Rebecca Cohen

March 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

While some large law firms are cutting back on their intellectual property practices, California-based Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear is in expansion mode. The IP-focused firm, which saw its gross revenue rise to $220 million in 2016, is preparing to move five lawyers to a new office in New York.

By Rebecca Cohen

34 minute read

March 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Former Howrey partner a complex commercial litigation and data security expert Daniel Lisi is leaving Greenberg Traurig for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Palo Alto, California.

By Rebecca Cohen

39 minute read

March 22, 2017 | The Recorder

Steven Witmer, an employee benefits and executive compensation partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker, has returned to the firm's Los Angeles office after joining Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in a three-partner lateral move in January. Two of the partners that moved with him have chosen to remain with Morgan Lewis in Washington, D.C.

By Rebecca Cohen

38 minute read

March 21, 2017 | The Recorder

Matthew Kemner, a former chairman of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, discusses what the past year has held for him and his colleagues at the San Francisco-based litigation firm following their decision to join forces with Squire Patton Boggs.

By Rebecca Cohen

18 minute read

March 21, 2017 | International Edition

US firm posts 2016 revenue decrease after year of 'significant investments'

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

March 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

After ticking upward in 2015, Morrison & Foerster saw its financial performance slide last year. Gross revenue at the firm fell 3.5 percent, to $945 million, as revenue per lawyer and profits per partner also dropped to $990,000 and $1.41 million, respectively.

By Rebecca Cohen

16 minute read

March 17, 2017 | The Recorder

The South Carolina-based firm has opened an office in Gardena, California, a city just south of downtown Los Angeles, after hiring a new local managing partner in Richard Otera, most recently general counsel at Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Three other partners have also joined the firm's first outpost on the West Coast.

By Rebecca Cohen

28 minute read

March 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Nearly nine out of 10 midsized Los Angeles law firms were approached in the past year by another firm looking to merge, according to a survey by legal consultancy the Zeughauser Group. Almost half of those firms are open to the possibility of a combination.

By Rebecca Cohen

23 minute read

March 13, 2017 | The Recorder

Pierce Sergenian, a Los Angeles-based firm formed in January by John Pierce, a short-lived litigation leader at K&L Gates, is expanding by hiring a Kirkland & Ellis partner and an of counsel from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

By Rebecca Cohen

34 minute read

March 10, 2017 | International Edition

US firm posts 1.8% revenue rise as PEP falls despite 8.6% equity reduction

By Rebecca Cohen

4 minute read