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Pace of New Law Firm Offices Is Brisk
Despite the economic downturn in 2008, law firms have opened new offices at a brisk pace so far this year. Dozens of law firms have planted flags on the West Coast, in the Midwest and the South, with a noticeable absence of expansion on the East Coast during the first half of 2008. Although many firms are taking a "hunker down and wait" approach during the sluggish economy, says consultant Ward Bower, others are seeing opportunities to grab smaller firms and lateral groups.The Score: NBA Union's Legal Bills Keep Piling Up
As players get set for a new National Basketball Association season, the union that represents them remains locked in litigation with its former leader. Meanwhile, in other sports law news: a Williams & Connolly partner starts his own sports agency; a trio of litigators helps Mark Cuban beat the SEC; Jeffrey Kessler sizes up collegiate clients; and Lanny Davis signs on to defend the Washington Redskins' name.Cleveland's Benesch Hires New Shanghai Head
Richard Grams was previously a Shanghai partner with Atlanta's Troutman Sanders.The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Lawyers leave the government to join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Jones Day; and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; McDermott Will & Emery expands in Paris with an Africa-focused mining trio; and a Latham & Watkins partner moves to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in San Francisco. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Ethics Experts: No Conflict in Jones Day's Detroit Role
A pending contract between Jones Day—which beat out 13 other firms for the assignment—and financially crippled Detroit has come under scrutiny as city council members questioned whether the firm is too cozy with the city's newly appointed emergency manager, former Jones Day partner Kevyn Orr.Firms spread out to West Coast, Chicago
Troutman Sanders' chief Robert W. Webb Jr. said last week that a primary factor in his firm's merger with Washington-based Ross, Dixon Bell was to gain offices on the West Coast.Webb isn't the only one with expansive thinking. Dozens of law firms have planted flags on the West Coast, in the Midwest and the South, with a noticeable absence of expansion on the East Coast during the first half of 2008.Trending Stories
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