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January 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

Fulbright Builds in Dubai as Gulf Push Continues

Fulbright & Jaworski has moved to boost its energy practice in the Middle East, hiring one new partner and relocating another to Dubai. David Silver joins the firm as a partner from Qatar firm Hassan Al-Khater Offices. He has been based in the emirate for the last 10 years and will service Fulbright's corporate, energy and finance clients in the region. Veteran projects partner David Moroney, meanwhile, will relocate from Fulbright's London arm to Dubai to head up the firm's Middle East energy team.
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January 29, 2007 | National Law Journal

McKee Nelson's Associate Raise Sets a New Bar for D.C. Firms

McKee Nelson said Friday that it has raised pay for first-year associates in its Washington, D.C., and New York offices to $160,000, setting a new bar for D.C. firms. The move came a day after both O'Melveny & Myers and Hogan & Hartson raised salaries for their D.C. starting associates to $145,000.
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June 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

Sidley Seeks Separate Counsel for Ex-Administrator in EEOC Suit

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, now fighting a suit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the Chicago firm's alleged age discrimination against partners, said it is seeking separate counsel for a former firm administrator who described a mandatory partner retirement policy in a 1999 letter to the Social Security Administration. Sidley said it disagreed with the EEOC about whether its lawyers were conflicted but was acting to "avoid injecting extraneous issues into the litigation."
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January 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Mintz Levin Adds Two Partners From McDermott Will

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has recruited two New York partners from McDermott, Will & Emery, Andrew B. Roth and David S. Ivill, both of whom specialize in health care matters. They will be joined by one associate from McDermott Will. Boston-based Mintz Levin has about 450 lawyers worldwide, with around 70 in New York.
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November 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

K&L Gates Abolishes Mandatory Retirement Policy

The golden years just got a bit shinier at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis. Last week, the partnership voted to abolish the firm's mandatory retirement age policy, which was at 70. "Our management group for a while has believed that such provisions are ... outside the mainstream of enlightened thinking about older lawyers and older workers generally," says Peter Kalis, the firm's chairman and global managing partner.
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February 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

Bankruptcy Judge Approves $145 Million in Fees for Lawyers, Advisers in Delphi Case

A New York federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved $145 million in fees for about 30 law firms, financial advisers and others for the first year of the restructuring of auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. Among the advisers for the former General Motors subsidiary, the biggest bill comes from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, which recorded fees and expenses of $32.79 million for the year.
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January 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

Asa Hutchinson Returns to Venable's D.C. Office

Former Undersecretary of Homeland Security Asa Hutchinson is returning to familiar territory, rejoining Venable's Washington, D.C., office. Hutchinson, 56, a former two-term Republican congressman and once the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration, headed up the firm's homeland security practice before exiting in March 2006 to launch an unsuccessful bid to become governor of Arkansas. Hutchinson will be a partner in the firm's litigation division.
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March 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

Sherman & Howard in Merger Talks With Jennings Strouss

Sherman & Howard is in talks to merge with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon. When the anticipated merger goes through, Sherman's eight-attorney Phoenix office will move into Jennings Strouss' Phoenix headquarters, creating an 85-attorney hub. The 150-attorney Sherman & Howard was founded in 1892, making it one of Denver's oldest law firms. "We've been growing at a steady pace, and we'd like to grow a little bit faster," said Sherman Chief Executive Michael Sanchez.
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April 02, 2008 | National Law Journal

Freshfields, Allen & Overy in Line for $40 Million Northern Rock Bonanza

Northern Rock has paid out more than $40 million to law firms and accountants over the course of its struggle for survival, it has emerged, with Freshfields and Allen & Overy both in line for bumper paydays. According to its latest annual report, published Monday, Northern Rock paid 21.2 million pounds ($41.9 million) in professional fees in the second half of 2007 before its controversial nationalization. Freshfields, Northern Rock's main legal adviser, is poised to collect the lion's share of legal fees.
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December 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

Paul Weiss and Sullivan & Cromwell Announce Bonuses

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Sullivan & Cromwell have followed Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and others in announcing bonuses starting at $30,000 for first-years. The announcement is in keeping with the recent trend of firms swiftly matching the first-mover in associate pay, reducing the drama from past years when bonuses often fluctuated as firms tried to one-up each other.
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