The story of how Crowell & Moring Helped free Crosley Green 32 years’ prison . . including 19 years on death row Crowell & Moring released their announcement of the freeing of Crosley Green last month – the release is published below – in a story of three decades of imprisonment for the man for a […]
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Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its fast-growing Greater China transactional practice with the hire of senior partner Brinton Scott and of counsel Danielle Peng in Shanghai. Brinton joins HFW from Winston & Strawn, where he was Shanghai Managing Partner, while Danielle was Legal Senior Director, Asia Pacific, at US automotive systems
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The Vice chairs talk about strategies for law firms to retain clients and more Vice chairs Bob Giuffra and Scott Miller were featured in the latest edition of Bloomberg‘s “Leading Questions,” discussing their work, strategies to attract and retain clients, and how the Firm is handling uncertainties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. “There are activities that have
Geoffrey Roberton QC is one of the world’s most famous barristers – certainly Australia’s most famous – but the flamboyant 74 year old has tired of the challenges facing international law and its lack of effectiveness. In a profile piece reported in TheSaturdayPaper (registration required), Robertson lambasted the Geoffrey Robertson, born in the Sydney suburbs,
Business law partner at Foley & Lardner, Silicon Valley, writes about the challenges of post-Pandemic workplaces and how we should focus on the benefits of using human capital Louis Lehot* Speculating about the future can be a perilous undertaking. If predictions from the twentieth century were right, we would be cruising around in flying cars
High profile Mischon de Reya has approved its high-value public float plans Mischcon de Reya is one of the highest profile law firms in Britain and it’s impending float will also make it the richest law firm float anywhere. The law firm has considered a public float for the past two years or more, as
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Lawyer burnout is a major problem for law firms globally, but it’s not an inevitability
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Profitability management of law firms combined with market price signaling are ultimately the critical tools Joseph Altonji* A few weeks ago, I addressed “What’s Next for the Legal World?” in a post focused on critical challenges facing law firms. In it, I argued that “profitability management as a survival skill” is now a feature of the industry,
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Dallas litigator Ostolaza is to take over as the chairwoman of the 2,000-lawyer firm’s management committee and the first Latina woman to take over a Top 10 US law firm Sidley is pleased to announce that Yvette Ostolaza has been elected to chair the Firm’s Management Committee, effective April 2022. Ms. Ostolaza will succeed Larry
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But the top earning partners were at Wachtell Lipton at $7.5 million in profits per equity partner Greedy for top ranking maybe, but Kirkland & Ellis achieve the top gross revenue take law firm in the AmLaw 100 rankings for 2021 with a $4.8 billion revenue haul. The top 10 firms in the site’s gross
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