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Amanda O'brien

Amanda O'brien

June 09, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Push to 4-Day Attendance Poses Risks for Law Firm Diversity Efforts

The growing eagerness to ramp up office mandates will have the sharpest impacts on women, caregivers, and people of color, according to industry observers.

By Amanda O'Brien

7 minute read

June 08, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Paxson Elects First Female Co-Managing Partner

Trusts and estates partner Kristen Behrens will join litigation partner Patrick Northen, who has been in the role for the past five years.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

June 07, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former AUSA Returns to Gibbons for Third Time, Co-Chairs White-Collar Practice

Ricardo Solano Jr. previously served as an associate and later as a director in the firm's criminal defense practice.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

June 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Barley Snyder Announces Launch of Liquor Practice

"Liquor law is a very specific, specialized area [of law] in Pennsylvania that very few lawyers know how to do," said partner Derek Dissinger.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

June 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans Cuts Staff by 2%

The reductions are concentrated in the firm's Pittsburgh and Philadelphia office, according to a spokesperson.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

June 01, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Paxson Absorbs NJ's GluckWalrath in Merger, Eyes Further Combinations

The addition of 12 attorneys in Freehold, New Jersey, will raise Dilworth Paxson's head count above 100.

By Amanda O'Brien

5 minute read

June 01, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

3 Days a Week Versus Wider Flexibility: Pennsylvania Firms Diverge on Office Mandates

"We want people to come back in and meet the people that just started and just rebuild and strengthen the relationships we held very closely before," said Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney chief talent officer Danielle Rosetti.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

May 25, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Skadden to Mandate 4 Days in Office

The policy, which extends to all attorneys, will go into effect after Labor Day.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

May 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Announces Distressed Office Space Group, Eyes Warming RE Deal Market

The new team is an offshoot of the firm's distressed assets and opportunities group, launched in 2022 to address fallout from the pandemic, and its distressed real estate group, created in response to the 2008 Great Recession.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

May 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Brisk Demand for Labor Work Is Here to Stay, Thanks to a Tougher NLRB and Workers' Fresh View of Unions

Three management-side labor and employment lawyers all used the term "aggressive" to describe the National Labor Relations Board's current support of unions.

By Amanda O'Brien

8 minute read