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Mid-Law's Big Leap: The Rise Of The 'Super Mid-Market' Firm
As consolidation pressure mounts, some Mid-Law firms have bulked up to BigLaw scale without moving away from their focus on midsized clients, with this so-called "super mid-market" tier of firms likely to keep expanding.
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Taft Adds DC Water Leader To New Government Practice
The top attorney at D.C. Water, the independent authority overseeing water and wastewater matters in the nation's capital, has joined a new team at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jackson Lewis Hires Chief Revenue Officer From Williams Lea
Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC announced on Wednesday it hired a chief revenue officer who served as global solutions director of financial services at global outsourcing company Williams Lea.
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Ex-US Atty, AUSA Pair Joins Baker Donelson In Raleigh
A former U.S. attorney and a former assistant U.S. attorney have jumped from K&L Gates LLP to Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in North Carolina.
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Paul Weiss Atty Joins Freshfields In NY To Co-Head AI Group
Freshfields announced Wednesday that it has landed a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who represents some of the most sophisticated artificial intelligence labs and technology developers in the world as the new global co-head of its AI practice.
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White & Case Adds Energy Ace In Houston From Kirkland
White & Case LLP has strengthened its global mergers and acquisitions practice, global energy industry group and global private capital industry group with a new partner in Houston who came aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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McGuireWoods Bumps Up 15 Lawyers To Partner For 2026
McGuireWoods LLP has elected 15 new partners in multiple practice groups across eight cities, a slight increase over the number of attorneys elevated last year.
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Why Major Legal Tech Vendors Are Offering 'Free' AI
Three legal technology heavyweights last month made parts of their premium generative artificial intelligence offerings available as part of standard products at no additional cost. If more legal tech vendors follow, it will remove a significant barrier to AI adoption.
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Corporate Atty Returns To Baker Botts From VC Fund In Calif.
Baker Botts LLP is growing its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing back a venture capital expert most recently with BRV Capital Management as a partner in its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.
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BakerHostetler Lands Knobbe Martens IP Trio In California
BakerHostetler continues expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in three Knobbe Martens intellectual property attorneys as partners in its Los Angeles and Orange County offices.
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Baker Donelson Announces New Garden State Digs
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC unveiled a new, permanent location for its Princeton, New Jersey, office this week after moving to the state earlier this year.
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Littler Adds Veteran In-House Atty From Amazon In California
Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its offerings in San Francisco with a veteran in-house attorney who most recently spent over eight years at Amazon.
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Haynes Boone Hires First Chief Talent Officer
Haynes Boone announced this week that it has hired its first chief talent officer to steer attorney development and recruiting efforts as the firm continues to grow and change its senior leadership structure.
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Baker Donelson Tries Again To Escape Miss. Timber Ponzi Suit
Baker Donelson has moved for summary judgment against claims the firm allowed a timber company's nine-figure Ponzi scheme to unfold under its nose, with other defendants and the receiver also seeking rulings in their favor in the Mississippi federal suit.
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Wilson Elser Picks Up 6-Atty Team In LA From Booth
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a six-attorney team from the now-shuttered Booth LLP in Los Angeles, including that firm's former managing partner.
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Marino Finley Adds Top DC Litigator From Barnes & Thornburg
Marino Finley LLP has hired a Barnes & Thornburg LLP white collar group partner in Washington, D.C., who joins the firm as of counsel to represent clients in high-stakes litigation, the firm announced this week.
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Dechert Requiring 4 Days In Office For Some Attys, All Staff
Dechert LLP joined a growing list of BigLaw firms increasing their office attendance requirements, rolling out a new policy requiring rising second-year associates and all nonattorney business professionals to work in person four days a week beginning next year.
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Boies Schiller Adds 2 Attys From Herrick Feinstein, Disney
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP this week announced two prominent hires — a Herrick Feinstein LLP attorney with a history of working on multibillion-dollar restructurings and a firm alum from The Walt Disney Co. who brings experience in copyright matters and artificial intelligence.
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DeepJudge Gets $41.2M Investment As Freshfields Signs Up
DeepJudge, which provides precision artificial intelligence search capabilities for legal teams, is eyeing international expansion after securing a $41.2 million Series A funding round Tuesday.
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Dorsey & Whitney Opens In Chicago, Joining Other Firms
Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced Monday that it has opened a Chicago office led by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alumnus from Perkins Coie, who arrives along with six colleagues.
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Cooley Expands Tech Practice With Ex-Freshfields Attys
Two former Freshfields LLP litigators specializing in matters related to online safety and artificial intelligence have moved their practices to Cooley LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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MoFo Atty Brings Derivates Knowledge To Dentons As Partner
Dentons has hired a former Morrison Foerster LLP of counsel who spent 17 years there advising banks, investment firms and hedge funds on a range of matters involving derivatives, swaps and hedging transactions, the firm announced Monday.
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ABA Changes DEI Scholarship Requirement Amid Lawsuit
A law school scholarship once meant for a "member of an underrepresented racial and/or ethnic minority" is now open to applicants who "have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion," according to a change broadcast by an organization suing the American Bar Association over the scholarship's "categorical exclusion" of whites.
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Energy Specialist Atty Rejoins V&E In Houston From Weil
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that an energy-focused corporate attorney has rejoined the firm in Houston from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Goodwin Requiring 4 Days In Office, But Removes Tracker
Goodwin Procter LLP will stop using certain technology to monitor in-office attendance while joining a growing list of BigLaw firms requiring U.S. attorneys to work in person at least four days a week, according to a memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.