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Amanda O'brien

Amanda O'brien

July 10, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Retired Blank Rome Chief Client Officer Cole Silver Dies at 67

"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

Fox Rothschild to Reduce Phila. Office Space by Over 40%

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

Generative AI Slated to Shake Up Competition in Big, Midsize Law Market

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

Daugherty Lordan Group Jumps to Freeman Mathis & Gary in Pittsburgh in Wake of Founders' Email Scandal

"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

Rapper 50 Cent Can't Revive $32M Malpractice Suit Against Reed Smith

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

Pa. Firms Are Keeping Pace With First Year Salaries, Rate Increases Year-Over-Year

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

Troutman Pepper Elects New Leadership, Chair Steve Lewis to Step Down

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

Former Federal Defender Joins Dilworth Paxson, Co-Chairs Criminal Investigations Group

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

AI Will Threaten Law Firm Jobs, But Innovators Will Thrive

"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

June 27, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Spector Gadon Lands Pair of Veteran Litigators From Dolchin Slotkin & Todd

Barry Krengel and Ira Bushman made the move in advance of the planned retirement of their prior firm's managing partner.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read