Jessie Yount

May 30, 2023 | The Recorder

Firms are taking varied approaches to billing rate increases, weighing client incentives and the cost of inflation.

By Jessie Yount

5 minute read

May 30, 2023 | The Recorder

Susan Leader, an entertainment litigator for the agency that represents Lizzo and Ellie Goulding, among others, has joined Paul Hastings.

By Jessie Yount

2 minute read

May 24, 2023 | The Recorder

Alex Romain is the second litigation partner to join Jenner in California in 2023.

By Jessie Yount

3 minute read

May 23, 2023 | The Recorder

The 11 California-founded firms on the Am Law Second Hundred this year benefited from more conservative growth, stabilized midmarket dealmaking, and industry advantages.

By Jessie Yount

5 minute read

May 19, 2023 | The Recorder

Even as revenue, net income and head count fell at Stoel Rives in 2022, firm leader Melissa Jones said the firm is in a position of strength, as it continues to win more high-value work in litigation, environmental and energy matters.

By Jessie Yount

4 minute read

May 19, 2023 | The American Lawyer

"Firm Co-Founder and Chairman Bob Lewis appeared to run this massive partnership as if the Firm was still a 'mom and pop' operation still controlled by Bob Lewis," former COO Robert Kamins wrote of the alleged improprieties in how the Am Law 100 firm was managed.

By Justin Henry | Jessie Yount

8 minute read

May 16, 2023 | The Recorder

Hope Anderson, an associate general counsel, product and privacy at Snap Inc., joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles.

By Jessie Yount

3 minute read

May 11, 2023 | The Recorder

Just as financial services and IP litigation has helped Quinn grow to more than 40 attorneys in Boston, several other Am Law 200 are circling the market, interested in life sciences, private equity and transactional work.

By Jessie Yount

6 minute read

May 08, 2023 | Pro Mid Market

"People are nervous to make a move or consider leaving the security they have at their current firm," said Lewis Roca's chief talent officer Lauren Symington. "Even though some firms are laying off, from a recruiting perspective, you have to set yourself apart. You've got to offer more than just dollars and cents."

By Jessie Yount

4 minute read

May 08, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Increasing lateral churn and the desire for net growth is putting more pressure on leadership. At some firms, signs of financial instability such as group departures have prompted abrupt changes in management.

By Jessie Yount | Justin Henry

8 minute read