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The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn, Cahill Hire NY Restructuring Partners as Practice Outperforms Most

Bankruptcy demand rose 3% in Q1 compared to Q1 2023, according to a recent Thomson Reuters report.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Macro Impacts': How Much Am Law 200 Firms Have Reduced Their Space

Am Law 200 firms leased an average of 525,500 square feet of office space in 2023 at an average cost per square foot of $50.20. Here's how those figures have shifted in recent years.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Can Second Hundred Firms Gain Ground on 'Price-Insensitive' Practice Areas?

Smaller firms have more to lose when a client says, "You're not price competitive." That's forced them to keep focus on sophisticated work from mid-market clients and routine work for high-end clients.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

O'Melveny Team Takes Pro Bono Client From 'Life Without Parole' to Life on the Outside

Parole commissioners called the case of Gilbert Mendez "refreshing" since most of the changes he made to improve himself came before he had any real hope of ever getting out of prison.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Not Your Father's Law Firm': Big Law Continues to Hone Office Space

Mayer Brown's New York space has a 6,200-square-foot gathering area known as The Hub. The area features a game room with table tennis, billiards and shuffleboard.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Faegre Drinker Adds Phila. Partners From Ballard Spahr, Manko Gold

Timothy Katsiff is a commercial litigator, while Thomas Duncan focuses on transactional work in the environmental sphere.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Hires Wachtell FinReg Counsel to Join as Partner

Ro Spaziani is working with three Gibson Dunn practice groups at the intersection of financial regulation, fintech and digital assets.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Willkie Opens in Dallas With 3 Haynes and Boone Private Equity Partners

Am Law 100 firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has opened an office in Dallas that will be staffed initially by three private equity partners from Haynes and Boone, and four partners from Willkie's Houston office who will also maintain offices in Dallas.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Scott Kane of Squire Patton Boggs on Directness, the Importance of Action, and Commitment to the 'Mission'

Kane, a U.S. Army vet, was managing partner of the firm's Cincinnati office before becoming co-chair of the firm's global litigation practice last month.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Billing Rate Growth and Litigation Demand Drive Big Law Gains in Q1

Worked billing rates were up 6.4% in Q1, the highest quarter-over-quarter increase since at least the Great Recession, noted Thomson Reuters' Bill Josten.
4 minute read

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