Kellam Conover, 44, the Washington DC-based lawyer who tragedly died this week climbing Mount Cook in New Zealand’s South Island, was a talented appellate lawyer and held a desire to ultimately teach law. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Dartmouth College, Conover built a reputation as a formidable litigator in high-stakes commercial and product […]
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The Private Equity Law Firm Play Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Private equity is circling the legal sector, a new breed of law firm is exploring ways to monetise its most valuable asset: equity in the partnership. Both Cohen & Gresser, a litigation boutique, and global player McDermott Will & Emery have reportedly been in discussions
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Souce: The eDigital Company Today, the modern client’s journey often begins with a search engine. For legal practices, establishing a robust online presence is no longer a luxury but a fundamental component of a successful marketing strategy. A foundational element of this strategy is a deep understanding of legal SEO. This specialized discipline focuses on
The r/biglaw trends worrying lawyers Norma Harris Law firms love glossy annual reports full of “strategic realignments,” “market headwinds,” and whatever other euphemism the managing partner’s ghost-writer cooked up. Reddit’s legal communities, by contrast, tell you what’s actually happening and we wanted to know. r/biglaw, r/LawSchool, and the lawyer-adjacent subs have become a running diagnostic
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Judges Gone Wild, Part IV The Judicial Conduct Panel has swatted away District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s latest bid to pin down a tidy legal threshold for what actually counts as “judicial misconduct” serious enough to remove a judge. The panel essentially replied: lovely question, but ask us again once we’ve heard the evidence. The
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, recently shortened its partnership track to 7.5 years to attract top talent. Partner compensation is collaborative, without origination credits, and was revised in 2024 to prioritize client relationship expansion based on internal reviews. The firrm has 1200 lawyers and 280 partners across three continents. This week the firm announced its
(November 25, 2025) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed Shareholder Jen Chierek Znosko (St. Louis) as the new co-chair of the firm’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), joining Shareholder Margaret Parnell Hogan (Denver). Znosko succeeds Jennifer A. Youpa (Dallas) who will be retiring this year. Formed in 2008,
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New Zealand’s Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons Learned is racing toward its February 2026 deadline with all the grace of a three-legged horse. Chair Grant Illingworth KC insists everything is “perfectly natural” as senior staff exit stage left with increasing regularity.
The rest of us are entitled to wonder whether this inquiry will deliver the accountability New Zealanders deserve, or simply a very expensive exercise in looking busy.
The turnover at the top reads like a particularly ruthless season of The Apprentice.
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Leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie, has hired Sebastian Ma’ilei as a Transfer Pricing Partner in the Firm’s Tax team in London. Prior to joining the Firm, Sebastian (Seb) worked, most recently, as a Transfer Pricing Partner in the London office of Deloitte, where he has a proven track record of generating transfer pricing work
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has recuited four M&A and private equity lawyes from Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich boosting the firm’s European transactional firepower. The firm’s media statement on the hires is below – “We’re excited to add a top-quality team with experience in the most sophisticated German and cross-border work for leading public companies
