Sara Randazzo

January 10, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A banking partner leaves Patton Boggs in New York to join Greenberg Traurig; McGuireWoods hires a onetime counsel to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; and Latham poaches a Weil partner in London.The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

59 minute read

January 10, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Daniel Brown hadn't yet passed the bar when he took on a pro bono case that launched what has become a years-long legal crusade.

By Sara Randazzo

7 minute read

January 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

With the 2014 partner promotion season in full swing across The Am Law 200, a handful of firms—Cleary, Edwards Wildman, Gibson Dunn, Locke Lord and Stroock—stuck out by failing to elevate a single female attorney to their respective partnership ranks.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

January 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Weil, Gotshal & Manges loses another lawyer to Sidley Austin; a renewable energy team in Chicago, San Francisco and New York joins Morgan, Lewis & Bockius from Foley & Lardner; and Edwards Wildman Palmer makes a string of hires around the country.The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

January 06, 2014 | Law.com

Georgetown Law's Center for the Study of the Legal Profession suggests in a recently released report that law firms don't do enough strategic thinking when considering whether to execute mergers.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

January 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As a young law firm associate, Daniel Brown sued the New York Road Runners Club on behalf of a group of plaintiffs that included his quadriplegic brother to ensure that racers in wheelchairs be treated fairly in the New York City Marathon. Brown, now a Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton litigation partner, has fought to advance the cause of New Yorkers with disabilities ever since. He recently celebrated the successful outcome of two pro bono cases designed to make life easier and safer for this class of clients.

By Sara Randazzo

8 minute read

January 02, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The cohead of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' tax practice moves to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; another partner leaves Kaye Scholer in Los Angeles; and Jenner & Block welcomes back a former partner in New York. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

January 01, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A year and a half after Dewey & LeBoeuf's collapse and descent into bankruptcy, longtime firm chair Steven Davis has been hired by the government of Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates to serve as its top in-house legal adviser.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

December 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Weil, Gotshal & Manges loses a corporate partner in Washington, D.C., and three intellectual property lawyers in Texas; Winston & Strawn hires an energy lawyer in Hong Kong from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; and a Dorsey & Whitney partner becomes New York City's new corporation counsel. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

December 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

John Ray III, who sued Ropes & Gray for discrimination and retaliation after being asked to leave the firm in 2008, continues to press his case against Ropes even after seeing a judge toss several of his claims and hearing a jury reject the rest of them last month.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read