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Russell Hedman of Hogan Lovells co-led the legal team that advised the ownership group that purchased the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
King & Spalding LLP's TaCara Harris' work investigating allegations of sexual assault by coaches in the National Women's Soccer League, as well as her work on the litigation over claims that Zantac causes cancer, is why she won a spot on the 2024 list of product liability Law360 Rising Stars.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Lindsay Paulin's work in high-profile and novel cases, such as a dispute that helped convince the Pentagon to abandon a controversial $10 billion cloud contract, has earned her a position among the government contracts attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Latham & Watkins LLP counsel Dustin Paige's work on large, complex deals, including a $7 billion joint venture between Digital Realty Trust and Blackstone Inc. to develop four hyperscale data center campuses and Flynn Properties' $1.1 billion acquisition of an 89-hotel portfolio and its subsequent refinancing, has earned him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Mica Klein of Perkins Coie LLP has advised Microsoft on a series of data center and electrical substation construction projects across North, Central and South America and represents the Seattle Mariners in a major stadium renovation, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Norton Rose Fulbright's Utsav Mathur represented energy companies in their challenge of the financing structure for a billion-dollar infrastructure project that ultimately made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Joe Bargnesi of Latham & Watkins LLP advises dozens of private equity firms and represented Honeywell as it fought back on a bribery probe the U.S. Department of Justice launched against it, earning him a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Dechert LLP's Matthew Fischer has opened up the agricultural market to lenders, guided small banks through major securitizations and navigated an ever-changing regulatory landscape on behalf of his clients as they juggle valuable assets, earning him a spot among the complex financial instruments attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Even as law firms have faced legal threats in the past year over their diversity, equity and inclusion programming, the number of firms that have committed to embracing diversity via Mansfield certification continues to grow, according to an announcement Wednesday.
Winston & Strawn LLP has expanded its offerings in Texas with the addition of two transactional attorneys as partners in its Houston office, the firm said in a Wednesday statement.
The State Bar of California has officially entered into an $8.25 million agreement with Kaplan Exam Services LLC to replace the National Conference of Bar Examiners' exam after four decades of using the NCBE's Multistate Bar Examination, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
Complex financial instrument law may not be fine art, but if you ask Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Laura Salvati, creativity is important, and her artistic nature has helped her build novel financing structures for her clients' billion-dollar deals. That creativity, in part, has made her one of the attorneys under age 40 practicing complex financial instrument law selected by Law360 as a Rising Star.
After a career helping to handle terrorism-related cases as a federal prosecutor, Edward O'Callaghan has joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where he will serve as co-leader of the firm's Washington, D.C., office and chair of its congressional investigations practice.
Former Virginia labor department head Courtney M. Malveaux has joined McGuireWoods LLP, the firm announced Tuesday, with the seasoned U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration expert saying he hopes to draw on his experience to help employers going through crisis and incident responses.
An Alabama federal judge won't disqualify Maynard Nexsen PC from representing a former Parsons Corp. engineer in his discrimination suit against the company for allegedly representing both parties at the same time, saying Parsons' disqualification motion was "unmeritorious."
Winston & Strawn LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a Squire Patton Boggs LLP trial attorney as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
As more law firms track data to achieve profitability, vendor consolidation and the rise of generative artificial intelligence are forcing some to change how they protect profitability, a panel of law firm leaders said this week.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Tuesday that it is adding three partners who specialize in fund formation matters to bolster its investment management practice in New York.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Tuesday that a senior attorney at the Federal Trade Commission had joined its Washington office as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice.
Thompson Coburn LLP said this week that a former partner who focuses on agriculture and food law has rejoined the firm's St. Louis office after a stint with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Law360 Pulse caught up with Michelle Behnke, the American Bar Association's new president-elect, to discuss the challenge of keeping up with changes in the legal profession.
Three attorneys from a Tennessee real estate boutique, including the firm's founder, have joined Buchalter PC's Nashville office.
Christodoulos Kaoutzanis of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has led multibillion-dollar offerings, including Savers Value Village's $461.4 million and Rocket Cos.' $2 billion initial public offerings, earning him a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
Hogan Lovells' Matthew Clark is helping to chart new regulatory pathways for commercially deploying unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S., earning him a spot among transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's Andrew Kaufman has helped lead cases in multidistrict litigation against Juul Labs Inc. over its marketing of vapes and Uber Technologies Inc. over allegations of sexual assault of passengers, earning him a spot among product liability attorneys under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The MarkLaw firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.