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Meghan Tribe

Meghan Tribe

Meghan Tribe is a reporter covering the changing face of Big Law, from lateral moves and work-from-home programs to diversity initiatives. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @TribeMeghan

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January 03, 2018 | The Recorder

Sedgwick Diaspora Sees Four Law Firms Expand in California

Akerman, Duane Morris, Goldberg Segalla and Steptoe & Johnson have started off 2018 by making several lateral hires from the soon-to-be-shuttered Sedgwick. Goldberg Segalla has opened a Los Angeles office with its new recruit.

By Meghan Tribe |

5 minute read

January 03, 2018 | The Recorder

Sedgwick Chair Joins Shook Hardy in San Francisco

Sedgwick leader Michael Healy has found a new home at Shook, Hardy & Bacon following the dissolution of the 85-year-old firm this month.

By Meghan Tribe |

4 minute read

January 03, 2018 | Legal Week

Former Paul Weiss partner among legal heavy hitters behind sexual harassment defence fund

Legal defence fund raises more than $13m from over 200 donors including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep

By Meghan Tribe

5 minute read

January 03, 2018 | International Edition

Former Paul Weiss partner among legal heavy hitters behind sexual harassment defence fund

Legal defence fund raises more than $13m from over 200 donors including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep

By Meghan Tribe

5 minute read

January 02, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Legal Heavy Hitters Line Up Behind 'Time's Up' Launch

More than 300 women—including lawyers Anita Hill, Roberta Kaplan, Nina Shaw and Christina Tchen—are launching a campaign and a related legal defense fund designed to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.

By Meghan Tribe |

6 minute read

December 29, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Seven Late-Year Bankruptcy Filings Leave Big Law Firms in the Cold

Chapter 11 filings in December by Aero-X Golf, Charming Charlie, Dextera Surgical, ET Solar, Hyperdynamics, PhaseRx and Rentech have left eight Am Law 200 firms awaiting payment on nearly $1.14 million in outstanding legal fees.

By Meghan Tribe |

7 minute read

December 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

Steptoe Partner Who Struck a Deal With Fidel Castro Dies at 90

The Washington, D.C.-based firm has confirmed the death of John Nolan Jr., a former senior partner and Korean War veteran who once helped negotiate the release of over 1,100 prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.

By Meghan Tribe |

4 minute read

December 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings Leader Tapped for Final Term as Firm Head

Seth Zachary, who has been head of Paul Hastings since 2000, was re-elected earlier this month to what will be his seventh and final term as chair.

By Meghan Tribe |

4 minute read

December 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Behind Big Law's Wall of Silence on Sexual Misconduct

As the #MeToo movement spreads from the entertainment sector to politics and the courts, will big law firms face their own reckoning?

By Meghan Tribe | Hank Grezlak |

14 minute read

December 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Ex-Jones Day Partner Resigns From Top Chicago Prosecutor Role

Chaka Patterson, a former Jones Day partner, has resigned from his post as a top prosecutor in Illinois following an internal review that uncovered work referred to his former firm at higher-than-normal billing rates.

By Meghan Tribe

4 minute read