Roy Strom

May 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The Chicago-based Am Law 100 firm has hired two federal prosecutors in as many months as the firm drops the "white-collar defense" tag for its well-known investigations practice. The most recent is Brandon Fox, chief of the public corruption and civil rights section at the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

By Roy Strom

6 minute read

May 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Amid a massive, worldwide ransomware attack, a leading firm in Rhode Island has sued its insurer over a similar cyber assault that it claims cost it $700,000 in lost billings. Providence-based Moses Afonso Ryan is representing itself in a suit filed last week against Sentinel Insurance Co.

By Roy Strom

13 minute read

May 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Amid a massive, worldwide ransomware attack, a leading firm in Rhode Island has sued its insurer over a similar cyber assault that it claims cost it $700,000 in lost billings. Providence-based Moses Afonso Ryan is representing itself in a suit filed last week against Sentinel Insurance Co.

By Roy Strom

4 minute read

May 15, 2017 | The Recorder

The Chicago-based Am Law 100 firm has hired two federal prosecutors in as many months as the firm drops the "white-collar defense" tag for its well-known investigations practice. The most recent is Brandon Fox, chief of the public corruption and civil rights section at the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

By Roy Strom

36 minute read

May 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Five years after leaving the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald has recruited his first former assistant. What took so long?

By Roy Strom

21 minute read

May 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Five years after leaving the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald has recruited his first former assistant. What took so long?

By Roy Strom

7 minute read

May 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

In what may be the first public announcement of a litigation funder investing in a law firm's portfolio of contingent fee cases, Los Angeles-based litigation upstart Pierce Sergenian has unveiled a tie-up with Arizona's Pravati Capital.

By Roy Strom

32 minute read

May 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

In what may be the first public announcement of a litigation funder investing in a law firm's portfolio of contingent fee cases, Los Angeles-based litigation upstart Pierce Sergenian has unveiled a tie-up with Arizona's Pravati Capital.

By Roy Strom

5 minute read

May 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Am Law 100 firms had strong gross revenue and profit growth in 2016. A slowdown in revenue per lawyer, however, could forecast stormy weather ahead.

By Roy Strom

96 minute read

April 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Familiar with crises involving President Donald Trump, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White is being tapped by Debevoise & Plimpton to be the first person to ring when a Tweet or viral video causes corporate chaos.

By Roy Strom

4 minute read