All Signs Point Up For Law Firm Financials In First Half

By Aebra Coe

After a couple of years of sluggish growth in work flowing into law firms, U.S. firms saw meaningful increases in demand, revenue and lawyer productivity during the first six months of 2024, according to the results of a midyear survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.

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In-House
Private Equity Firm Kinderhook Hires Law, Compliance Chief
By Christine DeRosa

New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC has added a veteran in-house private funds attorney as its legal leader.
California Pulse
Clyde & Co. COO Takes Same Role At Frost Brown
By Lynn LaRowe

Frost Brown Todd LLP has brought on a new chief operating officer who previously served in the same position at Clyde & Co. LLP.
Daily Litigation
BCLP Biz Litigator Jumps To Faegre Drinker In Chicago
By James Mills

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is boosting its trial team, announcing Monday it has brought in a business litigator from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as a partner in its Chicago office.

Daily Litigation
Legal Sector Doubles Down on AI Usage Despite Concerns
By Steven Lerner

The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
California Pulse
Baker McKenzie Adds M&A Atty From Skadden
By Adrian Cruz

Baker McKenzie announced Monday that a longtime Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP mergers and acquisitions attorney joined the firm's Palo Alto, California, office as the latest addition to its fast-growing transactions practice in the state.
California Pulse
Quinn Emanuel Atty Behind Google IP Win Joins Debevoise
By Emily Johnson

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has brought on a former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner to its San Francisco office, strengthening its intellectual property litigation group with an attorney who helped Google convince a federal judge last year to wipe out speaker maker Sonos' nearly $33 million jury award against Google.

In-House
Big Lots GC Gets Retention Bonus Amid Co.'s Financial Pains
By Adrian Cruz

Discount retailer Big Lots announced that its longtime general counsel will receive a retention bonus worth approximately $561,000 as part of a series of awards given to executives, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
California Pulse
Littler Adds Epstein Becker Employment Atty In Los Angeles
By James Mills

Labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson PC is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Monday that it is adding an Epstein Becker Green expert in unfair competition as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office, located in Century City.
Modern Lawyer
Paul Weiss Adds A&O Shearman Derivatives Pro As Partner
By Tracey Read

A New York-based derivatives expert is the latest partner to exit the recently formed Allen Overy Shearman Sterling for another firm.
California Pulse
Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Partner Joins Pierson Ferdinand
By Christine DeRosa

A veteran mergers and acquisitions attorney has jumped from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP to Pierson Ferdinand LLP in California