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U.S. law firms are entering 2025 with confidence, buoyed by strong financial performances in 2024 and growing opportunities in emerging practice areas. Legal industry analysts from Citigroup’s Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group and Hildebrandt Consulting, in their latest annual client advisory, highlighted law firms’ positive outlook, driven by revenue growth and strategic…
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Outgoing U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal announced on Monday that she will rejoin her former law firm, Winston & Strawn, as a partner on December 16. Vidal, who previously led Winston’s Silicon Valley office, confirmed her departure from the USPTO last week. President Joe Biden had nominated her for the position…
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Milbank, known for leading the industry in associate compensation, announced on Monday year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000. The firm revealed its plans in an internal memo, marking another bold move to set the tone for the legal industry. Milbank chair Scott Edelman highlighted the firm’s success, stating, “The firm is having a record…
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Law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced on Wednesday that it hired Jenny Durkan, the former mayor of Seattle and a former U.S. attorney. Durkan will lead BCLP’s U.S. white-collar practice from the firm’s Seattle and Washington, D.C., offices. BCLP opened its Seattle office last year, marking the firm’s first new U.S. office since…
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International law firm Hogan Lovells announced on Tuesday that it has hired senior lawyer Jennifer Fleury from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission amid a surge in antitrust enforcement activity by the agency. Fleury joins Hogan Lovells as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Previously, she served as deputy chief trial counsel in the FTC’s…
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A federal prosecutor in Boston, Stephen Frank, who oversaw the “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation into the U.S. college admissions scandal and secured the conviction of a Kremlin-linked businessman involved in last month’s prisoner swap between Russia and the West, has joined the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Frank, who previously served as chief…
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On Wednesday, the U.S. law firm Paul Hastings announced the hiring of Benjamin Snyder, a government lawyer who argued a significant case on federal agency powers before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. Snyder will join the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner and co-chair of its appellate practice. Snyder previously served as…
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The legal services sector added 1,600 jobs in September, marking a reversal of the job losses that began in the spring, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. Legal sector employment climbed to 1,181,400 jobs last month, based on preliminary seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This rebound comes after…
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Mark Esper, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense who was fired by Donald Trump and later became a vocal critic of the former president, has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a senior adviser, the law firm announced on Thursday. Despite not being a lawyer, Esper will continue his role as chairman of the national security…
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Nicole Cadman, the former general counsel at startup accelerator Y Combinator, has joined global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a Silicon Valley-based partner, the firm announced on Friday. After nearly eight years with Y Combinator’s legal team, Cadman left in June and will now advise emerging companies and their founders on corporate matters like…
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