Anthony Lin

February 10, 2006 | Law.com

More major law firms have boosted associate base salaries to match the emerging standard of $145,000 for first-years. Though most of the top New York firms are expected to match Sullivan & Cromwell's latest salary spike, the moves by Washington, D.C.'s Covington & Burling and Miami's Greenberg Traurig suggest most non-New York firms will eventually match as well. The recent New York raises topped an earlier round of increases by California firms that boosted first-year pay to $135,000.

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February 14, 2011 | The American Lawyer

White & Case has boosted its Tokyo office with two partners recruited from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, the firm announced last week.

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July 23, 2007 | Law.com

A Manhattan court finds Stanley Arkin is entitled to the fee for representing a former Citigroup executive against the company.

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March 11, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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October 04, 2007 | National Law Journal

A former Cravath, Swaine & Moore associate has pleaded guilty to rape charges stemming from his sexual relationships with three underage girls. James P. Colliton pleaded guilty to second- and third-degree rape felony charges as well as one count of patronizing a prostitute and agreed to one-year prison sentences on each charge, to be served concurrently. Fired from Cravath when his conduct came to light, Colliton also agreed to register as a sex offender.

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December 07, 2005 | Law.com

Becoming one of the latest law firms to debut a Manhattan office, 440-lawyer Akerman Senterfitt has opened a New York outpost with six shareholders. The Miami-based firm's New York office will focus on corporate, real estate, litigation and Latin American practices. The past year has seen a major wave of New York expansion by out-of-town firms that had previously avoided the market.

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April 03, 2006 | Law.com

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced plans to open a Beijing office as it boosts its Asian presence with two lateral recruits: a capital markets partner from Shearman & Sterling and a former M&A partner from China's Fangda Partners. One of the most prestigious and profitable firms, Simpson Thacher has generally avoided lateral recruitment of partners but has made exceptions to boost specific practice areas or offices.

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September 18, 2006 | Law.com

New York's Dreier law firm has acquired well-known bankruptcy boutique Traub, Bonacquist & Fox, an eight-lawyer firm that has participated in several of the largest bankruptcies of recent years. Paul Traub will become co-chair of Dreier's bankruptcy practice, and four other Traub Bonacquist lawyers will become partners at Dreier. Three associates will also make the move.

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January 20, 2006 | Law.com

One of the top partners at New York's White & Case is leaving to join L.A.-based litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. The recruitment of Robert L. Raskopf, whose many clients include the National Football League, is a major coup for Quinn Emanuel's New York office, which has grown to almost 50 lawyers since its launch three years ago. Large-firm litigation partners often turn to boutiques because, lacking corporate practices, they have less potential for conflicts of interest.

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June 06, 2008 | Law.com

A Manhattan appellate court has allowed a legal malpractice suit to proceed against Shearman & Sterling over the New York law firm's alleged failure to perfect a priority security interest for a private investor. The New York Appellate Division, 1st Department ruled that James Garten had adequately pleaded his malpractice claim alleging that Shearman inadequately advised him on a $750,000 loan he agreed to make to Pacific Jet, a Las Vegas air charter company that filed for bankruptcy in 2005.

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