Roy Strom

February 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Longford Capital Management LP has hired Russell Genet, national head of the IP group at Nixon Peabody in Chicago, as a director. Genet helped Nixon Peabody open its Windy City office a decade ago.

By Roy Strom

40 minute read

January 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Vedder Price is facing arbitration in California in a case that shows there can be risks to law firms' increasingly litigious stance on unpaid bills.

By Roy Strom

37 minute read

January 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

One way to solidify your relationship with clients is to hire lawyers from their legal departments. Another is to plant your partners in their positions. On both fronts, Jenner & Block recently scored twice.

By Roy Strom

31 minute read

January 09, 2017 | The American Lawyer

John Walsh, a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, is joining Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner in the Mile-High City, where the Am Law 100 firm has built up a small but impressive office over the past three years.

By Roy Strom

12 minute read

January 05, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Legal consulting firms Altman Weil Inc. and Fairfax Associates have issued reports on the state of the law firm merger market in 2016. Last year may have missed out on setting a record for combinations, but it did confirm a trend: In the post-recession legal market, managing partners are more acquisitive than ever.

By Roy Strom

26 minute read

January 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The clock is ticking on a lucrative piece of work for lawyers at Jones Day, Kirkland & Ellis and Proskauer Rose as the $18 billion bankruptcy of Caesars Entertainment Corp.'s operating arm approaches a possible end.

By Roy Strom

33 minute read

January 04, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Lawyers from four top Am Law 100 firms are nearing the end of the marathon—and highly lucrative—bankruptcy involving the operating arm of Caesars Entertainment Corp. After a tumultuous hearing in Chicago that briefly threatened to prolong the case, a judge set the stage for a confirmation hearing later this month.

By Roy Strom

32 minute read

January 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

As firms elevate a new class of partners, seasoned lawyers share their tips for wooing clients, marketing yourself, and finding your place in the partnership.

By Susan Beck, Nell Gluckman, Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, Lizzy McLellan, Katelyn Polantz, Christine Simmons and Roy Strom

129 minute read

December 30, 2016 | National Law Journal

Less than a year after thousands of mentally ill inmates reached a class action settlement with the Illinois Department of Corrections, the deal is showing signs of breaking down.

By Roy Strom

17 minute read

December 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Kirkland & Ellis has hired an antitrust clearance expert by bringing on of counsel Donna Peel. The firm's new recruit spent the past six years as executive director of the Chicago-based Pro Bono Network.

By Roy Strom

9 minute read