Dan Packel
Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
June 05, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Freshfields Taps NY Partner as First Client Sustainability ChiefGlobal M&A partner Tim Wilkins says the firm's clients want to be "on the right side of history."
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
June 04, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Jumping From Megafirm to Boutique, Dentons Partners Expand Shingle at Feinberg DayRob Kramer formerly co-chaired Dentons' U.S. patent litigation practice, while Russ Tonkovich backs up his life sciences prowess with a medical degree.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
June 03, 2019 | The American Lawyer
White & Case Grows Chicago Office With Kirkland, Winston HiresBankruptcy partner William Guerrieri spent 11 years at Kirkland, while banking partner Jacob Schtevie spent nearly nearly 12 years at Winston.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
June 03, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Global Law Firms Boost Transfer Pricing Teams, Competing With Big FourThe Big Four are established in the area, as are several large firms. But global tax reforms and heightened awareness among multinationals is encouraging others to step up.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 31, 2019 | National Law Journal
Cliff Sloan, Longtime Skadden Partner, Leaves Firm for Georgetown LawThe D.C. litigator recently worked alongside indicted former Skadden partner Greg Craig in a controversial engagement on behalf of Ukraine.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
May 30, 2019 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Who's at the Wheel in a Changing Practice?Like so many of the transformations in the industry, the impetus is going to have to come from the client side.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 30, 2019 | National Law Journal
Hogan Lovells Senior Associate Recovering From Stabbing in DCThe attorney was injured in a knife attack by an assailant linked by police to two other nearby robbery attempts.
By Dan Packel
2 minute read
May 29, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Kirkland Hires Lawyer Turned Therapist to Lead New Wellness EffortThe firm on Wednesday named Robin Belleau its first firmwide director of well-being. "People come to us when they're in need, so it's very difficult for a lawyer then to say, 'I actually need help,'" she said.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
May 29, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Duane Morris Partner in NYC Calls Surviving Stroke as Well as He Did 'a Miracle'Corporate immigration attorney Pierre Georges Bonnefil and his wife Marysia were drinking coffee in bed and watching the news in their Manhattan apartment on the morning of Feb. 6, 2013, when she noticed something was wrong.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 29, 2019 | The American Lawyer
This Duane Morris Partner Survived a Stroke. He Wants to Help Others Do the SamePierre Georges Bonnefil calls his recovery a miracle—and credits his wife for the immediate treatment that allowed him to maintain his practice. Still, he says, ”I fight with it every day."
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
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