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    Cooley Adds VC Partner In Boston To Startup Practice

    Cooley LLP has brought on a veteran emerging companies and venture capital attorney in Boston, deepening its bench in one of the country's most competitive innovation hubs.

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    McDermott Recruits Ex-Kirkland Transactions Ace

    An attorney specializing in capital markets transactions and securities has recently moved his practice to McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Chicago office after more than four and a half years with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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    DOJ Civil Rights Appellate Leader Joins Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP hired the acting deputy chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division's Appellate Section as a senior counsel who will be based in Washington focusing on a range of higher education matters, the firm announced Thursday.

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    TGI Fridays In-House Atty Rejoins Haynes Boone In Dallas

    Haynes Boone announced Thursday that it has rehired an attorney who previously worked for the firm's trademark and advertising practice group, before leaving to do in-house work for Yum Brands and TGI Fridays, to enhance its brand strategy and management services.

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    Akin Finance Atty Jumps To Morgan Lewis In Conn., NY

    A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP finance attorney is returning to the firm, splitting time between its Hartford, Connecticut, and New York offices, following a nearly seven-year stint at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, the firm announced Thursday.

  • 3 Ways Troutman Used AI Tools To Streamline Its Firm Merger

    In January, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP merged with Locke Lord LLP to form Troutman Pepper Locke LLP. Leaders of the new firm spoke with Law360 Pulse about how they used artificial intelligence tools to save time and money while combining the two firms.

  • Venable Adds Construction Pro As Partner In Chicago

    Venable LLP hired veteran construction attorney Charles "Cully" H. Wahtola III as a partner for the firm's construction law group in its Chicago office, the firm announced.

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    Polsinelli Lands Energy Vet From Pillsbury In San Francisco

    Polsinelli PC said Wednesday it is boosting its new project finance group by bringing in a Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP energy and infrastructure project expert as a principal in its San Francisco office.

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    DLA Piper Follows Trade Lateral Trend With DC Partner Hires

    As the Trump administration continues making global trade policy one of its top priorities, law firms are fortifying their legal teams focused on national security regulations governing international trade deals, including DLA Piper, which has hired two new partners in Washington, D.C.

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    Ex-DOJ Attys Launch DC Firm Focused On Federal Workers

    Two former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who recently left their government positions have launched a Washington, D.C.-based firm they say will fight the Trump administration's efforts "to dismantle the federal workforce."

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    Pierson Ferdinand Expands IP Bench With Boutique Atty

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP has brought on a former Brooks Kushman PC intellectual property shareholder, strengthening its IP department with an attorney who brings over two decades of IP experience, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Jenner & Block Brings On Former White House Tech Adviser

    Jenner & Block LLP has added a former senior White House official with deep experience in telecommunications and national security to strengthen its bench in emerging technologies, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team

    The former legal leader for Binance's Americas region, who also has been in-house with Vimeo and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has transitioned into private practice at Steptoe LLP, the firm said Wednesday, as policymakers work to set rules of the road for cryptocurrency.

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    DLA Piper Adds Morgan Lewis Commercial Real Estate Pro

    DLA Piper hired a partner for the firm's real estate practice group, a commercial real estate attorney who joins the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

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    Orrick Hires Boston Duo For Life Sciences Practice

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has added a pair of life sciences and tech company advisors from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as Boston partners, the firm said Wednesday.

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    Winston & Strawn M&A Partner Joins King & Spalding In NY

    King & Spalding LLP has added a former Winston & Strawn LLP mergers and acquisitions partner to its corporate practice group in New York, the firm said.

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    The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2024

    Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.

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    BigLaw Dreams? These Schools Can Make Them Real

    More law school students are finding that a position at a law firm is their preferred landing place after graduation. Here's a look at the choices students are making and the schools that are sending the highest percentage of their students directly to BigLaw.

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    The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review

    A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.

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    Obama Admin Secretary Johnson To Retire From Paul Weiss

    Former Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama Jeh Johnson is planning to retire from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP at the end of June, leaving his post as co-chair of cybersecurity at the law firm and taking up a co-chair position on Columbia University's board of trustees, according to a recent announcement.

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    V&E Lands Baker Botts Export Controls Ace In Houston

    Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has enhanced its offerings in its export controls and economic sanctions practice with a Houston-based international trade lawyer who arrived from Baker Botts LLP.

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    Seyfarth Adds Tech Gov't Contracts Partner From Fenwick

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has hired the former co-leader of a Fenwick & West LLP practice group focused on defense and government technology contract matters, who joins the team's office in the nation's capital as a partner and brings more than 25 years of experience.

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    Why Patent Law Seems Ripe For An AI Explosion

    We have entered the age of developing artificial intelligence tools for specific practice areas in legal, with intellectual property emerging as a leading field of activity.

  • SDNY Taps Sullivan & Cromwell Atty To Lead Criminal Division

    A former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner has been selected to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's criminal division, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

  • Quarles & Brady Adds New IP, Real Estate Partners

    Quarles & Brady LLP has welcomed a Milwaukee-based intellectual property litigator from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Phoenix-based real estate and public finance attorney from Ice Miller LLP.

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Expert Analysis

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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.

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    BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders Author Photo

    Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.

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    Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners Author Photo

    Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.

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