larger Entry-Level Classes | Top |
| After nearly two years of associate layoffs, a survey by NALP showed law firms saw a 61 percent increase in associate lateral hiring in 2010, a trend that could result in larger entry-level classes -- and potentially higher salaries for the mid- to senior-level associates now in demand. | |
| Hunton Data Security Lawyer Returns to Alston | Top |
| Outsourcing and data security lawyer James A. Harvey has left Hunton & Williams, where he co-chaired the global technology and sourcing practice, to return to Alston & Bird as a partner in its IP and technology transactions group. Harvey left Alston to join Hunton in 2006. | |
| Hughes Hubbard, Foley Partners Team With Federal Prosecutor to Form Boutique | Top |
| Former Foley & Lardner partner Seth Levine and Kenneth Lee, previously a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, have joined forces with former federal prosecutor Scott Klugman to launch litigation boutique Levine Lee LLP. The new firm is actively interviewing for more hires. | |
| Law Firm: Former Client Owes Multimillion-Dollar Performance Incentive Bonus | Top |
| Dallas' Shamoun & Norman is suing ex-client Albert G. Hill Jr., alleging he failed to pay a multimillion-dollar "performance incentive bonus" after the firm globally settled several legal disputes involving Hill's son -- but Hill claims he never signed a contract agreeing to the bonus. | |
| What Firms Can Learn From Dickinson's Lateral Hiring Approach | Top |
| While helping Detroit-based Dickinson Wright with a search for laterals, consultant Laurence R. Latourette was impressed by the firm's hiring structure and follow through. He discusses some lateral hiring pointers that other firms can pick up from Dickinson's approach. | |
| Companies Get Creative to Cut Legal Costs | Top |
| Under pressure to curb legal costs, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have saved millions of dollars in legal fees by outsourcing work to India, giving work to solo practitioners rather than mega-firms and eschewing hefty hourly fees in favor of alternative and fixed fees. | |
| Lawyer: County Clerk With Alzheimer's Duped Into Resigning | Top |
| In Georgia, a lawyer for former DeKalb Superior Court Clerk Linda Carter said she has Alzheimer's disease and was duped last month into resigning from her job by her successor. He said the resignation has a "catastrophic effect" on Carter's pension and benefits, as she is two years from vesting. | |
| 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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