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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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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BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without InclusionBigLaw 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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Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For PartnersServing 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.