After making a high-profile recruitment in its financial services regulatory group this week, Sullivan & Cromwell has a short list of expansion goals in London. However, the head of the Wall Street firm’s UK office says the company is not in a rush to keep up with the city’s hiring boom. Prior to joining S&C,…

Partners In an interview with The American Lawyer, Deanne Miller and Wendy West Feinstein talked about the substantial expansion and strategic significance of mass tort and product liability litigation, as well as the corresponding rise in demand for legal services in this area.

Downtown Los Angeles law firms are adopting remote work in the midst of chaos as police and anti-ICE demonstrators brawl. Some firms have had to postpone client meetings or move them online due to transit disruptions. Due to the disturbance, local legal firms are negotiating curfews and transit interruptions.

Five years after the firm’s merger with Satterlee Stephens, Duane Morris has finally combined its two New York offices. The firm customized their new facility at 22 Vanderbilt, which formally opened for business on May 19, and was locked into an 11-year lease. Matthew Taylor, the CEO and chairman of the company, is optimistic about…

The fight for Big Law government contracts practices has been fuelled by the Trump administration’s DEI-related policies, federal funding cuts, and other changes. As they work with clients on contract terminations, new requirement compliance, and other issues, practice group leaders said the developments have produced the ideal storm. According to a number of leaders, demand…

Seven partners joined Cooley’s litigation department in San Francisco after leaving Willkie Farr & Gallagher, one of the nine firms that struck a deal with President Donald Trump. Unlike Willkie, Jenner & Block has been successfully represented by Cooley attorneys like Michael Attanasio in their attempt to declare a Trump executive order unlawful. According to…

Thu Lam has joined Holland & Knight as senior counsel in Philadelphia, further solidifying the firm’s local and national tax practices. Regarding state and local tax issues pertaining to corporate income, franchises, gross receipts, and sales and use taxes, Ms. Lam represents and counsels clients. She was formerly Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s senior lawyer.

As part of the firm’s Energy, Marine, & Power and Real Estate & Land Use Practices, Lewis Brisbois is happy to welcome Partners Jesse Zirillo, Samantha Cavalier, Gabrielle Carbonara, and Bridget Sasson, together with Associate Jesse Harcar, to its Pittsburgh office.

Elizabeth “Liz” La Rocca, a partner at Foster LLP, has joined Frost Brown Todd as a partner in Dallas. La Rocca visits Frost Brown’s Dallas office to discuss her employment immigration practice. La Rocca claimed that since the Trump administration’s travel ban, client demand has increased.

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