Andrew Maloney
I'm a Chicago-based reporter covering the business of law, focusing on national and global law firms for The American Lawyer, Law.com and other ALM publications. Reach out: [email protected].
August 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer
'Increasingly Rare': These Law Firms Still Maintain Smaller Partner Pay SpreadsA group of Am Law 200 law firms has partner pay spreads that are less than half of the median pay ratios across Big Law.
By Andrew Maloney
5 minute read
August 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer
With Hours Tenuous, New Metric Looks to Baseball to Assess Lawyer ProductivityResearchers assert the new metric is more strongly correlated to profitability.
By Andrew Maloney
4 minute read
August 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer
The Law Firms With the Largest Partner Pay SpreadsThe widening partner pay ratios come as big firms are pulling a number of levers to get money to their highest performers.
By Andrew Maloney
5 minute read
August 12, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Productivity Is Up. But Expecting It to Continue May Be a 'Tenuous Proposition'Some observers question the value of the metric, as AI threatens to transform the profession and hefty billing rate growth plays an outsized role in firm profits.
By Andrew Maloney
5 minute read
August 08, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Polsinelli Lateral Group from Holland & Knight Totals 47, Includes Philly LeaderAfter announcing the contours of the move last month, Missouri-founded Polsinelli has confirmed 47 lawyers have joined the firm Holland & Knight, including…
By Andrew Maloney
4 minute read
August 07, 2024 | The American Lawyer
With Health Care Steady and Litigation Thriving, Dinsmore Adds 5-Lawyer TeamThe moves come as firms up and down the Am Law 200 are seeing a consistent need for health care expertise.
By Andrew Maloney
3 minute read
August 06, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Five Years of A-List Firms: The Stalwarts, the Sinkers and the SubsumedA handful of the top firms from 2019 remain there, but just as many have fallen out of the top 20 entirely, and a couple of them don't even technically exist anymore.
By Andrew Maloney
4 minute read
August 06, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Big Bucks Plus Big Responsibility? A-List Firms Are Finding Balance—and Scores Aren't Getting Any LowerGrowth can limit flexibility. But the average A-List score this year is the highest it's been in at least the last five years.
By Andrew Maloney
5 minute read
August 06, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Amid Big Law Focus on Performance, Law Firms Hit by Wave of Employment Claims"I do think we've seen an uptick in claims coming from attorneys who historically may have made progress toward partner," but they're not getting promoted, noted one law firm consultant.
By Andrew Maloney
4 minute read
August 05, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Law Firms Look 'Stronger Than Ever,' Even Compared With Transactional BoomAm Law 100 firms continue to see most of their growth in transactional work, while Second Hundred firms have found a "goldilocks" zone in both countercyclical and corporate work, according to a new Q2 report.
By Andrew Maloney
5 minute read
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