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WilmerHale, Steptoe & Johnson the Next to Raise First-Year Pay in D.C.
WilmerHale and Steptoe & Johnson both raised pay for first-year associates in their D.C. offices to $145,000 Wednesday, joining the competition and establishing a new benchmark in the Washington market. WilmerHale also announced it would match the market price of $160,000 for its New York office. Steptoe raised salaries in its New York office to $145,000.Akerman in Merger Talks With Wickwire
Florida-based Ackerman Senterfitt, with more than 400 lawyers in 10 offices, is in merger talks with 45-lawyer Virginia-based Wickwire Gavin. Should they merge, Akerman's hurricane infrastructure practice and Wickwire's construction and contracts work could prove a potent combination. "The boards met and have decided to see if the numbers work," says Richard Spees, managing partner of Akerman's D.C. office.Holland & Knight Scholarship to Provide Tuition, Summer Associate Job
Holland & Knight has endowed a scholarship for second-year students at Florida A&M University's law school that will cover full tuition and guarantee the recipient a summer associate position with the firm. This year, the scholarship will pay $7,178 of the in-state tuition for a student Holland selects from the historically black university. "We hope this will give us a broader pool of lawyers to choose from to meet our goal in having a diverse law firm," partner Martha Barnett said.FDA Chief Counsel Joins Hunton & Williams
If a firm is looking to expand its food and drug practice, it can hardly do better than snagging the chief counsel of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, which is exactly what Hunton & Williams has done. Sheldon Bradshaw, the FDA's chief counsel, will join the firm's Washington office as a partner and co-chair of its food and drug practice in October. Bradshaw joins the recent exodus of high-ranking Bush administration officials as that administration approaches its final year.Goodwin Procter Grabs IP Group From Hunton & Williams
Goodwin Procter has raided Hunton & Williams' Washington, D.C., office for a six-partner intellectual property team, including Thomas Scott, the former chair of the Richmond, Va.-based firm's IP practice. The firm, which ramped up its D.C. presence in 2004 by merging with Shea & Gardner, has been on the prowl for high-profile laterals as of late.View more book results for the query "*"
Three King & Spalding IP Partners Join Heller
Heller Ehrman has recruited three intellectual property partners from the New York office of King & Spalding, which has itself recruited a New York IP partner from Goodwin Procter. Kevin Culligan, W. Edward Bailey and John Hanish will join Heller Ehrman as partners specializing in patent litigation.Fulbright Opens Beijing Bureau
Fulbright & Jaworski, which has had an office in Hong Kong since 1990, is moving onto mainland China with a new office in Beijing. Fulbright has 10 lawyers in China but will boost that number to 15 over the next few weeks by hiring lawyers in China to help staff the new office in Beijing. Two of the firm's major Asian clients, China National Petroleum Corp. and International Finance Corp., are based in Beijing, but another reason for the move is that business is highly regulated in China.The Decisions of the 2007-2008 Supreme Court Term
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