Amanda O'Brien

March 20, 2024 | Pro Mid Market

A combination of cultural concerns and incentives, lack of uniformity across practices, and a need for leadership to encourage younger attorneys to return to office by example is complicating the process of bringing attorneys back to the office.

By Amanda O'Brien | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

March 18, 2024 | The Recorder

Marion Hack leads a team of six attorneys to Cozen, where she is reuniting with several former colleagues from Pepper Hamilton.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

March 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer

The group includes Perkins' former investment management practice co-chair Todd Zerega, who joins the firm in Pittsburgh.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

March 14, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr, Blank Rome and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath are hosting a webinar next week to make the case that Philadelphia is an "incredible place to practice law." They're motivated in part by a shift away from on-campus recruiting.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

March 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Chairman and CEO Matt Taylor pinned the 3.6% dip on pressures on transactional work.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

March 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kristen Gibbons Feden, who delivered the closing argument in Cosby's second criminal trial as a Montgomery County prosecutor, launched the sexual abuse practice group at Saltz Mongeluzzi.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

March 12, 2024 | The American Lawyer

"The data looks a lot like what it was in the Great Recession," said Nikia Gray, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement. "We don't think it's because the legal market is going through a recession, but because the law firms are overleveraged."

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

March 08, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Thomas Duffy accused his former law partner Ken Fulginiti of withholding settlement fees on Wednesday, just a week after Fulginiti filed his own lawsuit—withdrawn a day later—accusing Duffy of defrauding him of millions.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

March 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"With public sector clients, you're frequently dealing with people who aren't lawyers," said Mantra Partner founder and CEO Marci Taylor. "You're writing knowing that there's a high likelihood that your invoices will be made public."

By Amanda O'Brien

7 minute read

March 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The firm's revenues climbed by 5.5% to hit $653 million. "We're not looking for a business that's up 20% in the good years and down 8% in the bad years," explained firm chairman Michael Heller.

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read