Clio Report Indicates Growing Role of AITom Borman, LawFuel lawtech contributorMid-sized law firms using online payments are getting paid more than twice as fast as those not using such systems, according to the 2024 Legal Trends for Mid-Sized Law Firms report that Clio published earlier this year. But what does the report show about how […]
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Is The Law Grad Boom Ending?The Class of 2023 law grads just pulled off a legal Houdini act, escaping the chains of unemployment with record-breaking ease. The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) is tingling with warning: this legal Lollapalooza isn’t going to last.The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reports that 2023 law school
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Gibson Dunn partner Katherine Moran Meeks is making a career 180 pulling a reverse-Peter Parker, going from mild-mannered reporter to legal superhero, now appointed General Counsel at Fox News.Before she was arguing cases, Meeks was chasing them as a reporter for The Day and The Times-Picayune. Now, she’s set to tackle “the legal intricacies of
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Record Herbert Smith Profits ReportedHerbert Smith Freehills’ financial report card shows that they too are setting records in the law firm reporting season upon us. HSF has been raking it in this year, setting new records for revenue, profit, and partner pay. Being a British-registered firm, they’ve got to show their hand, and the numbers
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EY To Dentons For BartonDentons – the monster law firm – just dropped some serious news that they’ve tapped Kate Barton as their new Global CEO. And they scored a heavyweight.Barton’s coming in hot from EY, where she’s been for 35 years. We’re talking executive leadership roles galore, with her most recent gig being Global
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The Clifford Chance partner dismissed following alleged “serious misconduct” vehemently denies the allegations and alleges the global firm breached confidentiality obligations it had when communicating with clients.Dr. Sam Luttrell, widely recognized as a top-tier arbitration specialist, who joined the firm in 2013 as a Senior Associate, reportedly submitted his resignation in March, protesting the firm’s
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Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of Donald Trump running mate J.D. Vance, has departed from her law firm following her husband’s official announcement as former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention on Monday.A representative from Munger, Tolles & Olsen stated to ABC News: “Usha has informed us of her decision to
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Shining A Light On New Rankings Success FactorsTom Borman, LawFuel Contributing WriterWriting recently about law firm rankings saw several inquiries from lawyers asking how the rankings and their criteria were changing. And changing they are. So identifying the shifts in law firm ranking criteria sees seven key changes that lawyers wanting to get their firms
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The Rapid Growth of the Lisinski Law FirmBen Thomson, Law Firm ContributorIt’s not often that an immigration lawyer would hit the ‘law star’ list, but then Lisinski Law owner Angelyne ‘Angel’ Lisinski is probably no ordinary immigration lawyer, either and her path to success in law started as an immigration love story.Angel Lisinki’s dedication to
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In 2024, following a one-year break, 19 lawyers have been elevated to the rank of King’s Counsel, including seven women and including the lawyer who represented former Justice Minister Kiri Allan in her drunk driving conviction, academics and public law and environmental law specialists. The previous year saw only one appointment to KC – Judith
