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With Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential run in full swing, a Jenner & Block LLP partner took leave from the firm to join her campaign, in one of the latest legal industry moves inside the nation's capital.
As Milbank LLP becomes the latest law firm to award midyear bonuses, legal recruiters anticipate a ripple effect, with other major firms expected to follow suit in announcing similar bonus payments for their attorneys.
Former U.S. Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark has asked the D.C. Court of Appeals to review orders from his disciplinary case after an ethics committee recommended he face suspension, arguing new precedent set in Trump v. United States grants him immunity, though disciplinary counsel said the appeal was improper.
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
The U.S. Senate doesn't return for about a month, but when it does, Democrats will be on the final sprint to try to top the 234 judges confirmed in former President Donald Trump's first term.
Robert Herbst, a former general counsel and world champion weightlifter, has woven together the law and sports throughout his career, including this week in Paris where he is working with the U.S. Olympic team as a volunteer.
When Steven Feenstra, the newest member of Nixon Peabody LLP's the community development finance practice, visited a client's office some 25 years ago, the photos of the community housing projects the client had helped develop made a lasting impression on him, he told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, an umbrella advocacy group for state utility regulators, announced its next executive director on Thursday, appointing Tony Clark, a Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP senior adviser who served as the association's president before being tapped for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Milbank LLP plans to award midyear bonuses of up to $25,000 to all associates and special counsel, according to an internal email sent Thursday by Chairman Scott Edelman.
After being named in late July as co-managing partner of Boston-based Foley Hoag LLP, Hathaway Pease Russell spoke with Law360 Pulse about where she sees the firm today, its plans for the future, and what she sees as most valuable about its culture.
Josh Hsu of Jenner & Block, who has worked with Vice President Kamala Harris in various capacities over the years, has joined her presidential campaign as a senior counsel and liaison to the vice president's team, the campaign told Law360.
In Hans P. Dyke's first stint with Bracewell LLP, one of his clients was the solar company he would go on to serve as general counsel for. Three years later, Dyke has returned to Bracewell's energy group to apply his new experience to clients' needs for energy transaction issues, the firm announced Thursday.
The new general counsel for the North American arm of United Kingdom-based defense aerospace company Rolls-Royce is a familiar face at the company, having most recently held the top lawyer position on an interim basis following the departure of the previous general counsel earlier this year.
With a presidential election approaching, the Israel-Hamas war continuing, and numerous social issues creating division in the country, Dawn Reddy Solowey of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discusses how law firms might de-escalate potential conflicts that could erupt at work.
A lawsuit from House Judiciary Committee Republicans seeking to force the handover of audiotapes from President Joe Biden's interviews with special counsel Robert Hur is an "inter-branch dispute" that does not belong in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has named new office managing partners for its shops in Houston; Birmingham, Alabama; and Tampa, Florida, and tapped several others to lead its real estate, government enforcement and investigations, and labor and employment practice groups.
Two new affinity groups have been formed by Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC to help firm employees with disabilities and those who are the first of their families to graduate from college and enter a professional environment.
Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.
Dentons has hired a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, who has joined the firm to continue advising clients on financial market regulatory issues and compliance matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
McGuireWoods LLP said Wednesday it has added two U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory lawyers to its Washington, D.C., office — one who joins from Reed Smith LLP and another who joins from the U.S. Department of Justice.
A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.
The Republican staff on the newly formed bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump includes Capitol Hill and legal veterans, among them attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Jenner & Block LLP.
On the heels of the American Bar Association's first ethics guidance for lawyers using artificial intelligence, questions loom about when more state bar associations will build on the ABA recommendations.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced that an experienced litigator who focuses on clients from and working in the Middle East joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office from boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC.
The American Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that calls on state admission authorities to stop asking would-be lawyers to disclose their experiences of sexual violence and harassment during the attorney licensure process.
Piper Hoffman and Will Lowrey at Animal Outlook lay out suggestions for attorneys to maximize the value of their pro bono efforts, from crafting engagement letters to balancing workloads — and they explain how these principles can foster a more rewarding engagement for both lawyers and nonprofits.
Lawyers can use LinkedIn to strengthen their thought leadership position, generate new business, explore career opportunities, and better position themselves and their firms in search results by writing a well-composed, optimized summary that demonstrates their knowledge and experience, says Guy Alvarez at Good2bSocial.
Imposter syndrome is rampant in the legal profession, especially among lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds, leading to missed opportunities and mental health issues — but firms can provide support in numerous ways, and attorneys can use therapeutic strategies to quiet their inner critic, says Helen Pamely at Rosling King.
In 2022, partners considering lateral moves have new priorities, and firms that hope to recruit top talent will need to communicate their strategy for growth, engage on hot issues like origination credit and diversity initiatives, and tailor their integration plans toward expanding partners’ client base, says Gloria Sandrino at Lateral Link.
Lawyers are experiencing burnout on a massive, unprecedented scale due to the pandemic, but law firms and institutional players can and should make a difference by focusing on small, practical solutions that protect their attorneys’ most precious personal resource and professional commodity — time, says Chad Sarchio, president of the District of Columbia Bar.
Technological shifts during the pandemic and beyond should force firms to rethink how legal secretaries can not only better support timekeepers but also participate in elevating client service, bifurcating the role into an administrative support position and a more elevated practice support role, says Lauren Chung at HBR Consulting.
Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can I Ace My Upcoming Annual Review?Jennifer Rakstad at White & Case highlights how associates can emphasize achievements and seek support before, during and after their annual review, despite the pandemic’s negative effects on face time with colleagues and business development opportunities.
In order to be perceived as prestigious by clients and potential recruits, law firms should take their branding efforts beyond designing visual identities and address six key imperatives to differentiate themselves — from identifying intangible core strengths to delivering on promises at every interaction, says Howard Breindel at DeSantis Breindel.
Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal JudiciaryWith the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.