Alexander Lugo

March 15, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The early 2023 merger with Nashville-based Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis helped push the firm over $1.8 billion in revenue, marking the addition of over $800 million to the top line since 2019.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

March 13, 2024 | The Recorder

Scott MacCormack, elected firmwide managing partner in April 2021, will immediately be replaced by Seattle partner-in-charge Pete Johnson as interim managing partner while the firm looks to identify its next managing partner.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

March 13, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Law firms are mostly quiet on their experiments with generative AI. But some midsize firms see the technology as an opportunity to get ahead of the competition by testing different vendors or creating their own AI programs.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

March 12, 2024 | Daily Business Review

"I can tell you personally I'm already receiving numerous calls by clients and prospective clients that are wanting to move forward with development options," said Berger Singerman partner Javier Vazquez.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

March 08, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Because of the large gap between standard and agreed rates, some firms have been able to raise rates for clients quietly. Now, there's seemingly pushback.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read

March 08, 2024 | Pro Mid Market

From regional to national expansion, midsize firms in the mid-Atlantic region are growing their footprints. Meanwhile, trial boutique MoloLamken hires a federal prosecutor attracted to the adaptiveness of mid-market firms.

By ALM Regional Managing Editors

5 minute read

March 05, 2024 | The American Lawyer

The hires, including 16 attorneys from FisherBroyles, bring the head count at the new firm into alignment with the 130 "commitments" touted by co-chairman Michael Pierson and Joel Ferdinand at the time of launch.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

March 04, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig, Holland & Knight and Akerman have all made multiple additions thus far in 2024. "It's insatiable," one local recruiter said of the demand for practitioners.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. diplomat and adviser in Foley & Lardner's Miami office, indicated he's pleading guilty to two counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government after his arrest in December.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Daily Business Review

The moderate growth came after two years of faster pace in revenue growth, but CEO Brian Duffy says it's only a slowdown because 2021 and 2022 were such extraordinary years for the firm.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read