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MVP: Jones Day's Melissa Mitchum
Melissa Mitchum led Jones Day's structured finance team in negotiating several meaningful transactions over the past year, including TotalEnergies' equity investment in the Rio Grande LNG project and Guidehouse's launch of the first-ever multi-seller Small Business Administration unguaranteed securitization, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instrument MVPs.
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MVP: Covington's Catherine Dargan
Catherine Dargan of Covington & Burling LLP represented Bristol Myers Squibb Co. in its $14 billion acquisition of the company that developed Cobenfy — the first new drug in 35 years to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating schizophrenia — earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Roman Martinez
Latham & Watkins LLP's Roman Martinez outdid himself this year, helping to tear down the Chevron deference doctrine in a landmark Supreme Court case and upending existing precedent in another win on behalf of a $70 billion retirement fund, making him one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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McDermott Adds IP Pro From Gibson Dunn In Los Angeles
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired partner Timothy Best from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to help bolster its intellectual property practice group, especially its efforts serving life sciences and biotechnology clients.
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State Department Sanctions Official Rejoins Crowell & Moring
After more than three years working as a senior sanctions policy official in the U.S. State Department, Erik Woodhouse has returned to private practice at Crowell & Moring LLP in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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USPTO Director Kathi Vidal To Rejoin Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP said Monday that Kathi Vidal, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is slated to rejoin the firm.
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US Law Firms Continue Exiting China As Market, Politics Shift
U.S. law firms have continued exiting the Chinese market as rising geopolitical tensions, shifting regulatory landscapes and economic uncertainties make it increasingly challenging for firms to maintain profitable operations in the region.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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Office Snapshot: Carlton Fields Ditches '80s Vibes In Atlanta
Carlton Fields has relocated to a smaller office in Atlanta's Promenade Tower, leaving behind its former "vintage '80s" space for a modern layout that the office's leader said will promote "collaboration and connectivity."
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Latham Opens Third Onsite Health Center In DC
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that the firm has opened its third onsite health center, expanding its employee healthcare service to Washington, D.C., following locations in Los Angeles and New York.
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Arnold & Porter Product Liability Co-Chair To Lead DC Office
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Monday that a longtime attorney who currently serves as the firm's product liability litigation co-chair will be given an additional role leading the Washington, D.C., office next year.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Cleary Gottlieb Banking, Credit Pro
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Monday that a former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP attorney will be joining the firm's New York office to focus on banking and credit matters, touting her history representing some of the world's largest financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.
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Proskauer Atty Is Part Of 'Rich' Harvard Football Tradition
Proskauer bankruptcy partner and longtime Harvard football public address announcer Chad Dale had no experience when he became the voice of the football program 33 years ago, but he followed in his late grandfather's footsteps and received an influential endorsement for the gig from his grieving grandmother.
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Polsinelli Prepares For Expansion With New Philly Lease
Polsinelli PC's first step into the Philadelphia market a few months ago has turned into a bigger footprint in the area, as the firm prepares to expand its office space there to accommodate its growing roster.
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Where Women Are And Are Not Getting Ahead In Law
Women now make up the majority of law school graduates, law firm associates and lawyers in the federal government and will likely soon make up the majority of law school faculty, according to a report from the American Bar Association out Monday, however the proportion of women in certain positions of power within the profession continues to lag.
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MVP: McKool Smith's Courtney Statfeld
Courtney Statfeld of McKool Smith's commercial litigation practice led residential mortgage-backed securities investors in winning recent landmark cases entitling them to millions of dollars in compensation, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.
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MVP: Simpson Thacher's Naveed Anwar
Naveed Anwar of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has represented KKR & Co. Inc. in multiple multibillion-dollar acquisitions and was instrumental in advising on Hellman & Friedman LLC's partial sale of Hub International Ltd. to minority investors, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam
Kannon Shanmugam, chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice, won a precedent-setting Second Circuit decision in a $13 billion Goldman Sachs shareholder class action, got a criminal conviction thrown out for former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, and persuaded the Nevada Supreme Court that a former Las Vegas Raiders head coach must arbitrate his leaked-email claims against the NFL, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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Clifford Chance Adds Private Equity Partner From O'Melveny
Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday that it had hired a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorney to its private equity practice in New York, for what the firm said was its 16th senior hire in the United States this year.
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MVP: Davis Wright's Rachel Strom
Rachel Strom of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has been busy this past year making sure a documentary about Wendy Williams would air and successfully representing ABC in a copyright challenge against its popular show "Abbott Elementary," earning her a spot among Law360's 2024 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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MVP: Ropes & Gray's Amanda Austin
Amanda Austin of Ropes & Gray's life sciences practice guided Pfizer through its $7 billion deal with Flagship Pioneering, advised Fulcrum Therapeutics in its blockbuster collaboration with Sanofi, and was lead counsel to Ginkgo Bioworks, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.
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MVP: Seyfarth's Amy Hoang
Amy Hoang of Seyfarth Shaw LLP has successfully challenged the Small Business Administration's interpretation of its own regulations and protested and defended a $170 million contract award, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.
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MVP: McDermott's Allison Wilkerson
McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Allison Wilkerson led the firm's employee stock ownership plan practice group through numerous high-profile deals this year, including accounting firm BDO's $1.3 billion transaction to create its ESOP and multiple acquisitions of ESOP-owned companies, landing her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.
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Law Firms Dip Toes Into Agentic AI Following Gen AI Push
Just as law firms were getting comfortable with generative artificial intelligence, a more advanced technology known as agentic AI is poised to become commonplace among lawyers.
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Giuliani Gets New Atty As Poll Workers Seek To Collect $148M
Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation award against him, the embattled former mayor of New York found himself new representation.
Expert Analysis
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule
Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.
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Guest Feature
Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers
To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.
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Guest Feature
Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law
It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.
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Guest Feature
5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic
The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.