While the rankings of the elite T-14 law schools stayed largely the same in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, there were bigger changes further down the list.
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and Samford University Cumberland School of Law both had the largest gain, moving up 28 positions. The University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law had the largest drop, declining 37. Here’s the full list.
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Moves …
In New York …
Kirkland & Ellis hired lawyer Victoria Shusterman as a partner in its real estate practice group … Cozen O’Connor added attorney Jennifer Nellany to its real estate group … Proskauer added partner Christiana Lazo to its private client services practice … Akin added partner Avi Luft to its financial restructuring practice … Cooley hired restructuring and litigation partner Daniel Shamah.
In Washington, D.C. …
Thompson Coburn said it hired attorney Roger Swartzwelder for its higher education practice … Nixon Peabody said Joseph Maher, a former Department of Homeland Security official, joined the law firm as partner … Hogan Lovells added environmental crisis and white collar litigators Nadira Clarke and Anne Carpenter as partners … Hughes Hubbard hired partner Gaela Gehring Flores as co-chair of its international arbitration group … Mayer Brown said SEC official Jennifer Zepralka joined its public companies and corporate governance practice.
In Los Angeles …
Venable expanded its product liability and mass torts practice with the addition of partner Joo Cha Webb … Latham & Watkins hired partner Daniel Sinaiko for its finance department.
In San Francisco …
Withers hired corporate lawyer Jesse Berg as special counsel … Hogan Lovells added environmental crisis and white collar litigator Lily Chinn as a partner.
In Boston …
ArentFox Schiff expanded its automotive practice with the addition of four partners.
In Chicago …
Venable hired partners Derek Smith and Jeremy Goldkind for its product liability and mass torts practice.
In Seattle …
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner added civil and criminal litigator Erin Ehlert to its litigation and investigations department.
In Alabama …
Thompson Coburn hired litigators Tres Cleveland, Brandt Hill and Evan Moltz for its higher education practice.
In Milwaukee …
Littler added John Tripoli as a partner from Eimer Stahl.
In Louisiana …
McGlinchey Stafford hired attorney Joshua Populus to the firm’s enterprise litigation and investigations practice in its Baton Rouge office.
In Philadelphia …
Fox Rothschild hired trial attorney Kevin Raphael as a partner for its litigation department.
In Florida …
Law firm Becker added partner Donald Dufresne to its real estate and government law and lobbying practice areas in West Palm Beach.
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