Hire Up: Leaders of Hot Big Law Practices Are Making Moves
Law firms are bulking up in life sciences, fintech, white-collar and regulatory practices.
January 22, 2021 at 03:40 PM
5 minute read
As lateral hiring picks up with the start of the new year, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Sidley Austin each landed leaders in practices that are experiencing increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The advantages of expanding in those areas is becoming clear as financial reports from Am Law 100 firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and McDermott Will & Emery show that each posted significant gains in gross revenue and profits per equity partner in 2020, crediting strength in practices that have remained in high demand during the pandemic.
Richard Levin joined Nelson Mullins as a partner in Denver and Washington, D.C., and chair of the financial technology (fintech) and regulation practice. He had been chair of the fintech and regulation practice at Polsinelli, and was one of the first lawyers to focus on the regulation of blockchain and digital assets.
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4 minute readLaw Firms Mentioned
- Carlton Fields
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Ropes & Gray
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Clifford Chance
- Phillips Lytle LLP
- King & Spalding
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Locke Lord LLP
- K&L Gates
- Sidley Austin
- Greenberg Traurig
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Dechert
- Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Arent Fox
- Pepper Hamilton
- Hogan Lovells
- Vinson & Elkins
- Fish & Richardson
- Polsinelli
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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