Amanda O'brien

July 12, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Derek Winokur, formerly a co-head of Dechert's private equity practice, and tax attorney Edward Lemanowicz are joining Milbank in New York.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 10, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"He was just somebody that was thoroughly committed to service and to serving others," Blank Rome managing partner Grant Palmer said of his late former colleague.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

July 07, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

After nearly 50 years on the south side of Market Street, the firm will move across the street in December 2024 to Two Commerce Square.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 07, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Paxson chair Lawrence McMichael speculated the technology would level the playing field between midsize and large firms. "Ultimately, you're reducing the number of people that are involved in making the product," he says.

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

July 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"We needed to extricate ourselves from that distraction," new Pittsburgh office chair Sunshine Fellows said of the derogatory messages sent by firm founders John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen while at Lewis Brisbois.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

July 03, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The rapper had blamed his lawyers for a $7 million jury verdict stemming from accusations that he released a sex tape. But a Connecticut federal judge found no evidence that the participation of three additional witnesses would have changed the outcome.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

June 30, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Blank Rome, Dechert and Morgan Lewis & Bockius all pay first-year associates $215,000, according to data collected by the National Law Journal.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

June 30, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lewis will be replaced as chair by current managing partner Tom Cole. Washington, D.C., partner Amie Colby will become the firm's next managing partner.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

June 29, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nina Spizer will lead the practice alongside a former courtroom foe, former Eastern District of Pennsylvania criminal division chief Linda Hoffa.

By Amanda O'Brien

5 minute read

June 28, 2023 | The American Lawyer

"If this technology is going to work the way that we think it will, positions will be eliminated," said Linda Novosel, chief innovation and value officer at Blank Rome.

By Amanda O'Brien

8 minute read