Sara Randazzo

August 16, 2012 | Law.com

Just over two hours ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline, the team steering Dewey & LeBoeuf through bankruptcy notified the defunct firm's former partners via email Thursday that enough of them had signed on to the so-called partner contribution plan to raise the $50 million required to bring the deal to creditors and the bankruptcy court for approval.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

November 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In a bevy of Thanksgiving eve filings, the advisers guiding the defunct firm detail its downfall, highlight what they believe they have accomplished so far, and lay out how they envision divvying up whatever money they are able to bring in.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

April 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Eight years after arriving at Kaye Scholer with a splash from Clifford Chance, New York patent litigator Leora Ben-Ami is set to join Kirkland & Ellis, according to a source familiar with the move.

By By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

January 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

December 28, 2012 | Daily Report Online

In the predawn hours of Oct. 23, a team of Hogan Lovells attorneys gathered in the firm's Washington, D.C., office to await the outcome of their latest push to stave off the execution of convicted mass murderer John Errol Ferguson. With Ferguson set to die by lethal injection in the bowels of a Florida prison at 6 p.m., the lawyers had prepared a dizzying array of filings and appeals that they hoped would spare the life of their longtime pro bono client.

By Sara Randazzo

8 minute read

October 22, 2012 | The American Lawyer

As a long-running legal battle between Cablevision and Dish Network ended Monday, a Dish executive publicly apologized for accosting Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher litigator Orin Snyder's father last week on her way out of the courtroom where the elderly man had just finished watching his son work.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

May 08, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Shook, Hardy & Bacon readies itself for a Philadelphia office with a new hire, an L.A. patent lawyer joins Nixon Peabody, and Proskauer Rose grabs a REIT specialist. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

July 11, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A judge handling Dewey & LeBoeuf's bankruptcy rejected a plan for longtime legal advisers at Proskauer Rose to advise the defunct firm's estate.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

July 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Following a partner vote Tuesday, Denver-based Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons and Phoenix firm Lewis and Roca are set to combine at the beginning of September to form a 250-lawyer firm with a presence throughout the western U.S.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

June 07, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Two months into his tenure as chairman of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Silicon Valley dealmaker Mitchell Zuklie has cut 21 staff positions, moved 11 jobs to the firm's Wheeling, West Virginia, back-office support center, and put a new top-level management team in place.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read