Christine Simmons

December 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Wilmer's government and intellectual property experience, combined with strength in other key practices earned it a spot as a finalist for Litigation Department of the Year.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The pace of law firm dissolutions will likely keep up in the new year, said industry observers, as the same challenging market conditions prevail.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

December 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Partner Marc Berger, a former federal prosecutor who helped lead a crackdown on insider trading, is currently global co-head of Ropes & Gray's securities and futures enforcement practice.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In all, 15 lawyers from Morvillo LLP will join the New York and Washington, D.C., offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe on Jan. 1, including seven partners, three counsel and five associates. For Orrick, it's the firm's largest addition of litigators in the last nine years.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

December 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

After a record-breaking year for law firm combinations, the volume of merger talks involving large firms suggests more major deals on the horizon.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

December 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Cullen, a leading real estate lawyer and former brigadier general who practiced with Anderson Kill, took a vocal stand against torture in 2004 after Abu Ghraib photos were made public.

By Christine Simmons

13 minute read

December 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The moves from Cassin & Cassin represent one of McGuireWoods' largest expansions in New York.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

December 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Northeast regional powerhouse Goldberg Segalla is facing more defections to a newly formed firm, amid a new rivalry with some of its own former partners.

By Christine Simmons

24 minute read

December 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The head of Debevoise & Plimpton's investment management and funds group and the deputy chair of its corporate department have left the firm to join Kirkland & Ellis in New York.

By Brian Baxter | Christine Simmons

22 minute read

November 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Pharma executive Steven Lisi argued that the firm failed to properly advise him about the tax treatment of his stock options. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich wasn't convinced.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read