Staff Reporter

May 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

Boston's Ropes & Gray has expanded its life sciences practice with the addition of new partner Gregory H. Levine in the firm's Washington office, and counsel Howard L. Dorfman in the New York Office. Both attorneys will focus on the regulation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

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August 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

New York's Chadbourne & Parke has hired four attorneys in its Warsaw, Poland, office. Michal Kurzynski, Jacek Kosinski, Adriana Bronikowska and Krzysztof Lyszyk come from the Warsaw office of Wierzbowski Eversheds.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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July 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge M. Margaret McKeown was named chair of the national Codes of Conduct Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body of the federal courts.

By Pamela A. MacLean / Staff reporter

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April 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has taken the unusual step of removing about 30 attorneys from its registration rolls over the past year and a half because they failed to complete new continuing education requirements.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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February 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

Boston's Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels has announced the election of nine attorneys to partnership in Boston, New York, Hartford and London.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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September 12, 2007 | National Law Journal

Cynthia D. Gillespie, former senior aide to ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge as managing director in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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March 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Harvard Law School Professor of Law Emeritus David L. Shapiro will serve as a litigation and appellate consultant for Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

By Sandhya Bathija/Staff reporter

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October 02, 2008 | National Law Journal

Blake, Cassels & Graydon, a Canadian law firm, has added Joan Chambers and Debra Finlay as partners in the business group in Vancouver. The two join from the Vancouver office of Borden Ladner Gervais, another Canadian law firm.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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April 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

Chapman and Cutler, a Chicago-based law firm with about 200 attorneys, is cutting more underperforming lawyers and may reduce salaries for all lawyers amid the recession.

By Lynne Marek /Staff reporter

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March 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

A Massachusetts superior court is moving out of its current home, a Cambridge building beset by asbestos problems, while the state assesses its options for the building and remaining district court personnel. The court's move to suburban Woburn, Mass., is slated for Friday with plans to open the court for business on Monday, March 17.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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