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Rising Star: Cravath's Kiran Sheffrin
Kiran Sheffrin of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has advised companies from Anheuser-Busch InBev to Valvoline on multibillion-dollar deals, including a $50 billion combination resulting in the formation of pharmaceutical giant Viatris, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Covington's Charlotte May
Charlotte May co-chairs Covington & Burling LLP's fintech initiative and assists a wide range of corporate clients in mergers and acquisitions, including representing CFBanc Corp. in its merger with Broadway Financial Corp. to create one the largest Black-led minority depository institutions in the nation, earning her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Ognjen 'Ogi' Zivojnovic
Ognjen "Ogi" Zivojnovic of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented a small tech company in a patent dispute with Meta Platforms Inc. and got Salesforce Inc. a summary judgment victory when it was sued for allegedly infringing patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Kevin Simpson
Kevin Simpson of Winston & Strawn LLP has represented major companies including Wal-Mart and Hertz in Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Baker McKenzie Adds EY Partner To Mexico City Office
Baker McKenzie has appointed a new partner from EY Mexico to its North American tax practice group in Mexico City.
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Squire Patton Expands To Switzerland With Geneva Office
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has opened its 17th European location and its first in Switzerland with the launch of a new office in Geneva, the firm said Wednesday.
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Law Firms Upsizing M&A Teams For Expected Deals Rebound
With the deals market showing signs of recovery, law firms are once again actively hunting top corporate lawyers, especially those skilled in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, as they seek to get ahead of the anticipated uptick in transactional activity.
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Tesla Swaps Cravath Out, WilmerHale In For Antitrust Defense
WilmerHale has taken over from Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP as counsel for Tesla in a proposed class action in California federal court alleging the company runs an unlawful monopoly on parts for its electric vehicles.
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$4.5M Davis Wright Deal In Ore. Fraud Suit Gets Final OK
An Oregon federal judge has fully adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sign off on a $4.5 million deal resolving investor claims against law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for its work representing entities involved in an alleged real estate securities fraud scheme, while two banks were dismissed from the case.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Tech Officer From Citrin Cooperman
Jackson Lewis PC has brought aboard a new chief technology officer with decades of law firm-focused information technology and management experience, who most recently held the role of chief digital officer for professional services firm Citrin Cooperman.
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ACLU Legal Director Leaving For Expanded Georgetown Role
The American Civil Liberties Union's national legal director plans to step down from a role he has held for eight years, the organization confirmed Tuesday.
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Groups Slam UC Berkeley's 'Misreading' Of Antisemitism Case
Jewish organizations suing the University of California, Berkeley, and its law school for allegedly tolerating an antisemitic culture on campus fought to keep their suit alive this week in the face of a motion to dismiss, maintaining their claims are ripe despite UC Berkeley's "bold misreading" of the case.
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Former CFPB Counsel Joins Davis Wright In DC
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced that a former senior counsel with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau joined the firm's financial services group as a Washington, D.C.-based partner.
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Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jenny Pelaez
King & Spalding LLP's Jenny Pelaez has put in powerhouse litigation efforts that have helped NatWest and TD Bank beat financial benchmark-rigging claims, landing her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Pillsbury's Miami Litigation Leader Jumps To Sidley
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Miami litigation practice group leader, who describes himself as "fanatically passionate" about trial work, has hopped over to Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation and disputes practice.
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Eversheds Sutherland Gets Pro Bono Atty From Steptoe
Eversheds Sutherland has hired as pro bono counsel in the U.S. an attorney from Steptoe LLP who told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday that her work carries "deep meaning" for her and is fueled, in part, by lessons learned early in life.
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Winston & Strawn Grows In NY With Ex-Ambassador To Spain
The first woman to serve as U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra is rejoining Winston & Strawn LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Rising Star: Skadden's Melinda Gammello
Melinda Gammello of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has advised numerous clients before the U.S. Tax Court and elsewhere on complex tax matters, including transfer pricing issues and the treatment of financial transactions within a company, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter
Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP served as lead counsel for DoorDash in settling allegations of California Consumer Privacy Act violations and also advises Workday on artificial intelligence programs, placing her among the cybersecurity and privacy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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The 2024 Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
Law firms' ongoing initiatives to address diversity challenges have driven another year of progress, with the representation of minority attorneys continuing to improve across the board, albeit at a slower pace than in previous years. Here's our data dive into minority representation at law firms in 2023.
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Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Allyson Bennett
Allyson Bennett of Morrison Foerster LLP has been on the front lines of legal efforts to expand fair use laws in cases involving large tech companies, including shielding Instagram from copyright lawsuits and defending OpenAI, earning her a spot among the intellectual property practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Napoli Shkolnik's Coral Odiot
Coral Odiot-Rivera of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC has worked on major leading environmental justice lawsuits, including her efforts to help successfully secure a $13.6 billion settlement with manufacturers 3M and DuPont over alleged PFAS contamination in public water systems, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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The 2024 Diversity Snapshot: Representation in the Ranks
Attorneys of color now represent 27.6% of nonpartners at law firms, a new high-water mark for the industry. But progress has lagged higher up. Here's a more detailed look at the representation of minority attorneys at the associate and partner levels.
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Rising Star: Kirkland's Emily Geier
Emily Geier of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has shepherded distressed companies through some of the largest and most complex restructurings in recent history, including leading the wind-downs of toy retailer Toys R Us and clothing seller Express Inc. in challenging global circumstances, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Wachtell's Eric M. Feinstein
Eric Feinstein of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has advised various companies on highly complex M&A transactions, including Fidelity National Information Service's $18.5 billion carve-out sale of its Worldpay merchant solutions business to private equity giant GTCR, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.