Not all large U.S. law firms have said good riddance to remote lawyering since the pandemic.
Fennemore Craig this week joined a small number of traditionally brick-and-mortar firms that now allow full-time alternatives to in-person work by launching a new formal program to hire lawyers in locations where it does not have offices. Read more.
From the legal industry:
Judge Pauline Newman, 97, lost her bid to return to work at the Federal Circuit … Three NYC legal aid lawyers sued their union, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, for the second time in the fallout over a call for a ceasefire in Gaza … A 9th Circuit panel publicly reprimanded Alaska U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred, who resigned after a sexual misconduct probe … Linklaters grew its revenue by 10% to a record high of $2.69 billion … Florida prosecutor Andrew Warren, ousted by Governor Ron DeSantis, denounced the 11th Circuit for tying up his lawsuit over his suspension … Attorney Spencer Sheehan, known for filing hundreds of food and beverage labeling lawsuits, was sanctioned … The fate of $170 million in fees sought by Grant & Eisenhofer and three other law firms in the Visa and Mastercard settlement is up in the air … And finally, three major law firms are closing offices in U.S. cities where they previously expanded.
Moves:
In New York …
Blank Rome hired Jeffrey Fickes and Christopher DePizzo as partners in its corporate, M&A and securities group … Withers established an international family law practice, headed by new partner Nicky Rooz, who was at Salzano Ettinger Lampert & Wilson … Morrison Foerster added William Wilson as a partner in the firm’s technology transactions group.
In Washington, D.C. …
Polsinelli hired Chad Landmon to chair its Hatch-Waxman and biologics practice from Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider … White collar defense and government investigations partner Gerald Moody joined Akin from the DOJ’s Criminal Division … Milbank added former senior CFTC official Joshua Sterling as a partner.
In California …
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Boyle is rejoining Boies Schiller in Los Angeles as a partner. He will focus on white collar investigations, foreign corruption, and asset tracing and forfeiture … McDermott Will & Emery added litigator Brian Glennon from Latham & Watkins, where he served as global co-chair of the securities litigation and professional liability practice … Weil, Gotshal & Manges is opening new offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco with private equity dealmakers Tana Ryan and Navneeta Rekhi from Latham & Watkins … Polsinelli added employment litigation attorneys Lindsay David and Tiffany Hansen. David joined in Los Angeles and Hansen in San Francisco.
In Chicago …
Alston & Bird added three partners to its corporate, healthcare and real estate practices from Sidley Austin. Dave Zampa and Erin Felchner will join in Chicago while Brielle Cuskelly will be in Century City, CA … Honigman hired real estate partners Patrick Johnson and Saloni Sahara. Johnson joins from Gould & Ratner and Sahara from Hogan Lovells.
In Houston …
Sheppard Mullin hired real estate partners Douglas Yeager and Jeffrey Smith from Winston & Strawn.
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