The American Bar Association released a trove of bar exam data detailing national results and figures for the 197 individual U.S. law schools it accredits. Ten of the 15 law schools with the highest 2023 first-time bar pass rates are ranked in the top 14 by U.S. News & World Report.
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The U.S. legal services sector added 2,700 jobs in February, resuming an upward trajectory after dipping at the start of the year … The Federal Circuit’s judicial council told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that the law governing their 96-year-old colleague Pauline Newman’s suspension was constitutional … The U.S. federal judiciary adopted a new policy aimed at curtailing “judge shopping” … Landing a Big Law summer associate position was tougher in 2023 … Bankrupt Terraform Labs received permission to hire Dentons to defend the company from an SEC lawsuit … The ABA approved California’s Golden Gate Law’s closure plan … DLA Piper won sanctions in a $180 million malpractice fight … A music executive filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Greenberg Traurig and Joel Katz … Jackson Walker turned to prominent Texas litigator Rusty Hardin to fight claims that it profited from a secret romance between one of its lawyers and a federal bankruptcy judge overseeing many of the firm’s cases.
Moves:
In New York …
DLA Piper hired Cooley partner Joshua Kaufman as its new co-chair for capital markets and public company advisory practice … Annmarie Giblin joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in the firm’s cybersecurity and privacy practice group. She was previously co-chair of the cybersecurity and privacy practice at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin … BakerHostetler added George McCormick as a tax partner; he previously co-led the private client practice at Moses Singer … Willkie hired Don Macbean as an energy and commodities transaction partner from Katten Muchin … Cleary Gottlieb added mergers and acquisitions partner James Hu from White & Case.
In Los Angeles …
Davis Wright Tremaine added Monica Rodriguez to its employment services team from Morrison Foerster.
In Denver …
Morrison Foerster hired private funds partner Elizabeth Sipes. She was earlier a firmwide chair of Perkins Coie’s private investment funds group.
In Atlanta …
James Andros rejoined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in its corporate and securities practice from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs.
In Dallas …
McGuireWoods brought on healthcare partners Michael Elliott and Mindy Sauter. They previously headed the firm Elliott Sauter.
In St Louis …
Quarles & Brady added real estate partner Jaimie Mansfield and health law partner Wakaba Tessier from Armstrong Teasdale.
In Cincinnati …
Baker Hostetler hired Nicholas Simon as a partner in the firm’s business practice group and a member of the mergers and acquisitions team and sports industry team.
In London …
White & Case expanded its global M&A practice and global private equity industry group with the addition of Lavanya Raghavan from Ropes & Gray.
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