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A familiar tale of survival: Chicago firm cuts there, adds here and freezes its rates
Levenfeld Pearlstein, a Chicago-based law firm with about 75 attorneys that targets middle-market clients, dismissed three lawyers this month, citing difficult economic conditions, but hired four in other, busier practice areas.Two firms to freeze billing rates in 2009
Levenfeld Pearlstein, a Chicago law firm with 75 lawyers that targets middle-market clients, won't raise its billing rates for services next year after learning that 2009 corporate legal budgets will be under pressure. Pepe & Hazard, a Hartford, Conn.-based firm, made a similar announcement last week.Will Billing Rate Freezes Become a Trend?
Levenfeld Pearlstein, a 75-lawyer Chicago firm that targets middle-market clients, won't raise its billing rates for services next year after learning that 2009 corporate legal budgets will be under pressure. And Pepe & Hazard, a Connecticut-based firm with about 60 lawyers, has announced a rate freeze for existing clients as a way of shouldering some of the burden that the current economic environment has put on clients.Will Billing Rate Freezes Become a Trend?
Levenfeld Pearlstein, a 75-lawyer Chicago firm that targets middle-market clients, won't raise its billing rates for services next year after learning that 2009 corporate legal budgets will be under pressure. And Pepe & Hazard, a Connecticut-based firm with about 60 lawyers, has announced a rate freeze for existing clients as a way of shouldering some of the burden that the current economic environment has put on clients.Hedge fund legal advice: help to shape regulation
Attorneys representing the nation's top hedge funds are advising their clients to help shape the far more regulated future they anticipate when the Obama administration takes office.Howrey Trustee Adds Firms to Clawback List
The Howrey estate was by turns peaceable and litigious Friday, striking a multimillion-dollar settlement with one of its insurance carriers while rounding up more firms — including Haynes and Boone — for clawback claims.Shot at the Courtroom Helps Firms Add Talent
More law firms are giving associates a shot at courtroom action, a strategy that helps recruit and retain top legal talent. At a previous firm, Chris Griesmeyer, 34, had to fight to prove he could take a deposition, "which was pretty frustrating." Now an attorney at 75-lawyer Levenfeld Pearlstein, he does voir dire, takes depositions and argues cases. And he made partner in just two years. Levenfeld courts promising associates from larger firms with commitments to get them more face time.Howrey Trustee Adds Firms to Clawback List
The Howrey estate was by turns peaceable and litigious Friday, striking a multimillion-dollar settlement with one of its insurance carriers while rounding up more firms for clawback claims.Trending Stories
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