Partners

2 Irell & Manella lawyers should be sanctioned after witness ‘was tricked’ with altered document, special master says

An Irell & Manella associate who decided to alter a date on a schematic drawing to prove a point during a deposition should be sanctioned, along with a partner who missed an email revealing the plan, a special master has recommended.

Mar 20, 2025 3:02 PM CDT

Former Duane Morris partner arrested on outstanding warrant related to Michigan assault case

Updated: A former Duane Morris partner was arrested on an outstanding Michigan warrant at his condo in Chicago’s South Loop on Friday, the same building where his wife’s body was found in a stairwell in October 2024.

Mar 10, 2025 3:16 PM CDT

Florida lawyer is building up her law practice and growing her network via social media

While others were baking sourdough bread, stockpiling toilet paper and watching Tiger King during the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida lawyer Claudia Cobreiro spent her time on Instagram. “I felt like I couldn’t spend COVID waiting for it to pass,” Cobreiro says. “I wanted to grow my network.” It ended up transforming her practice and her life. For her, it was all about “the ’gram.”

Mar 3, 2025 9:04 AM CST

This law firm bills as much as $3,000 per hour

Some partners at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan bill as much as $3,000 per hour, according to court filings cited by Reuters.

Feb 26, 2025 1:46 PM CST

Former practice chair allegedly overbilled clients by over $3.5M at 2 BigLaw firms, ethics complaint says

A former partner in the Chicago offices of two large international law firms is facing an ethics complaint alleging that he falsified billing records and caused clients to be overbilled by more than $3.5 million over a period of 20 years.

Feb 26, 2025 12:13 PM CST

Former law firm partner censured over sex with associate and legal assistant, stay-quiet offers

A former partner at a Boise, Idaho, law firm has been publicly censured after he allegedly tried to entice an associate and a legal assistant to keep quiet about an incident in which he had sexual relations with them at the office.

Feb 26, 2025 8:55 AM CST

This attorney made partner after creating a lucrative practice area focused on construction law

David Fine didn’t intend to become a construction law attorney. But when presented with the opportunity, the Massachusetts-based attorney ran with it.

Feb 25, 2025 8:46 AM CST

3 lawyers with ‘elite establishment credentials’ have joined Musk’s DOGE effort, report says

Three lawyers who have joined Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have “elite establishment credentials,” according to a report by ProPublica.

Feb 12, 2025 3:10 PM CST

Co-founder of defunct firm LeClairRyan may be able to avoid tax liability after 4th Circuit decision on his exit

The co-founder and former CEO of the defunct law firm LeClairRyan may be able to avoid tax liability in connection with the firm’s collapse because of a ruling Friday by a federal appeals court.

Feb 12, 2025 10:44 AM CST

Reed Smith plans to open Atlanta office with 37 lawyers from these 2 law firms

Reed Smith announced last week that it is opening an Atlanta office with 33 lawyers from Morris, Manning & Martin and four from Greenberg Traurig.

Feb 5, 2025 8:52 AM CST

This BigLaw firm will represent Trump in appeal of hush-money conviction

Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Donald Trump in his appeal of his conviction and sentence for falsifying business records to hide a hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.

Jan 30, 2025 12:47 PM CST

‘Very strong performance’ reported for law firms in 2024, with revenue increasing 12.5%

Growth in billing rates contributed to a 12.5% increase in law firm revenue in 2024, up from 6% in 2023, according to a year-end survey by Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group.

Jan 29, 2025 11:59 AM CST

BigLaw firm took several pages from ‘Retaliating Employer’s Handbook,’ suit alleges

Updated: A counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle has filed a retaliation lawsuit against the law firm and several partners, including one defendant who moved into the plaintiff’s Seattle apartment building—allegedly on the firm’s dime.

Jan 23, 2025 11:11 AM CST

Bad news for associates? Report finds law firms are shifting to new ‘talent model’ for hiring

A shifting “law firm talent model” is bad news for associates, who make up a lesser proportion of lawyers in law firms than they did during the Great Recession, according to the 2025 Report on the State of the U.S. Legal Market.

Jan 9, 2025 3:30 PM CST

Former BigLaw partner, fen-phen lawyer among those granted commutations by Biden

A former Jenkens & Gilchrist partner and an ex-diet-drug lawyer are among nearly 1,500 people granted commutations by President Joe Biden in December.

Jan 8, 2025 8:50 AM CST