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Reporting on all aspects of the business of law as practiced by the largest firms in the U.S. and around the world. An @ALMGlobal_ publication.

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@AmericanLawyer
The American Lawyer
3 years
The winner of Attorney of the Year is @Sifill_LDF for fighting for police reform, equitable education and election integrity, as well as the protection of voting rights and protesters in the face of growing opposition #TALawards
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Litigator of the Year Grand Prize winner @neal_katyal of @HoganLovells is using his time on stage to praise mentoring, and the many people who have helped him in his career and life #AmericanLawyerAwards
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This year, we not only have an Attorney of the Year, but a Highly Commended finalist. For his dedication tenacity and commitment to fighting for those with ALS, congratulations to Brian Wallach. #TALawards
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The American Lawyer
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By ignoring negative conduct and bullying behaviors, law firms are paying a price in terms of employee engagement, higher attrition, diminished reputation and increased litigation risks
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The American Lawyer
6 years
The latest gossip from @lawcareerist : Move over, Michael Cohen. #BigLaw is encroaching on your turf representing powerful men in their dealings with former mistresses and lovers
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3 years
She reminded us that the work ahead is tremendous and said that in 2021, we must look with clarity at ourselves and our profession, and remain unafraid, committed and clear.
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The American Lawyer
2 years
Peter Neufeld of @innocence during his Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech last night at the #TALawards :
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The American Lawyer
4 years
Emhoff, Kamala Harris' Spouse, Taking Leave from DLA
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In compiling the #AmLaw100 report each year, we dig through the numbers to compare the country’s largest firms across more than a dozen financial metrics. Take a closer look at all the numbers that mattered most at
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The American Lawyer
5 years
Jessica Crutcher, a litigation partner at @Mayer_Brown , has chosen to publicly identify herself as the BigLaw partner who sued a Houston restaurant for $20 million, alleging she was raped by a bartender formerly employed there.
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The American Lawyer
3 years
Crowell, Calling For Trump's Removal, Asks Law Firm Leaders to Join In Call
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The American Lawyer
6 years
A special master tapped to review overbilling in a $75M legal fee award in a securities class action settlement faulted Labaton Sucharow and its co-counsel. Then the firm fired off criticisms of its own.
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Tony West of Uber is our GC of the Year! He credits his team and his wife and says that as lawyers, we get to have something not everyone does: the chance to make the world a little bit better because we walk through it. #TALawards
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And the winner is Ted Boutrous! He couldn't be here in person, but sent a message praising attorneys who are defending the rule of law in difficult times #AmericanLawyerAwards
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Firms described as veritable sweatshops by a portion of their midlevels each year were lauded for being “lifestyle firms” by the summers they hosted.
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The American Lawyer
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While keeping the bonus scale in line with last year’s, Milbank has given associates a $10,000 raise, the firm announced today. The new salary scale is below:
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The American Lawyer
3 years
In 2020, @DavidLat did what he has always done: bring transparency and vital information to many. But this time, the information was different—it was his story of survival.
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The American Lawyer
5 years
Veteran terrorism prosecutor Zainab Ahmad, who recently served on Robert Mueller III’s special counsel team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, is joining @gibsondunn in New York as a white-collar partner.
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Good lawyers, bad managers: This is a source of unnecessary stress in many work environments, prompting trickle-down toxicity, downward-flowing distress and an unchecked proliferation of “just make it happen” moments.
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The American Lawyer
6 years
Our 2018 A-List is out! Who ranked #1 this year? @RopesGray . Get the low down on all 19 firms:
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The American Lawyer
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Milbank has upped the associate compensation pressure with salary increases of $10-15K for all classes: 1st yr - $190,000 2nd yr - $200,000 3rd yr - $220,000 4th yr - $250,000 5th yr - $275,000 6th yr - $295,000 7th yr - $315,000 8th yr - $330,000 #BigLaw
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The American Lawyer editor in chief @GPassarellaTAL and Legal Week editor in chief Paul Hodkinson talk about surprises from @LegalweekShow day 1 and expectations for day 2. #Legalweek19
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The American Lawyer
6 years
Move over bachelors, idols and survivors. There are new players in the reality television world: whistleblowers.
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The American Lawyer
5 years
The glacial pace of progress made by BigLaw in achieving diversity has pushed clients looking to fulfill lofty diversity goals elsewhere: They are hiring minority-and women-owned law firms.
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The American Lawyer
3 years
Gibson Dunn M&A Leader Elected Firm's First Female Chair
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The American Lawyer
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Update: The @SHBLaw litigator who caused an uproar by objecting to opposing counsel's request for a continuance—the trial date was close to her due date—has been suspended by his firm
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The American Lawyer
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Congratulations to @rcfp for their work educating and protecting the news media and Tom Leatherbury of @VinsonandElkins , who has spent four decades demonstrating his commitment to the First Amendment.
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The American Lawyer
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. @bakermckenzie global chair Paul Rawlinson said the record results, with revenue hitting $2.9B, came from closer client relationships & more efficient service delivery.
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The American Lawyer
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Harvard Law School Lambda, Michigan OUTLaws, UCLA OUTLaw & Yale Law School OutLaws have severed ties with Gibson Dunn, @PeoplesParity said. "You can’t say you are LGBTQ friendly when you're using forced arbitration to cover up harassment & discrimination."
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Jonathan Boies, a son of renowned trial lawyer David Boies who practiced at Boies Schiller Flexner until he left the law for entrepreneurship, died Feb. 22 of complications related to a rare vascular brain condition.
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At a Jones Day summer associate event at a partner’s home, a female summer associate wearing a white dress was allegedly pushed into the pool, and the male summer associate who pushed her was “applauded and high-fived” by leadership, the complaint says.
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. @MorganLewisLaw today debuted ML Well, a new initiative combining educational programming with physical health and community engagement initiatives. The firm has also brought on Krista Logelin as its first-ever director of employee of well-being.
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"Weinstein’s wrongful and outrageous conduct has not just deprived Ms. Judd of the specific opportunity to play a prominent role in a blockbuster trilogy; it has had a long-lasting ripple effect on the trajectory of her whole career." @BoutrousTed
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5 years
Women law student associations at eight elite schools will no longer accept funding from firms that require employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements or that do not disclose whether they use them, nor promote those employers to students.
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The American Lawyer
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And finally, American Lawyer's very first Attorney of the Year: Grace Speights of @MorganLewisLaw
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The American Lawyer
3 years
Here's What You're Doing Wrong in Your Legal Writing
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The American Lawyer
5 years
"There is a tremendous about of data #BigLaw is sitting on. If law firms learned how to fully analyze that data, they would really be helping their clients," Deborah Read @ThompsonHine #Legalweek19
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The American Lawyer
3 years
Gibson Dunn's Star Litigators Turn to Podcasting
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The American Lawyer
5 years
After weeks of judging and debate, we're pleased to announce our editors’ picks for finalists in our Litigation Department of the Year Awards.
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The American Lawyer
3 years
TODAY: The 2020 American Lawyer Industry Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in the legal profession. Registration closes at 3 pm.
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The American Lawyer
5 years
My husband took his life—our life—on Sunday, Oct. 14, one month to the day before our 10-year wedding anniversary. We had been planning a trip for over a year in anticipation of celebrating
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The American Lawyer
5 years
Lawyer suicides sparked an industry wide conversation on attorney mental health & well-being in 2018 that is gaining steam. Expect the focus to intensify in 2019.
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The American Lawyer
6 years
How good was 2017 for Latham & Watkins? It became the first law firm in the world to exceed $3 billion in annual revenue.
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4 years
When Joanna Litt sat down to write about the death of her husband, Gabe MacConail, a Sidley Austin partner who died by suicide in 2018, she couldn’t have known how far her words would reach. It led us to name her the 2019 Attorney of the Year. Watch her acceptance speech:
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The American Lawyer
6 years
Reed Smith is rolling out a new suite of initiatives for associates, including an app-based feedback process, opportunities to temporarily work in different offices around the globe and a “ramp up” program for lawyers returning from leave @reedsmithllp
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The American Lawyer
7 years
Women lawyers have emerged as leaders in M&A practices despite the fact that most of their colleagues are men.
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The American Lawyer
9 years
A Lawyer's Search for Love on Reality TV http://t.co/LkbnyWaeLm
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The American Lawyer
5 years
If the trend continues, the hiring bonus for Supreme Court clerks will soon approach twice the annual salary of the justices they work for.
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The American Lawyer
6 years
Women attorneys have always suspected it’s a boys’ club. Yet, seeing cold, hard data support that suspicion tapped a deep-seated fear: No matter how hard they try, women face daunting odds in developing business.
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The American Lawyer
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Shaking the stigma attached to #mentalhealth concerns will require an ideological shift within the legal profession. This requires the full engagement of law firms and lawyers.
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The American Lawyer
6 years
. @CooleyLLP has welcomed aboard White & Case partner Kenneth Juster as the West Coast firm seeks to bolster its financial services regulatory practice in Boston and expand its East Coast bench
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The American Lawyer
3 years
One firm polled its lawyers and only 6% wanted to come back to the office full-time. #AmLaw100
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The American Lawyer
5 years
Paul Weiss Partner, Who Retired 35 Years Ago, Still Works in Office at Age 106
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The American Lawyer
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"We, as a group, will direct our substantial outside counsel spend to those law firms that manifest results with respect to diversity and inclusion, in addition to providing the highest degree of quality representation."
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The American Lawyer
5 years
“They benefit from silence, and they don’t like that we’re making waves about this.” - Molly Coleman, a Harvard law student & leader of @PeoplesParity , which today protested DLA Piper's use of mandatory arbitration outside the firm's offices
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"We see corporate law firms really standing up and offering their resources to help fight back,” @KristenClarkeJD said. “It speaks to how central the right to vote is in our democracy.”
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The American Lawyer
5 years
“Like so many other things in life, you always feel like you benefit the most from things where people think that you’re giving back.” @MorganLewisLaw chair Jami Wintz McKeon, the sole firm leader participating in the Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership
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The American Lawyer
6 years
Dear Dr. Ford: "As practitioners who interact with the judiciary on a daily basis, we thank you for coming forward to make that bench stronger through critical examination of those nominated to serve as judges."
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The American Lawyer
4 years
Tony Mauro joins us to present the inaugural award named for him, the Tony Mauro Media Lawyer Award, to Laura Prather of @haynesboone for her work protecting Texas' anti-SLAPP law #AmericanLawyerAwards
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The American Lawyer
4 years
BREAKING: Our Legalweek New York event is expanding in 2021 to include a yearlong slate of programming featuring a series of briefings, roundtable discussions, and more! #Legalweek21 #Legalweekyear
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The American Lawyer
7 years
Big Law Associate Goes Viral After Scrubbing Subway Hate
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The American Lawyer
4 years
Black Female Lawyers on Confronting Racism at Work: 'You Don't Have Time to Get Angry'
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The American Lawyer
5 years
Fully 89% of the class of 2018 found jobs within 10 months, and 71% were positions that required a law degree. Large law firms also upped their hiring last year.
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The American Lawyer
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ICYMI: 4-day work weeks aren't for every law firm, but they may be more doable than you think. Here's how one firm founder, who says he's as competitive as they come, made it work
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If a lawyer annualizing 1,800 hours has a 30-minute commute each day, they’re already on the upper limit of what researchers define as a healthy amount of work.
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The American Lawyer
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A Thompson & Knight administrative employee has been fired over a social media post that objected to stores' mask-wearing requirements by threatening to show a Whole Foods security guard his shooting range results instead of his COVID-19 test results.
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It's our anniversary! We're celebrating #40YearsofAmLaw with a look at the incredible evolution the legal industry has undergone over the course of four decades, and what's coming in the next one
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The 2021 Pro Bono Scorecard Our annual report detailing the #AmLaw200 's pro bono contributions. Here's what you need to know⤵️
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The American Lawyer
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“I’m not out of the woods yet. But I’m upbeat and optimistic,” David Lat, off the ventilator and released from the ICU, said.
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The American Lawyer
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Why Seasoned Women Are Leaving the Law? @ABAesq #biglaw
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The American Lawyer
3 years
"While everyone else in legal media is busy compiling names for the best lawyers for the year," Vivia Chen writes, "I have a list that’s much more fun and illuminating: the very worst of our esteemed profession."
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The American Lawyer
5 years
One of the named plaintiffs in the suit against Jones Day says the firm allegedly froze her salary when she took leave for her first pregnancy, and forced her out of the firm days after she returned from her second maternity leave
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The American Lawyer
6 years
"Whatever benefit of a doubt I had given to Brett Kavanaugh about his suitability for the U.S. Supreme Court has gone out the window. Seeing is believing, and what I saw at the Senate judiciary hearing was jarring." - @lawcareerist
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The American Lawyer
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“The day I made partner (we had one tier at the time), one of my male partners came to my office to congratulate me. He closed the door and planted a big wet kiss on my lips and said, ‘I have been waiting for years to do that….now you can’t sue me.’”
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The American Lawyer
9 years
Computer vs. Lawyer? Many Law Firm Leaders Expect Computers To Win
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The American Lawyer
5 years
“It’s difficult to convey the stress to attorneys of what we do. To try and convey how many balls we are juggling sounds defensive and lame, so we suck it up,” said one legal marketer
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