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Banking Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's attorneys secured billions of dollars' worth of victories for major financial institutions over the past year, including a more than $282 million judgment tied to a collapsed fintech company and decisive appellate and trial wins in liability management and IPO litigation, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Banking Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds US Atty Who Quit Amid 'Blue-Slip' Ire
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney who left his role as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last year, after President Donald Trump considered firing the attorney over his reception of blue-slip approval from the commonwealth's Democratic senators.
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Occidental Petroleum Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Calif.
An attorney with more than three decades of experience advising clients on energy and environmental projects has moved his practice to Greenberg Traurig LLP's Sacramento, California, office after 15 years as in-house counsel for Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Norton Rose Hires Cooley Life Sciences Duo In DC
Norton Rose Fulbright has hired two life sciences attorneys from Cooley LLP in Washington, D.C., who focus on biotech and pharmaceutical intellectual property matters, in a move the firm said is an investment in IP as a core practice.
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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.
Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.
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Quinn Emanuel Backs Clooney Foundation's Justice Initiative
Quinn Emanuel has signed up as the inaugural law firm for a new legal initiative that the Clooney Foundation for Justice has launched to protect the human rights of women and journalists across the globe, the foundation said on Tuesday.
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Kilpatrick Brings On Perkins Coie Trademark Duo In Chicago
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has expanded its trademark, copyright and advertising team with two Perkins Coie LLP attorneys, including the former firmwide trademark, copyright, internet and advertising practice group chair.
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Nixon Peabody Elevates Controller To CFO Role
Nixon Peabody LLP has chosen its controller to serve as its next chief financial officer, the firm has announced.
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Legal Tech Co. Justpoint Opens Arizona-Based Law Firm
Justpoint, a justice technology company focused on public health, announced Tuesday the launch of Justpoint Law LLP, a law firm operating as an alternative business structure under Arizona law.
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DOJ's Antitrust Deputy Chief Rejoins Baker McKenzie
A former Baker McKenzie partner and global chair of its antitrust and competition practice is coming back to the law firm after serving on the leadership team of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division, the firm announced Monday.
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Banking Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's financial institutions team helped guide TD Bank to a record-setting U.S. anti-money laundering resolution while also defending Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Mastercard in high-stakes antitrust litigation, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Banking Groups of the Year.
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ABA Delegates Back Forgiving Loans For Public Interest Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday encouraged student loan forgiveness for lawyers engaged in public interest employment and asked that trust and estate law be part of the NextGen bar exam.
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Ill. Legislation Targets Outside Investments In Legal Sector
Two bills introduced in the Illinois state Legislature seek to place restrictions on the use of private equity-backed managed service organizations in the legal industry and on any fee-sharing between Illinois lawyers and firms owned by nonlawyers in states like Arizona.
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BigLaw Firms Saw Increased Demand, Revenue In 2025
Last year was another strong year for U.S. law firms, with a double-digit revenue increase despite a strong expense growth environment of 9.5% over 2024, according to survey results from Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group released Monday.
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Baker Donelson Adds CFPB Founding Atty In DC
A founding member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who co-founded and spent the past 2½ years as co-leader of boutique SeldenLindeke LLP, has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Washington, D.C., as a shareholder, the firm announced Monday.
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Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: ArentFox Schiff
ArentFox Schiff LLP advised the Los Angeles Lakers through a landmark $10 billion valuation and majority stake sale, and helped the rapidly expanding National Women's Soccer League award its 16th franchise in Denver, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP worked on multiple technology matters over the past year worth billions of dollars, including advising the underwriters in SailPoint's nearly $1.4 billion initial public offering and helping Qorvo on a $22 billion merger with Skyworks, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Technology Practice Groups of the Year.
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International Trade Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP's trade practice was able to assist a Toyota unit through a major U.S. emissions fraud dispute and secured several other significant resolutions for clients across a wide range of matters, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.
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Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kline & Specter
Kline & Specter PC won multiple major verdicts against Bayer unit Monsanto over the company's Roundup weedkiller product over the last year, including a $78 million award in Philadelphia and a $2.1 billion verdict in Georgia, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Bradley Arant
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP continued to showcase its bid protest prowess, including by securing a landmark ruling from the U.S. Government Accountability Office that confirmed a binding price risk analysis obligation for government agencies, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Cleary
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's attorneys recently secured landmark victories for leaders of some of the largest digital asset companies, defeating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in precedent-setting enforcement actions, securing billions in recoveries in a bankruptcy and shaping regulatory frameworks for the future of fintech, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Susman Godfrey
Susman Godfrey LLP attorneys in the past year achieved some of the most closely watched victories in copyright, privacy and life sciences, including a record-setting copyright class settlement over books Anthropic obtained to train its flagship artificial intelligence model, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case
White & Case LLP scored early wins against algorithmic price-fixing litigation on behalf of hotel chain Four Seasons and netted a nearly $407 million judgment for client Regeneron against Amgen, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.
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Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running California labor code suit against Columbia Sportswear, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets team led fintech startup Klarna through its $1.4 billion initial public offering and advised underwriters in Boeing's $21 billion share sale to bolster its cash balances amid a protracted strike, placing the firm among the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
Expert Analysis
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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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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 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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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.
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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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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.