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General Counsel Becomes Marketing Director
Law firm marketing directors, who tend to have public relations or sales backgrounds, sometimes privately complain that their firms are too conservative when it comes to selling themselves. So some applaud the idea of bringing in a lawyer with a sales bent to fill the role if that will make a firm more open to the concept of promotion. Kelley Drye & Warren has hired such a person: Theodore R. Voss, their new marketing director who was a former general counsel.Brobeck Loses Technology Head to L.A.'s Kelley Drye & Warren
Kevin DeBr�, the partner who heads Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's technology group in Southern California, is leaving the firm to join the Los Angeles office of Kelley Drye & Warren. DeBr�, who joined Brobeck as an associate in 1995, will launch Kelley Drye's new firmwide technology group and also lead its emerging companies practice in Los Angeles.
Kelley Drye adds a whopper of a hire to its advertising law group
Marlene Mitchell Gordon, former vice president, assistant general counsel for Burger King Brands, Inc., has joined Kelley Drye & Warren as of counsel in the firm's advertising law and intellectual property & technology practice groups in its Washington office.Kelley Drye to Acquire Collier Shannon
Overcoming the last major hurdle in their merger talks, New York's Kelley Drye & Warren voted Tuesday evening to acquire Washington-based Collier Shannon Scott, a combination that will create a 350-lawyer firm with expected gross revenues of more than $220 million. The move will more than double Kelley Drye's D.C. presence and bring the mainly corporate and litigation firm a mix of regulatory practices, including Collier Shannon's well-regarded advertising, international trade and antitrust groups.Kelley Drye partner heads to Nixon Peabody
Neil F. O'Donnell, formerly a partner in the Washington office of Kelley Drye & Warren, has joined the Washington office of Boston's Nixon Peabody as a partner in the firm's public finance practice.
Kelley Drye Elects New Firm Chair
Kelley Drye & Warren has announced the election of Paul McCurdy as firm chair, succeeding John M. Callagy, who has been in the role since 1992.EEOC Sues Kelley Drye for Age Bias Over Compensation System
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Kelley Drye & Warren yesterday for its use of a compensation system that the agency claims forces attorneys to give up their equity at age 70 and earn less than younger attorneys in the firm with similar collections and billings. The suit, filed in the Southern District, was brought on behalf of labor and employment partner Eugene T. D'Ablemont, 79, and a class of other "similarly situated employees."EEOC sues over mandatory retirement practices
Bowing to pressure from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kelley Drye & Warren has dropped its mandatory retirement policy, the firm said.Kelley Drye's D.C. Partners Favor Merger With Collier Shannon
Partners in the Washington, D.C., office of New York's Kelley Drye & Warren voted Friday to merge with Collier Shannon Scott, an 80-lawyer Washington firm. Collier Shannon partners also voted in favor of the deal, which still requires the approval of Kelley Drye's New York partners, who are set to vote this evening. Kelley Drye Chairman John M. Callagy said Friday it was all but certain the New York office would vote in favor as well.Four Kelley Drye Partners Join Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray has continued its New York expansion by recruiting four partners from Kelley Drye & Warren, including the chair of Kelley Drye's bankruptcy practice. That practice has been one of Kelley Drye's most profitable and well-regarded groups, so the loss of half of the group's partners is considered a blow.Trending Stories
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