Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft corporate partner in New York who last month stepped down Fraidin joined Pershing Square who joined Cadwalader in mid-2015 2015 feature story by The American Lawyer jumping in 2003 to Kirkland abrupt departure of former leader James Woolery when he joined King & Spalding as an M&A partner ended in late 2016 according to past reporting by The American Lawyer right-size its operations shedding certain practice groups closing offices The American Lawyer reported in 2016 profits per partner rise last year amid a slight decline in gross revenue former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counsel Mark Chorazak as a financial services regulatory partner ex-Dentons global funds head Samantha Hutchinson as a partner former M&A lawyer Christopher Cox American Lawyer Dealmaker of the Year involvement in the Shareholder-Director Exchange ultimately unsuccessful tie-up talks how the business of law has changed