Recent Updates
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Greenberg Traurig named US Law Firm of the Year
Law Firm News 11/14/2007Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm with offices in Orlando, was named the USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners at a Nov. 8 awards ceremony in London. The Chambers Global Awards Program honors excellence in legal services ...
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Pedley Zielke Gordinier & Pence is Dissolving
Law Firm News 11/14/2007The Louisville law firm of Pedley Zielke Gordinier & Pence is dissolving at the end of the year. David Pedley, a partner and one of 17 attorneys with the firm, said he and some other staffers will move from their current location in the Meidinger...
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South African Law Firms Merge to be Biggest
Law Firm News 11/14/2007COMMERCIAL law firms Webber Wentzel Bowens and Mallinicks yesterday announced plans to merge in a move that would make the new entity one of SA’s biggest law firms, and rival corporate law advisers Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs. The new firm, which will ...
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Gibson Dunn Promotes 14 Lawyers to Partner
Law Firm News 11/13/2007Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm has elected 14 new partners, effective January 1, 2008. The new partners represent a wide range of practice areas and geographical regions. "We are proud to recognize the acco...
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Tully law firm adds office in D.C.
Law Firm News 11/08/2007An Albany law firm will be adding offices in Washington, D.C. early next year, buoyed by a recent contract with the largest union of federal employees in the country. Tully Rinckey & Associates PLLC plans to open a Washington office with three at...
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Helms Mulliss & Wicker Receives Top Ranking
Law Firm News 10/30/2007[##_1L|1082784786.png|width="258" height="66" alt=""|_##]Helms Mulliss Wicker, PLLC, (HMW) announced today that it won the top ranking, “Highly Recommended,” in the debut issue of Benchmark: Litigation, The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litig...
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Ulmer & Berne LLP Adds Three New Associates
Law Firm News 10/30/2007[##_1L|1029167249.jpg|width="120" height="36" alt=""|_##]Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today the addition of three new associates to the Firm. LaDavia Hatcher and Reem Shalodi joined the Firm’s Cleveland office while Dacia Crum joined the Firm’s Ci...
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Reed Smith to Merge with Richards Butler Hong Kong
Law Firm News 10/23/2007Continuing its global merger march, Reed Smith LLP is uniting with a large Chinese firm to gain entree to legal work in that country's growing legal market. Reed Smith, which has about 150 attorneys in the Bay Area, merged with Richards Butler Hong K...
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Reed Smith completes merger with London firm
Law Firm News 10/19/2007After more than a year of negotiations, Reed Smith LLP has completed the final piece of last year's merger with London law firm Richards Butler. Richards Butler Hong Kong will merge into the firm, effective Jan. 1. The deal gives Reed Smith 110 lawye...
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Public Finance Attorney George Pitt Joins Greenberg Traurig
Law Firm News 10/12/2007The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that George Pitt has joined its Chicago office as Of Counsel in the Public Finance practice. Mr. Pitt has devoted his entire professional career, a period of more than 40 years, to the...
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Bingham McCutchen completes Japanese transaction
Law Firm News 10/09/2007Bingham McCutchen LLP, a 1,000-lawyer U.S. firm with offices in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and New Tokyo International Law Office, a premier insolvency, corporate and litigation firm with 22 lawyers, have officially combined operations in Tokyo and...
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McDermott Ranked Among Leading Corporate Transaction Firms
Law Firm News 09/28/2007McDermott Will & Emery is ranked among the leading transactional law firms in a first-of-kind report, Law Firm Leaders and Contenders in the Corporate Transactions Market, just released by BTI Consulting. McDermott, an international law fir...