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  • Patent Office’s Vidal Returns to Law Firm Winston Ahead of Trump Term

    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…

  • Law Firm Milbank Moves First Again on Associates Bonuses

    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…

  • Ex-Seattle Mayor Joins Law Firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

    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…

  • Law Firm Hogan Lovells Taps FTC Antitrust Lawyer as Agency Probes More Deals

    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…

  • ‘Varsity Blues’ College Fraud Prosecutor Joins Quinn Emanuel

    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…

  • Law Firm Paul Hastings Taps Appellate Leader Amid Fights Over Federal Powers

    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…

  • Legal Jobs Rebound After 4-Month Slump, Labor Dept Says

    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…

  • Ex-Trump Defense Secretary Esper Joins Law Firm Squire Patton Boggs

    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…

  • Freshfields Taps Y Combinator General Counsel in Latest Hire

    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…

  • WilmerHale Latest Law Firm to Add Non-Equity Partner Tier

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr announced the introduction of a non-equity partnership tier, marking a shift from the traditional model where all partners share ownership. This new tier will apply to WilmerHale’s new hires, while the existing 253 equity partners will remain unaffected, according to a firm spokesperson on Thursday. Many U.S. law firms…