The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Hugh A. Simons and Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio | January 28, 2018
The lateral partner data show women outpace their brethren at the profession's upper echelons. When women laterals move to the most-profitable Am Law 200 firms, or just to a higher PPP firm, they perform more strongly than their male counterparts.
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Hugh A. Simons and Michael A. Ellenhorn | January 28, 2018
Decipher's inaugural Global Lateral Hire Risk Mitigation Study examines how Am Law 200 firms identify, evaluate and address the risks associated with lateral partner hires.
The American Lawyer | Slideshow
By ALM Staff | January 28, 2018
Law firms recharged their practices with a range of high-wattage partner moves in 2017. It wasn't shocking that many of the new hires came from the outgoing Obama administration. But plugged-in practitioners of all kinds were in demand, from Silicon Valley dealmakers to law firm leaders to white-collar litigators.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Scott Flaherty | January 28, 2018
Intensive face-to-face meetings outperform data analytics for some firms as they work to mitigate lateral hiring risks. But other firms want to minimize the time-and money-spent on multiple interviews, and due diligence companies are trying to fill that void.
By Miriam Rozen | January 26, 2018
After hiring a top in-house lawyer at AIG to rethink its pricing strategies, Hogan Lovells finally told a cherished client: “We cannot afford to work for you."
By Karen Sloan | January 25, 2018
Law firms of 700 or more lawyers pulled back on summer associate hiring for the first time since 2012, according to new data from the National Association for Law Placement.
By Rose Walker and Brian Baxter | January 24, 2018
The former deputy head of the antitrust group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C., and a leveraged finance partner at Jones Day in London have made the move to Vinson & Elkins.
By Meghan Tribe | January 24, 2018
Kristina Bieker-Brady, a co-founder of Boston's Clark & Elbing, is joining McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in its intellectual property practice as the firm seeks news ways to advise its early-stage life sciences client base.
By Meghan Tribe | January 23, 2018
After roughly 40 years at Ropes & Gray, commercial litigator Harvey Wolkoff is retiring from the firm to join the newest office of global litigation giant Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
By Roy Strom | January 23, 2018
Cravath, Swaine & Moore M&A partner Eric Schiele has become the third notable partner to leave the firm in recent years for Kirkland & Ellis. The moves comes amid the retirement of Susan Webster, the former head of Cravath's general corporate practice.
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