Dan Packel

July 28, 2020 | The American Lawyer

The funder has seen boosted demand from the pandemic, completing more deals in the second quarter of 2020 than it did in all of 2019.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

July 28, 2020 | The American Lawyer

Nearly one-third of U.S. counties have fewer than 1 lawyer per 1,000 residents. Compare that to New York City, with 14 lawyers for every 1,000 residents

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

July 23, 2020 | National Law Journal

The firm mistakenly instructed that only U.S. citizens could be hired for the project due to data access restrictions contained in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

July 22, 2020 | The American Lawyer

The first voluntary bar group to address regulatory reform aimed at increasing access to justice instead proposed a new "intermediary model" allowing lawyers to affiliate with larger networks for branding and ancillary services.

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

July 21, 2020 | National Law Journal

Former Office of the U.S. Trade Representative assistant general counsel Brooks Allen joins the firm as counsel, while DoD veteran Tatiana Sullivan will come aboard as a senior associate from Stroock.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

July 21, 2020 | The Recorder

All of this interest, among firms of different shapes and sizes, indicates the competitiveness of the California legal marketplace and the exceptional vitality of the state's economy even in the midst of a pandemic, particularly in the Bay Area.

By Dan Packel

8 minute read

July 20, 2020 | The American Lawyer

Roy Den Hollander spent three years as an associate at Cravath early in his legal career. More recently, he spent several years working on a Quinn Emanuel case as a contract attorney.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

July 02, 2020 | The American Lawyer

Diversity Lab CEO Caren Ulrich Stacy had worried that participation would drop as firms focused their attention on the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis. But the result was quite the opposite.

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

June 30, 2020 | National Law Journal

Jeffrey Gerrish spent two decades at the firm before joining the Trump administration, where he served as lead negotiator for the U.S.-China "phase one" trade agreement.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

June 30, 2020 | The American Lawyer

Strong finances and a willingness to invest for the future have kept some firms active in the lateral market, despite growing uncertainty over the financial impact of the coronavirus.

By Dan Packel

7 minute read