By Andrew Maloney | December 6, 2023
"We do not have a business plan or profit formula that requires the four-figure rates that some of the other firms entering that market are probably expecting," chair Pat Whalen said.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | December 6, 2023
"I give Kevin Broyles and James Fisher full credit for having this vision when they started in 2002," said Grant Walsh, who left FisherBroyles a decade ago to co-found Culhane Meadows, another distributed firm.
By Amanda O'Brien | December 5, 2023
Ulmer & Berne LLP and Greensfelder Hemker & Gale will be merging, effective Feb. 1, 2024. The new firm, UB Greensfelder, will have an estimated 275 attorneys across nine offices and an annual gross revenue of approximately $150 million, according to leaders.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | December 5, 2023
Litigation boutiques and other small firms compete for the same top law students as Big Law, so they are likely to move to the new, higher market salary and bonus scales for associates.
By Amanda O'Brien | December 4, 2023
Roberta Liebenberg, one of The American Lawyer's 2023 Lifetime Achievement honorees, has blazed a path not only in the antitrust bar, but for women attorneys everywhere.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Andrew Maloney | December 4, 2023
Even before some firms embraced associate salary increases, the legal industry appeared less optimistic heading into 2024 than they were going into 2023, according to a recent survey.
By Justin Henry | December 1, 2023
Joel Ferdinand and Michael Pierson, the former global managing partners of the firm's litigation and global corporate practices, have resigned and are planning to launch a new venture. They could be joined by 140 of their former colleagues.
By ALM Staff | November 30, 2023
At least 70 law firms, mainly across the Am Law 100, had gone up to $215,000 or more in the previous round of associate salary hikes.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Andrew Maloney | November 30, 2023
Second Hundred law firm leaders said that, while they keep tabs on top-of-the-market compensation, they don't feel compelled by it.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Yusuf Z. Zakir | November 30, 2023
Right now, compassion is lacking. Rather, pain, trauma, and fear are the primary drivers—internally and externally. When those are the drivers, we are in fight-or-flight mode. This causes us to put up walls and prevent productive discourse.
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