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9 LA Lawyers Move from Sonnenschein to Seyfarth Shaw

A group of nine real estate and corporate attorneys are moving from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal to the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw. The five partners in the group are expected to be joined today by four associates, according to a Seyfarth press release. “Seyfarth Shaw has long planned…

Oct 6, 2008 3:14 PM CDT

Jenner & Block: Profits Will Rise in 2008

Managing partner Susan Levy of Chicago-based Jenner & Block has predicted her firm will see both revenues and profits rise this year, despite the Wall Street crisis. Revenues and profits are up so far this year, compared to the same period in 2007, she told partners and associates in separate…

Oct 3, 2008 5:33 PM CDT

More Thelen Lawyers Decamp to Pillsbury

After picking up all of the approximately 20 lawyers in Thelen’s China office late last month, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has signed on a partner and counsel in Washington, D.C. from the San Francisco-based firm’s construction litigation and international dispute practices. Michael Jaffe, formerly chairman of the international arbitration and…

Oct 3, 2008 12:09 PM CDT

Rick Eid: How I Quit the Law to Write for ‘Law & Order’

Becoming an associate at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was initially a dream job for Rick Eid. And much of that dream came true, Eid writes in a Forbes. He made partner—not at Skadden, but at Manatt Phelps & Phillips, in Los Angeles. And when he decided to make…

Oct 2, 2008 3:28 PM CDT

Sullivan & Cromwell Chair Gets Top Billing Among Wall Street Legal Stars

When Hollywood makes a movie about the record-breaking wild ride on Wall Street in recent weeks, there’s one lawyer who’s sure to be among the main men played by the likes of Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford. H. Rodgin Cohen, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, has been ubiquitous amidst…

Oct 1, 2008 3:36 PM CDT

Facebook’s New GC is Kirkland & Ellis Partner With GOP Ties

Facebook has made a surprise choice for its general counsel by going outside the Silicon Valley to choose a lawyer with Republican ties. The social networking site hired Kirkland & Ellis partner Theodore Ullyot, according to the Recorder and Daily Journal (sub. req.). The legal recruiter who handled the search,…

Sep 30, 2008 1:31 PM CDT

Thelen’s Entire 20-Lawyer China Office Defects to Pillsbury Winthrop

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has reportedly raided Thelen’s office in China of all 20 or so of its lawyers. The group, which includes partners Lou Bevilacqua, Tom Shoesmith, Joe Tiano and Meg Utterback, is being split between Pillsbury offices in Shanghai, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., reports a Pillsbury press…

Sep 29, 2008 6:26 PM CDT

Likely Bailout Beneficiaries: Lawyers

Although proposed emergency legislation intended to rescue the struggling U.S. economy at a cost of some $700 billion hasn’t yet been enacted, attorneys are already jockeying for position to help corporations wend their way through an expected labyrinth of related rules and regulations. Among those seeking a share of the…

Sep 26, 2008 10:33 PM CDT

Ropes & Gray Expands Chicago Foothold

A Boston-based international law firm is expanding its foothold in Chicago, moving to new offices and hiring additional lawyers. Ropes & Gray now has 12 attorneys in the Windy City, after bringing in three former Mayer Brown partners to open the office in February. And the 1,000-lawyer firm appears likely…

Sep 26, 2008 4:05 PM CDT

Heller Ehrman to Vote Today to Dissolve

Although a vote won’t be taken until today, the struggling Heller Ehrman has no choice but to dissolve, the law firm’s chairman reportedly told all hands at a meeting Thursday. The 118-year-old California-based law firm, which survived the San Francisco earthquake and helped arrange the financing to build the Golden…

Sep 25, 2008 11:58 PM CDT

Flush With Lehman Bros. Work, Hughes Hubbard Adds Bankruptcy Boutique

Last week, a Hughes Hubbard and Reed partner was named as trustee in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. This week, the New York City-based law firm has made a timely acquisition of a six-lawyer bankruptcy boutique. Yesterday, the Hughes firm announced it is acquiring Luskin Stern & Eisler, which specializes in…

Sep 24, 2008 9:53 PM CDT

More Regulation Likely Will Mean More Legal Work

With the federal government apparently on the verge of a major regulatory overhaul of the nation’s financial institutions, as part of an effort to prevent an economic debacle, the upsurge in oversight could well mean more work for lawyers. A $700 billion government bailout of struggling banks and Wall Street…

Sep 24, 2008 5:56 PM CDT

Utah Lawyer Who Didn’t Pay $197K in Taxes Takes Misdemeanor Plea

A Utah lawyer has pleaded to three misdemeanors in what was originally a felony tax case. According to charging documents in the state court case, Robert Bradley Neff, 48, failed to timely pay $197,000 in income tax after he established the R. Bradley Neff law firm in Sandy in 1994,…

Sep 24, 2008 3:41 PM CDT

Ex-Partner at S&C Gives up Law License over $500K in False Expenses

A former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell has resigned from the bar and admitted he submitted an estimated $500,000 or more in false expense reports to clients and the law firm. Carlos Spinelli-Noseda, a banking and finance specialist in Latin American transactions, said the improper billing took place over a…

Sep 24, 2008 10:56 AM CDT

Willkie Raids Fried Frank’s Frankfurt Office, Plans to Triple German Troops

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has lured a capital markets star from the Frankfurt, Germany, office of Fried Frank, as part of a growth plan that reportedly could triple the New York City-based firm’s German practice within the next few years. Michael Schlitt, who currently heads the German capital markets practice…

Sep 23, 2008 8:10 PM CDT