Amanda O'Brien
Amanda O'Brien covers how law businesses are conducted throughout the state of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at [email protected].
July 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'It's a Major Commitment': Feedback Ensures Trial Training Programs Deliver ValueAt Marshall Dennehey and Blank Rome, upper-level attorneys, including former federal judges, devote time they could be billing to sharpening the next generation's skills.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
July 01, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Porzio Bromberg Hires Chicago-Based Attorney to Launch New Tech PracticeJill Williamson will continue working remotely, just as she did as the managing attorney of the Seattle office of Eastern Washington-based Gravis Law.
By Amanda O'Brien
3 minute read
June 27, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Staring Down 'Enrollment Cliff,' Troutman Pepper Team Devises Strategy to Keep Schools OpenThe University of the Arts isn't the first small college to land in financial peril, and more schools are likely to find themselves in a crunch in the coming years.
By Amanda O'Brien
6 minute read
June 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Girl Math' Doesn't Add Up: State Bar Ad Referencing Outdated Meme Draws Backlash, Feedback From Legal CommunityThe Pennsylvania Bar Association acknowledged that it "missed the mark" when it used the phrase in an advertisement touting discounted membership dues.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
June 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Elliott Greenleaf Wins $11M Fee Dispute With Ex-Shareholder, After Pa. Justices Decline to Hear AppealThe dispute centered around former Elliott Greenleaf shareholder Richard DeMarco's claims that he was entitled to referral fees for a personal injury case he helped originate that his then-firm referred to Saltz Mongeluzzi for trial.
By Amanda O'Brien
2 minute read
June 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lowenstein Adds Bankruptcy Vice Chair, Partner From Kilpatrick TownsendWith the hires of David Posner and Gianfranco Finizio, Lowenstein has made three additions to its bankruptcy practice in as many months.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
June 25, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Amid Sluggish Growth and 'Significant Leaks' in the Pipeline, Top Firms Invest in Women Associates and Partners AlikeThis year's data, from 247 firms, showed a strengthening correlation between those that had higher percentages of women associates and firms with higher percentages of women equity partners.
By Amanda O'Brien
7 minute read
June 24, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lowenstein Sandler CMO Jumps to Ropes & GrayKevin Iredell is set to join the Boston-founded firm as director of global marketing in a move effective Tuesday.
By Amanda O'Brien
2 minute read
June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Recover, Reflect, Retool and Retry': Lessons From Women Atop Pa. Legal CommunityThe top jurists on the three statewide appellate courts joined the president judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a U.S. congresswoman at the Philadelphia Bar Association's quarterly meeting.
By Amanda O'Brien
3 minute read
June 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Motley Rice Hires New Office Leader to Deepen Mass Torts, Trial Practice in PhiladelphiaMichael Daly arrives from Pogust Goodhead as the Ozempic mass tort litigation is consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Amanda O'Brien
4 minute read
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