Partners
4021 ABA Journal Partners articles.
A partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is on indefinite leave after his arrest on a charge of attempted dissemination of indecent materials to a minor in the first degree.
Jun 6, 2023 11:08 AM CDT
A New York appeals court has denied bar admission to a 2000 law graduate who practiced law for nearly 10 years without a license, rising to law firm partnership.
Jun 6, 2023 9:36 AM CDT
Updated: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith appears to be fighting back after two lawyers left last month to form a law firm. Lewis Brisbois has released emails with “wildly offensive and demeaning language” exchanged by the former partners.
Jun 5, 2023 11:43 AM CDT
Perkins Coie has been named the top law firm for women and diversity by Seramount, formerly known as Working Mother Media.
Jun 2, 2023 11:35 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has vacated sanctions against two Dechert partners and ordered the judge who imposed the punishment to consider whether the attorneys subjectively engaged in bad-faith conduct.
Jun 2, 2023 9:10 AM CDT
Virginia proposes ban on agreements limiting ethics complaints
A proposed ethics rule in Virginia would ban lawyers from making agreements with clients or former clients that limit their right to…
May 26, 2023 10:48 AM CDT
A few large, diversified law firms with growing profits are taking advantage of a market lull to lure partners away from rivals they have outperformed.
May 25, 2023 2:36 PM CDT
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has laid off 34 employees across its U.S. offices and another 13 employees overseas, the law firm announced Thursday.
May 25, 2023 10:12 AM CDT
Proskauer Rose is arguing that a bad business partner—and not a drafting mistake—is to blame for a client’s losses, which are alleged to be around $636 million.
May 11, 2023 2:56 PM CDT
Updated: A federal judge in New York City has chastised lawyers for Proskauer Rose for demanding five concessions from the opposing counsel in a job-bias case before granting his request for a pushed-back deadline because of the birth of his child.
May 9, 2023 8:50 AM CDT
Twitter critics were quick to scold a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison after he called a brief by U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar “a hot mess” in a U.S. Supreme Court filing.
May 4, 2023 10:02 AM CDT
Plaintiffs can’t go looking for “greener judicial pasture” by dropping 213 of 218 defendants from a lawsuit and then filing a new suit against the same 213 defendants, according to a federal judge in Chicago.
May 3, 2023 3:14 PM CDT
More than 110 lawyers are leaving Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith to join a new law firm founded by two of its longtime lawyers.
May 2, 2023 3:03 PM CDT
A former Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz lobbyist pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for participating in a scheme to defraud investors in timber investments.
Apr 28, 2023 8:40 AM CDT
Ninety-eight of the nation’s top 100 law firms had 44 fewer partners last year than in 2021, continuing a long-term trend of firms “pulling up the ladder,” according to an analysis by Bloomberg Law.
Apr 27, 2023 12:37 PM CDT
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