Associates given stipends in 2009 to defer their start dates at Ballard Spahr developed advocacy skills and an interest in poverty law, according to the law firm’s pro bono counsel,…
An investment group that had sought damages from Dechert concerning a fraudulent $50 million loan promoted by the former managing partner of Dreier is out of luck.
In an apparent trend likely spurred by the bad economy, an increasing number of associates leaving or forced out of BigLaw are starting their own law firms.