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Perkins Coie’s 2019 Partner Class – 27 Counsel & Senior Counsel Promoted

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SEATTLE, Wash. (January 2, 2019) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 27 counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner. The new partner class of 2019 includes: Sunita Bali (San Francisco) Pam Berkowitz (Chicago) Emily Bushaw (Seattle) Elvira Castillo (Seattle) Harvey Chen (Palo Alto) Ulrike Connelly (Seattle) Bradley Cosman (Phoenix) Chelsea Curfman (Denver)

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Andrew G. May Admitted to Partnership in Neal Gerber Eisenberg Litigation Practice Group

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CHICAGO (January 3, 2019) – Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce that Andrew G. May, previously an associate of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, has been promoted to partner, effective January 1, 2019. May focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation and has substantial experience in successfully prosecuting and defending a wide variety of litigation

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Miller & Chevalier Elects Andrew L. Howlett as a New Member in the Tax Practice

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Washington, DC, January 3, 2019 – Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced the election of Andrew L. Howlett as Member in the Tax Practice. The promotion was effective January 1. “We are pleased to welcome Andrew into the firm’s Membership,” said Marc J. Gerson, Chair of Miller & Chevalier. “He has already made significant contributions to

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New Perimeter conducts fourth training for women lawyers in Nepal

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January 3, 2018 – New Perimeter, DLA Piper’s nonprofit affiliate that provides long-term pro bono legal assistance in under-served regions around the world, conducted its fourth training for female lawyers in Nepal. New Perimeter once again partnered with Canadian NGO Women Lawyers Joining Hands (WLJH) and the Nepal Bar Association as a part of an initiative

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Financial Times Names Orrick North America’s Most Innovative Law Firm for Unprecedented 3rd Year in a Row

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FT has named Orrick the Most Innovative Law Firm in North America and chosen Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis – “a driving force behind much of the innovation at the firm” – as the Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year.  No other firm has won this award as many times or back-to-back. Wendy joins past winners from

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Law Bonuses Are One Thing, But Orricks Take It One (Significant) Step Further

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Christmas time means Christmas bonuses for lawyers and among the big bonus winners this year have been – surprise, surprise – Cravaths, who have announced some juicy bonuses last month, rising from $15,000 for this year’s class to $100,000 for the 2010/11 classes. But the major bonus announcement has also been matched now by Schulte

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Chris Finlayson’s Parliamentary Farewell

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Chris Finlayson QC’s valedictory speech to Parliament displayed his traditional, no-nonsense, witty approach to his work.  Watch the speech here. David Farrer’s Kiwiblog carried a distinctively sharp Finlayson response to an ungracious comment from a former MP, as follows: A former MP sent this lovely message out of the blue to Chris Finlayson after his

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LawFuel New Zealand Lawyer of the Year: The Harassment Victim

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The victims of sexual harassment are LawFuel’s ‘Lawyer of the Year’. For the New Zealand Law Society 2018 has been a year of almost unparalleled disruption and upheaval. There have been other such years, of course.  Major world events, firm defalcations and failures, but the issue of sexual harassment and bullying has been exceptional as

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Arent Fox Continues National Expansion, Merges with Boston’s Posternak

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Boston, MA – December 18, 2018 – Arent Fox LLP and Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP are pleased to announce they have reached a formal agreement to merge, effective January 1, 2019. The merger will mark Arent Fox’s first expansion into the Boston market. Founded in 1980, Posternak is a 55-lawyer Boston-based firm focusing on business transactions and complex

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