Samantha Stokes
Samantha Stokes, based in New York, is a staff reporter at American Lawyer covering the business of law. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter: @stokessamanthaj.
May 11, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Cost Cuts Spread Across Big Law's Billion-Dollar ClubMore Am Law 25 firms, including at least one more on Monday, are using compensation levers to shore up their finances in an economy upended by COVID-19.
By Samantha Stokes
5 minute read
May 07, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Shearman Vows to Fight Age Bias Lawsuit, Says Employee Fired in Pandemic Was 'Terminated for Cause'Mark Kanyuk, 62, claims Shearman & Sterling falsely accused him of taking vendor kickbacks as "a pretext for their plan to terminate their older employee" during the COVID-19 crisis.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
May 07, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Kirkland, Wachtell, Paul Weiss Land Roles in Neiman Marcus BankruptcyThe department store is the second large retailer to file for Chapter 11 protection this week, as the coronavirus pandemic deals a fatal blow to already struggling companies.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
May 06, 2020 | The American Lawyer
He's Been Everywhere, Man: IP Boutique Partner Allegedly Faked Trips to 43 Cities and Charged His FirmA former partner at Chicago's McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff is accused of submitting nearly 400 false expense claims, demanding more than $360,000 from the firm for bogus trips across a broad swath of North America.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
May 06, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Nixon Peabody Confirms Earlier Layoffs, Delays First-Year Start Date and Cuts Associate PayThe firm's latest attempt to cut costs, which have been more severe than many other law firms, comes on the heels of the firm laying off some lawyers, furloughing staff and canceling its summer associate program.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
May 04, 2020 | The American Lawyer
State Bankruptcies May Still Be a Long Shot, but Big Law Is ReadyLaw firm bankruptcy and restructuring practices are taking Mitch McConnell's controversial proposal seriously enough to plan ahead.
By Samantha Stokes
6 minute read
May 04, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Weil Nabs First Big Retail Bankruptcy of Pandemic Era as J. Crew Succumbs to Chapter 11Milbank and Hunton Andrews Kurth also have roles in the case as the coronavirus helps topple a retail giant.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
May 01, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Armstrong Teasdale Sets Up Shop in Boston 1 Week After Utah Launch"It's never a bad time to invest in talent," said managing partner David Braswell, whose firm has gone from zero East Coast offices to locations in Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and Boston in under two years.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
April 30, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Kirkland Loses Another M&A Partner to LathamNearly two months after Latham hired away two M&A and private equity partners from Kirkland & Ellis, the firm has picked up another Kirkland veteran in its corporate department.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
April 27, 2020 | National Law Journal
Morrison & Foerster Adds Again to Corporate Department With Private Funds HirePrivate funds lawyer Leonora Shalet comes to the firm from Schulte Roth less than two weeks after the arrival of Freshfields U.S. M&A leader Mitchell Presser.
By Samantha Stokes
3 minute read
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