Roy Strom

August 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The firm's gains didn't match the increases it saw last year, but were viewed positively by management amid this year's geopolitical "turmoil."

By Roy Strom

19 minute read

August 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

In any deal, the two hard-charging litigation firms would have to overcome a significant gap in profitability.

By Roy Strom and Katelyn Polantz

64 minute read

July 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Paul Chandler's father, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, would never have reconnected with other survivors from Nasielsk, a small town in Poland, if not for a three-minute video shot in 1938 that resurfaced in 2009. Now his son, a counsel at Mayer Brown in Chicago, is helping Nasielsk remember its history as a Jewish community.

By Roy Strom

7 minute read

July 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The Portland, Oregon-based Am Law 200 firm, which employs nearly 800 people, announced Wednesday that it is laying off 17 administrative staffers as part of a strategic plan to revamp its operations.

By Roy Strom

11 minute read

July 25, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Paul Basta, a top restructuring partner at Kirkland & Ellis in New York and member of the firm's 15-person management committee, is preparing to leave the firm.

By Roy Strom

13 minute read

July 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The deal with Liner LLP, a boutique known for representing entertainment industry clients ranging from film studios to Bill Cosby, boosts DLA Piper's presence in Southern California.

By Roy Strom

37 minute read

July 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

A pristine start to a Big Law career has been derailed for a former editor-in-chief of Harvard Law School's International Law Review who joined Linklaters in 2015.

By Roy Strom

17 minute read

July 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer

A former floating secretary who left the elite trial firm in 2015 claims he was subjected to racial slurs by a trial logistics director during the high-profile 2014 patent trial of Apple v. Samsung.

By Roy Strom

47 minute read

July 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Kim Severson, a trusts and estates partner at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis and head of the firm's nonprofit foundation, has been tapped to serve as chair of its policy committee. Severson is the first woman to hold the firm in the firm's 105-year history.

By Roy Strom

19 minute read

July 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Seyfarth Shaw helped pioneer legal project management. Now it has plenty of rivals.

By Roy Strom

5 minute read