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Sheppard Mullin To Offer Larger Bonuses To Busy Associates
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP associates who labored past 2,000 hours in 2025 can expect to see a little extra in their upcoming bonus checks, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360.
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Loeb & Loeb Names New Partner Recruiting Leader
Loeb & Loeb LLP has a new director of lateral partner recruiting who previously drove search strategy for targeted growth at Goulston & Storrs PC.
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A&O Shearman Corporate Pro Joins Holland & Knight In Texas
Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that it has bolstered its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity practices with a partner in Austin, Texas, who came aboard from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling.
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Kirkland Hires Experienced Business Consultant As CIO
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has chosen Matson Blocker, who was most recently managing director at business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, to be its new chief information officer, the firm recently told Law360 Pulse.
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Paul Weiss Hires Sidley Private Equity Trio In New York
Three corporate finance partners from Sidley Austin LLP have moved to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Paul Weiss announced Tuesday.
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House Oversight's Top Investigative Counsel Joins DLA Piper
An attorney who in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives led oversight committee investigations into former President Joe Biden's alleged mental decline has joined DLA Piper's government affairs and public policy practice in Washington, D.C.
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Kirkland Lands Another Latham Real Estate Leader
Another real estate leader from Latham & Watkins LLP has joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Perkins Coie's Chicago Head Leans 'More Carrot Than Stick'
John Schreiner, Perkins Coie LLP's new office managing partner in Chicago, sees the firm's management style as one that serves employees, rather than manages them.
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A&O Shearman Deal Boosts Firm's Americas Revenue By 150%
A&O Shearman's financial results for the fiscal year ending April 30 show the firm's Americas revenue soared during the first full financial year following its momentous transatlantic combination, while still lagging behind the global behemoth's U.K. and Europe regions' revenue, according to a new report.
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Squire Patton Brings On DLA Piper Patent Litigator In SF
Squire Patton Boggs LLP is growing its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing on a DLA Piper patent litigation attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Calif. Ban On Fee-Sharing With 'Alternative' Firms Challenged
A new law barring California lawyers and firms from sharing fees with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers is unconstitutional and will harm the state's mass tort lawyers and their clients, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
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Ex-Wilson Sonsini Partner Lands $24.8M Zscaler Pay Package
A recent securities filing shows that seven months ago cybersecurity company Zscaler Inc. hired a longtime partner from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC with a total compensation package worth more than $24.8 million — more than the top lawyers make at Goldman Sachs, Netflix or Blackstone.
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MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Jeroen van Kwawegen
Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has helped to secure hundreds of millions in settlements of shareholder suits against Banco Santander, Walmart, WarnerMedia and others, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.
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MVP: Crowell & Moring's David Chung
Crowell & Moring LLP partner David Chung spent the last year racking up various accomplishments, including successfully arguing federal appeals cases 12 days apart on opposite coasts and supporting the winning side of a U.S. Supreme Court case, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental MVPs.
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MVP: A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki
A&O Shearman's Adam Hakki beat back investor derivative claims against Bank of America, helped douse securities litigation against Norfolk Southern's underwriters and freed PayPal from a high-dollar stock fraud suit, earning a place as one of the 2025 Law360 Banking MVPs.
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MVP: Sidley's Sally Wagner Partin
Sally Wagner Partin of Sidley Austin LLP represented Stryker Corp. in its $4.9 billion acquisition of the maker of medical technology used to remove blood clots without the need for clot-dissolving drugs, earning her a spot as one the 2025 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Simpson Thacher's Hui Lin
Hui Lin of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's capital markets practice helped private equity firm Silver Lake complete its $13 billion deal to take sports and entertainment company Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. private, and represented Mars Inc. in its $26 billion senior notes offering, earning her a spot as one of 2025 Law360 Capital Markets MVPs.
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MVP: WilmerHale's Felicia Ellsworth
WilmerHale partner Felicia Ellsworth handled a breadth of matters in the last year, from successfully defending The New York Times at trial from defamation charges brought by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to litigating a local land dispute in Martha's Vineyard, earning her a spot among the 2025 Law360 Trials MVPs.
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MVP: Davis Wright's Katherine Bolger
Katherine Bolger of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP won the dismissal of actor Justin Baldoni's libel lawsuit against The New York Times, successfully defended CNN in defamation claims brought by high-profile officials and defeated a New York Philharmonic musician's lawsuit against Vox Media over its investigative reporting, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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MVP: Kreindler & Kreindler's Daniel O. Rose
Kreindler & Kreindler LLP partner Daniel O. Rose is spearheading personal injury and wrongful death litigation over the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Transportation MVPs.
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MVP: Davis Polk's Andrew M. Ahern
Andrew M. Ahern of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP co-led a $6 billion fund for PSG Equity LLC, a $2.2 billion buyout fund for J.F. Lehman & Co. and multiple funds totaling $2 billion for Lightspeed Venture Partners amid a move to his new firm, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.
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MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis
John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan PA helped Google account holders secure a $425 million jury verdict over the tech giant's allegedly secret tracking of their app activity and notched several multimillion-dollar settlements for consumers affected by data breaches at companies such as MGM Resorts and insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, earning him a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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MVP: Wachtell Lipton's Steven A. Cohen And Steven R. Green
Steven A. Cohen and Steven R. Green of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised Charter Communications on its $34.5 billion combination with Cox Communications Inc. and on its $15 billion acquisition of Liberty Broadband Corp., earning them a spot among the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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Dechert Increases Partnership Class To 17 Attorneys
After more than doubling its partner class from that of the previous year at the end of 2024, Dechert LLP announced Monday that it has grown its partner class again with the promotion of 17 attorneys across six practices and eight offices.
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Clifford Chance Hires Another Day Pitney Energy Expert In DC
A little less than a year after joining Day Pitney LLP's energy practice, an attorney who moved there alongside a longtime colleague has followed him to a new firm once more, joining Clifford Chance's energy regulatory and markets practice as a counsel, the firm announced Monday.
Expert Analysis
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Guest Feature
Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers
To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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Series
BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
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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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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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
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.