Law firm Winston & Strawn said it had rescinded a job offer to a New York University law student who wrote in a student bar association online publication that “Israel bears full responsibility” for Hamas’ deadly attack in Israel.
The firm did not name the student, whom it called a former summer associate. But a Monday online newsletter from the NYU Student Bar Association includes a message from SBA president Ryna Workman blaming Israel for the violence. In a statement, the firm said the former summer associate’s comments “profoundly conflict with Winston & Strawn’s values as a firm.”
More from the legal industry …
More than $181 million in legal fees was awarded to plaintiffs’ lawyers at Keller Rohrback and Bleichmar Fonti & Auld as part of a data privacy settlement with Meta Platforms … Housing lender Freedom Mortgage protested a “bloated” demand for $19 million in legal fees from Boies Schiller Flexner and another firm … California lawyer Ari Lauer was indicted on charges that he counseled a solar firm in a $912 million Ponzi scheme … Paul Weiss asked a judge to deny a bid from Yelp and another former client to bar it from representing Google in antitrust litigation … A government contractor sued its former counsel at ArentFox Schiff… The number of jobs in the U.S. legal services sector shot up in September … Lawyers for Trump ally and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell sought permission to quit representing him, alleging he owes ‘millions of dollars’ in legal fees … Former San Antonio lawyer Christopher Pettit has pleaded guilty after he was charged with defrauding clients in a ‘Ponzi-type’ scheme.
Moves:
In New York …
Fried Frank appointed Kenneth Rosh, head of the firm’s private equity funds group, as its next chair… Proskauer Rose added a pair of litigation leaders from Morrison & Foerster … Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner hired Katherine Cooper as a partner for its financial services and disputes practice from Davis Wright Tremaine … Paul Hastings hired a trio of insurance partners in New York and Chicago … Covington added Michael Maline as a partner to its securities and capital markets practice from Mintz … Reed Smith tapped insurance recovery lawyer Bert Wells as a partner from Covington … Akerman hired DLA Piper partner Thomas Maira to serve as chair of its real estate private equity team … Paul Weiss added the former general counsel of 3G Capital, Brad Brown, as a partner in its private funds practice … Two litigation partners from Ellenoff Grossman & Schole joined Fox Rothschild.
In Washington, D.C. …
Jenner & Block hired Jonathan Skladany, who worked as a congressional lawyer for the GOP for more than a decade before joining the International Monetary Fund in 2022, as a special counsel … Miller & Chevalier tapped Joshua Drew, who was previously group chief ethics and compliance officer at Veon, as a compliance and investigations partner … Environmental attorney Rachel Saltzman, who served as legal adviser for Volkswagen Group of America, joined Hunton Andrews Kurth … Day Pitney added Valerie Green as an energy partner from Pierce Atwood … Armstrong Teasdale brought on Kenneth Sharperson as its chief diversity officer.
In Silicon Valley …
Greenberg Traurig added international tax partner Babak Nikravesh from Morrison & Foerster.
In Los Angeles …
Norton Rose Fulbright hired labor and employment partner Debbie Birndorf from Birndorf Law Offices.
In San Francisco …
Desmarais added IP trial partner Betty Chen who was previously at Fish & Richardson.
In Florida …
Quarles & Brady tapped real estate partner Amanda Barritt from Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt.
In Houston …
Baker Hostetler hired M&A partner Cleve Glenn from Frost Brown Todd … McDermott brought on Shawn O’Brien as a partner in its tax practice from Mayer Brown.
In Virginia …
Womble added Gina Schaecher as a partner to its business litigation practice from Rees Broome.
In Denver …
John Hawk rejoined Womble as a partner in its business litigation practice from Fox Rothschild … Quarles & Brady added Matthew Holohan as an IP partner from Sheridan Ross.
In Atlanta …
Daniel Noice rejoined Morris, Manning, & Martin as a commercial real estate development and finance partner after serving as general counsel to Pope & Land Enterprises.
In Wisconsin …
Michael Best combined with health technology law firm Trifecta General Counsel. Managing partners Andrew Briggs and Michael Evens join as partners, along with two other lawyers.
In Mexico City …
Haynes Boone added transactional corporate finance partner Diego Sanchez from Baker McKenzie.
And finally …
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner appointed new practice heads, including leaders for its global and regional corporate and finance transactions practice and a global head of its real estate practice.
