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Two global law firms made significant litigation partner hires in Miami this week with the stated purpose of capturing Latin American work. On Tuesday, Reed Smith announced the hiring of international arbitration and litigation partners Francisco Rodriguez and Sandra Millor as well as foreign legal consultant Gilberto Guerrero-Rocca. The former Akerman […]
Since 2018, law firm partners have billed more hours to corporate legal departments than associates. The rift expanded in 2020, as partner billing jumped 5% to encompass 38% of average CLD billing compared to 30% for associates and maintained in 2021. That’s according to a new Wolters Kluwer LegalView Insights report, which used the company’s e-billing […]
Record financial years, a tight talent market and differing philosophies on what it means to be a partner are driving many Big Law firms to promote record partnership classes this year. On Thursday, Mayer Brown announced its largest-ever class of partners and counsel with 65 promotions throughout the firm. Similarly, Willkie Farr […]
Some of Pennsylvania’s largest firms granted partner status to their largest cohorts of lawyers in recent history this year in another bid to retain talent by offering a clear path to partnership. Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Dechert and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, among others, promoted significantly more lawyers to […]
John Bakht John Bakht Houston, Feb. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that John Bakht, whose career is highlighted by senior in-house and private practice roles, has joined its corporate, M&A and securities team in Houston as a partner. Bakht, who joins from […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Congratulations to Knobbe Martens partner Susan Natland, who was promoted by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to serve as Chair of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC). This year will be Natland’s final year in a three-year term serving on […]
New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is moving away from its seniority-based compensation system, upending a hallmark of the firm’s culture that has made it a rarity in the cutthroat world of modern-day law firms. Cravath’s change leaves just one or two large firms with what is […]