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Katelyn Polantz

Katelyn Polantz

Katelyn Polantz is a Washington, D.C.-based data editor and staff reporter at ALM. She has written about law firm business and economics, lobbying and the federal government for the National Law Journal and ALM since 2014. She is originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

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April 04, 2017 | International Edition

Trump lawyer salaries revealed as Squire Patton Boggs seals alliance with president's personal adviser

Financial disclosures reveal salaries and clients of former Jones Day, Dentons, Kirkland and Davis Polk lawyers

By C Ryan Barber and Katelyn Polantz

6 minute read

April 04, 2017 | National Law Journal

Four Iconic DC Law Firms Travel Distinct Paths to Growth

With so much uncertainty gripping Washington these days, the city's law firms have provided a few constants. Four firms stand out partly for the very different strategies they embraced over the last 10 years.

By Katelyn Polantz

13 minute read

April 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Squire Patton Boggs Strikes Alliance With Trump's Lawyer

Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer to President Donald Trump who started his own firm two weeks ago, has agreed to form a strategic alliance with global legal giant Squire Patton Boggs.

By Katelyn Polantz

18 minute read

April 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Squire Patton Boggs Strikes Alliance With Trump's Lawyer

Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer to President Donald Trump who started his own firm two weeks ago, has agreed to form a strategic alliance with global legal giant Squire Patton Boggs.

By Katelyn Polantz

4 minute read

April 03, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trump Lawyers' Financial Disclosures Reveal Big Law Salaries, Client Lists

Want to know what Jones Day's biggest names made last year? How about partners at other major firms? The White House's staff financial disclosures, released over the weekend, offer rare glimpses inside the wallets of some of Washington's most well-known lawyers. We've highlighted details from 12 lawyers' disclosures.

By C. Ryan Barber and Katelyn Polantz

82 minute read

April 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

Firm Earns 25 Clemency Grants for Inmates

Michael Walsh, a Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom litigation associate in Boston, could have let the Clemency Project be a one-day engagement. He ended 2015 by helping his firm go through hundreds of applications for inmates seeking clemency under an Obama administration initiative.

By Katelyn Polantz

12 minute read

April 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

Firm Earns 25 Clemency Grants for Inmates

Michael Walsh, a Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom litigation associate in Boston, could have let the Clemency Project be a one-day engagement. He ended 2015 by helping his firm go through hundreds of applications for inmates seeking clemency under an Obama administration initiative.

By Katelyn Polantz

3 minute read

April 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

Four Iconic DC Law Firms Travel Distinct Paths to Growth

With so much uncertainty gripping Washington these days, the city's law firms have provided a few constants. Four firms stand out partly for the very different strategies they embraced over the last 10 years.

By Katelyn Polantz

140 minute read

March 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

DC Bar Gets New Leader, Lawyers Flock to Trump Probes, a New Firm Is Born

White House and agency transitions may have supercharged D.C.'s lateral market this year, but this spring brings another notable transition beyond the federal government and Big Law.  

By Katelyn Polantz

57 minute read

March 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

D.C.'s Newest Firm Touts Big Law, Agency Vets

Government contract boutique Nichols Liu, led by ex-Covington partner Robert Nichols and other law firm and federal agency alums, made its formal debut this week.

By Katelyn Polantz

19 minute read