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How Shumaker Is Celebrating 100 Years With Rebranding
As Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP neared its 100th anniversary this year, managing partner Jennifer Compton said the firm landed on a rebranding as a way to both celebrate the past and look to the future.
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Atlanta Bar Elects Hawkins Parnell Atty As President
The Atlanta Bar Association installed its new president at the more than 4,000-member voluntary group's annual meeting, selecting a Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP partner who helped launch the organization's first leadership academy that begins in the fall.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms shifted operations, expanded practices and took on new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Latham & Watkins LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court left in place an Oklahoma state court ruling barring the launch of the nation's first religious charter school.
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Incoming St. Louis Bar President Talks Rule Of Law
An Armstrong Teasdale litigator has been named as the new president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis with a platform of promoting the rule of law, access to justice and public trust in the courts.
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'Circular Firing Squad' Is Stalling Romance Case, Judge Says
A Texas federal judge told Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP that they were stuck in a "circular firing squad" in a debate over whether the former CEO of a defunct barge company could sue the firms over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney.
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Procopio Expands In San Diego With Bankruptcy Specialist
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is expanding its team, bringing in a Henderson Caverly & Pum LLP bankruptcy pro as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Susman Godfrey Partner To Lead News Orgs In OpenAI MDL
A Susman Godfrey LLP heavy-hitter who helped orchestrate a $787 million settlement in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News will lead news organizations in their potentially big-dollar copyright claims against Microsoft and OpenAI, a Manhattan federal judge heard Thursday.
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Segal McCambridge Adds 12-Atty Team From Lavin Cedrone
A team of a dozen attorneys from Lavin Cedrone Graver Boyd DiSipio, which is closing, will be welcomed next month to their new homes at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney's Philadelphia and New York offices.
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US Trustee, Jackson Walker Might Mediate Fee Case
The U.S. Trustee's Office and Jackson Walker LLP told a Texas federal judge Thursday they are open to mediating the watchdog's bid to have the law firm forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a onetime firm partner.
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Office Snapshot: McGlinchey Stafford's Baton Rouge Move
After over 30 years operating in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC has relocated its office in the city's downtown to a new location that enabled the firm to consolidate its operations while also providing a more flexible and collaborative environment for attorneys and staffers.
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Gordon Rees Brings On 9 Litchfield Cavo Attys In Chicago, NY
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has strengthened its financial services and litigation capabilities, announcing Wednesday it brought in a nine-member team from Litchfield Cavo LLP to work in its Chicago and New York offices.
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Carlton Fields Arrives In Minn. With Nelson Mullins Litigators
Carlton Fields has opened a Minneapolis office with a team of attorneys from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP that it says will bolster its national litigation and class action presence.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Benefits Atty In Philly
A tax attorney specializing in employment benefits and ERISA claims has moved her practice to Pierson Ferdinand LLP's Philadelphia office after more than six years with Saxton & Stump.
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2025 Law Firm Leasing Begins Strong, Report Shows
U.S. law firms are on pace to surpass 2024's record-setting leasing activity, ending the first quarter of 2025 with 3.4 million square feet of new or renewed leases throughout the country, according to newly released data.
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Wiggin and Dana Hires IP Partner In Boston From Caldwell
Wiggin and Dana LLP has announced the hiring of a former partner and life sciences practice leader at Caldwell to be a partner in its corporate, intellectual property, and life sciences practice groups out of Boston, a year after Wiggin opened the location.
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Levenfeld Pearlstein Taps Applegate Exec As Its New CEO
Chicago's Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is getting some new blood in the executive suite, bringing in the longtime chief operations officer at Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen PC as its new chief executive officer.
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$1.8M From Legal Industry Fuels NYC Mayor's Race
The legal industry poured at least $1.79 million into this year’s election for New York City mayor, the majority going to incumbent Eric Adams, attorney Jim Walden and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Law360 Pulse found.
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Howard & Howard Adds IP Atty From Dickinson Wright
Full-service law firm Howard & Howard has hired a former Dickinson Wright intellectual property attorney as a partner for its Las Vegas office.
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Ex-Shutts & Bowen Partner In Florida Joins Burr & Forman
The former Jacksonville, Florida, office managing partner for Shutts & Bowen LLP has moved his transactional business law and commercial litigation practice to Burr & Forman LLP.
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Foley Hoag Adds Former Obama, Bill Clinton Counsel In DC
Foley Hoag LLP has added a senior counsel who was a White House counsel for former President Barack Obama and attorney for former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment proceedings, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Walden Macht Adds Ex-Eric Adams Prosecutor For DC Launch
The former leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section, who resigned after the agency dropped its corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has joined Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP as part of its expansion into the Washington, D.C., market.
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Morris Manning Founder Remembered As 'True Visionary'
John G. "Sonny" Morris, the retired co-founder of Morris Manning & Martin LLP who died Friday, is being remembered as a "true visionary" who steered its growth into a major Southeast firm and a leader who "was an anti-snob."
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Insurers Say Legal Malpractice Costs Keep Outpacing Inflation
The frequency at which major law firms faced malpractice claims held relatively steady in 2024, but payouts on claims continued to boom at a rate outpacing general inflation, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey, with nearly half of insurers surveyed reporting having paid at least one claim over $150 million.
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Motley Rice Expands In Philly With Pogust Goodhead Atty
Plaintiffs firm Motley Rice LLC continued its expansion in Philadelphia with an attorney specializing in mass torts and product liability who moved his practice after more than five years with Pogust Goodhead.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.Â
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.