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The American Lawyer

Big Law Steadily Building in Charlotte

Among at least eight firms to open or add partner-level attorneys to Charlotte offices this year are Womble Bond Dickinson and Baker Donelson, who made recent moves.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Do I Want to Make Partner?' Here's Why More Are Answering 'No'

"I don't think that's because younger lawyers aren't willing to make the number of billable hours," one associate said, "it's more because that path is not as clear as maybe it used to be."
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Sidley Austin Associate Going for Gold in Paris Paralympics

Matt Simpson plays goalball, a sport played exclusively by athletes who are blind or visually impaired. He leaves for Paris in just weeks after returning to the firm from a federal clerkship.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Path to Equity Partnership Is Lengthening. Are Firms Making the Change in Good Faith?

While a recent suit against Duane Morris alleges the firm is using the firm's non-equity tier to goose partner profits, some market observers see the ever-extending path to the equity partnership as a recognition of firms' legitimate business needs.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

How New York's Top Boutiques Are Staying Competitive in Associate Compensation and Retention

Many New York-based boutiques—like Holwell Shuster & Goldberg and Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna—are staying close to or on the Cravath scale to be able to compete with firms like Kirkland & Ellis for the best associates.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Sizing Up a Potential Trump Presidency, Some Big Law Practices Turn to Political Crystal Ball

"I feel like I'm being looked to as a political prognosticator," said one Hogan Lovells regulatory partner.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Five Years of A-List Firms: The Stalwarts, the Sinkers and the Subsumed

A handful of the top firms from 2019 remain there, but just as many have fallen out of the top 20 entirely, and a couple of them don't even technically exist anymore.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Bucks Plus Big Responsibility? A-List Firms Are Finding Balance—and Scores Aren't Getting Any Lower

Growth can limit flexibility. But the average A-List score this year is the highest it's been in at least the last five years.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal-Ops Professionals Grapple With Power Struggles Among Legal Teams and AI Adoption

All 200 legal-operations professionals responding to a survey experienced tensions with their legal teams due to conflicting power dynamics and decision-making authority.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

As It Stands: Who's Leading the UK Top 50 Law Firm Revenue Race?

An up-to-date table showing the performance of all the law firms to have announced results so far.
1 minute read

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