Brian Baxter

March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Kutak Rock loses eight of its nine lawyers in Wichita to growing Am Law 200 firm Lewis Brisbois; Cahill makes a rare partner hire; Kasowitz and Polsinelli partners take entrepreneurial turns; musical chairs at McDermott; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Bobby Burchfield, a management committee member and head of the complex litigation group at McDermott Will & Emery, has left the firm with partner Matthew Leland for King & Spalding. Burchfield joins the firm nearly four years after the departure of former top litigator Paul Clement. His departure from McDermott comes on the heels of a pair of IP partners defecting for Paul Hastings and as McDermott seeks to ramp up its private client practice.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Kutak Rock loses eight of its nine lawyers in Wichita to growing Am Law 200 firm Lewis Brisbois; Cahill makes a rare partner hire; Kasowitz and Polsinelli partners take entrepreneurial turns; musical chairs at McDermott; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

March 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Bobby Burchfield, a management committee member and head of the complex litigation group at McDermott Will & Emery, has left the firm with partner Matthew Leland for King & Spalding. Burchfield joins the firm nearly four years after the departure of former top litigator Paul Clement. His departure from McDermott comes on the heels of a pair of IP partners defecting for Paul Hastings and as McDermott seeks to ramp up its private client practice.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

March 19, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Bradley Bondi, head of the securities enforcement and investigation group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel in a rare lateral hire by the Wall Street firm. Bondi, who will work out of New York and Washington, D.C., will lead Cahill's securities enforcement and regulatory group.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

March 19, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Bradley Bondi, head of the securities enforcement and investigation group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel in a rare lateral hire by the Wall Street firm. Bondi, who will work out of New York and Washington, D.C., will lead Cahill's securities enforcement and regulatory group.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Yitzhak “Isaac” Herzog comes from one of Israel's most powerful political families—one likened to the Kennedys—but the former senior partner at leading local law firm Herzog Fox & Ne'eman was unable to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as the country's prime minister after elections Tuesday. Nonetheless, Herzog's Zionist Union performed strongly at the polls, and he could still be a key kingmaker.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100 firm announced Wednesday that it would let go off 21 lawyers and 17 professional staffers from its litigation department.

By Nell Gluckman and Brian Baxter

4 minute read

March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Yitzhak “Isaac” Herzog comes from one of Israel's most powerful political families—one likened to the Kennedys—but the former senior partner at leading local law firm Herzog Fox & Ne'eman was unable to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as the country's prime minister after elections Tuesday. Nonetheless, Herzog's Zionist Union performed strongly at the polls, and he could still be a key kingmaker.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

March 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100 firm announced Wednesday that it would let go off 21 lawyers and 17 professional staffers from its litigation department.

By Nell Gluckman and Brian Baxter

4 minute read