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Akerman Adds Steptoe Energy Transactional Atty In DC
Akerman LLP has hired a former Steptoe LLP partner who works on the regulatory, corporate and transactional aspects of energy deals and with related project development matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Dentons Canada Launches AI Research Partnership With AXL
Dentons Canada has announced that it's entered into a strategic partnership with a Toronto-based venture studio that launches companies at the forefront of human-centric artificial intelligence.
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Fifth Third Bancorp Hires Dinsmore Atty As Legal Chief
A longtime Dinsmore & Shohl LLP attorney will soon take over as Fifth Third Bancorp's chief legal officer and steer its legal, government and regulatory affairs functions.
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Holland & Knight Adds K&L Gates Commercial Disputes Head
Holland & Knight LLP announced on Thursday it has added a Dallas-based partner who previously served as one of that firm's leaders and a coordinator of the global commercial disputes practice at K&L Gates LLP.
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Linklaters Reelects Leadership After Record Financial Year
Linklaters LLP said Thursday that its partnership has "overwhelmingly" voted to extend the terms of its current senior partner and firmwide managing partner for another four years following another record financial year.
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Seyfarth Adds Lagasse Branch Employment Litigator In LA
Seyfarth Shaw LLP is growing its labor and employment team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead LPP employment litigator as a partner in its Century City office in Los Angeles.
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DC Access To Justice Commission Honors 34 Firms
Dozens of law firms in the nation's capital qualified for an annual campaign recognizing those that contribute a certain portion of their Washington office revenue to local legal aid organizations, the D.C. Access to Justice Commission announced Wednesday.
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Watchdog Targets US Atty Over Arrests, Probes Of NJ Officials
The legal ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability on Wednesday accused interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba of an "abuse of power" over her office's recent investigations and arrests of New Jersey officials and called for an ethics investigation.
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O'Melveny Forms Special Credit And Liability Mgmt. Group
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has launched a special credit and liability management group, announcing the move Tuesday as a reflection of "growing client demand for integrated, end-to-end support across the credit cycle, particularly as capital solutions become increasingly complex and bespoke."
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K&L Gates Adds Powers Pyles Pharma Litigator To DC Team
K&L Gates LLP said Wednesday it has brought on a pharmaceutical attorney from Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC who worked for nearly a decade as a pharmacist and has handled pharmacy law matters for more than 15 years.
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Ex-Covington Atty Gifts $10M To Georgetown Law
A former Covington & Burling LLP partner and onetime U.S. ambassador to Romania has pledged $10 million to Georgetown University Law Center to fund scholarships and other support for students committed to pursuing careers in public service.
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Norton Rose Adds Energy M&A Pro In Houston From Latham
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has added an energy-centered corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities partner in Houston who joined from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Polsinelli Adds Winstead Real Estate Finance Ace In Dallas
Polsinelli PC announced Wednesday that it has added a shareholder with decades of experience to its real estate finance practice in Dallas who came aboard from Winstead PC.
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How A BigLaw Firm 'Flipped The Script' With Its AI Hackathon
A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm.
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Rainmaking 101: How Young Lawyers Can Build Client Trust
In his section of a new book, Hoffmann & Baron LLP managing partner Daniel A. Scola Jr. challenges lawyers looking to grow their practice to rely on more than just technical skills and says that with the right amount of patience and boldness, lawyers can deliver work to "make it rain."
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Perkins Coie Adds K&L Gates Client Services Pro In Seattle
Perkins Coie LLP has added a partner in Seattle who previously practiced at K&L Gates LLP, where she was co-practice group coordinator of the global tax team and leader of the family office industry group.
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McDermott Restructuring Atty Rejoins Winston & Strawn In NY
A former McDermott Will & Emery LLP restructuring partner has returned to Winston & Strawn LLP after more than two decades away, becoming the latest member of its transactions department in New York.
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Why Firms Are Coaching Young Lawyers On Email Writing
As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email.
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Former DOJ Antitrust Official Joins Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement.
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Fox Rothschild Hires Veteran Real Estate Atty For Minn. Office
Fox Rothschild LLP has brought on board an experienced commercial real estate transactions attorney for a counsel role in its Minneapolis office, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Carlton Fields Adds HUD Expert To Real Estate Group
Carlton Fields has brought on a title insurance expert to its real estate and commercial finance practice, who joins the firm on the heels of a 16-year tenure at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health
The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Hogan Lovells Tech Litigator In SF
Greenberg Traurig LLP is boosting its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday that a technology litigator from Hogan Lovells is joining its San Francisco office as a shareholder.
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Doug Emhoff Joins USC Gould As Visiting Law Professor
Former Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Douglas Emhoff, is expected to join the faculty of聽University of Southern California's Gould School of Law聽as a visiting professor this summer, the school has announced.
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V&E Adds Investment, Finance Trio In NY, Texas
Vinson & Elkins LLP has brought on three new partners to strengthen its investment management and finance practices.