Brian Baxter

January 08, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Mark Robinson, the former cochair of Bingham McCutchen's white-collar investigations and enforcement group, is headed to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo along with 18 lawyers from Edwards Wildman Palmer, including the latter's former IP practice leaders David Conlin and Peter Corless.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

January 08, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Mark Robinson, the former cochair of Bingham McCutchen's white-collar investigations and enforcement group, is headed to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo along with 18 lawyers from Edwards Wildman Palmer, including the latter's former IP practice leaders David Conlin and Peter Corless.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

January 07, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The first law firm combination of the year belongs to RK Adler, a New York-based boutique founded by two former Skadden associates that will be absorbed by Dentons. A year-end analysis of U.S. law firm merger activity by Altman Weil reveals that while tie-ups between firms were off 7 percent from their record-setting mark in 2013, last year still saw the second-largest annual total to date.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

January 06, 2015 | The American Lawyer

An array of high-profile litigators from Irell & Manella and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi are starting their own firms as January's annual “running of the laterals” begins. Also, Hinshaw & Culbertson hires Dewey & LeBoeuf's former general counsel; a Bingham McCutchen partner and ex-Cadwalader leader find new homes; Blank Rome opens in Pittsburgh; Greenberg Traurig goes to Tokyo; Quinn Emanuel heads to Seattle; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

12 minute read

January 06, 2015 | The American Lawyer

An array of high-profile litigators from Irell & Manella and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi are starting their own firms as January's annual “running of the laterals” begins. Also, Hinshaw & Culbertson hires Dewey & LeBoeuf's former general counsel; a Bingham McCutchen partner and ex-Cadwalader leader find new homes; Blank Rome opens in Pittsburgh; Greenberg Traurig goes to Tokyo; Quinn Emanuel heads to Seattle; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

12 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Two months after Wiley Rein announced plans to part ways with its bankruptcy group, the practice led by partner H. Jason Gold has found a new home at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Washington, D.C. The moves comes just days after Howrey's bankrupt estate reached a $1.85 million settlement with several former partners and the now-defunct firm's ex-bankruptcy lawyers at Wiley Rein.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

January 05, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Two months after Wiley Rein announced plans to part ways with its bankruptcy group, the practice led by partner H. Jason Gold has found a new home at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Washington, D.C. The moves comes just days after Howrey's bankrupt estate reached a $1.85 million settlement with several former partners and the now-defunct firm's ex-bankruptcy lawyers at Wiley Rein.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

December 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A pair of ex-firm leaders head elsewhere; embattled Japanese air bag maker Takata hires a high-profile Simpson Thacher litigator to become in-house legal chief of its North American unit; a Skadden tax lawyer heads to the federal bench; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

December 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Tokyo office of Bingham McCutchen has found a home for holidays, with one of Japan's leading firms and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius agreeing to divvy up the spoils; Baker & Hostetler bags a hydraulic fracturing advocate; Skadden brings back a former partner from Guantánamo Bay; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

December 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Boies, Schiller & Flexner might be known for big associate bonuses and high-profile courtroom victories, but as its founding partners grow older, the firm is grooming a new generation. Boies Schiller recently promoted nine lawyers to partner, among them counsel Joshua Schiller, the son of the firm's cofounder and current managing partner Jonathan Schiller, and counsel Hampton Dellinger, son of noted O'Melveny & Myers appellate litigator Walter Dellinger III.

By Brian Baxter and Nathalie Pierrepont

5 minute read