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Some midsize, regional and boutique firms are using their lower rates to attract both clients and lateral attorneys against the backdrop of spiraling BigLaw rates, though there are definite limits to the strategy.
Lawyers who orchestrate massive transactions make up the lion's share of attorneys charging top-tier rates that have broken far away from average billing rates for law firm partners in recent years, experts say.
A Miami litigator known as much for his ability to treat everyone with compassion as he was for his aggressive courtroom advocacy has died at the age of 65, Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Saturday.
Former U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has returned to Cooley LLP to lead its U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice as the firm continues to expand its litigation group, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday it is a firm that shares her values.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday night four judicial nominees in North Carolina.
DLA Piper has added a longtime Goodwin Procter LLP partner to its emerging growth and venture capital practice in New York, the firm announced.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Jackson Lewis PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies.
The former co-head of Holland & Knight LLP's renewable energy team has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a partner in New York.
Magic Circle firms might finally be gaining meaningful traction in the U.S. market after years of slow progress and false starts, if their latest financial disclosures are any indication.
Best Best & Krieger LLP has hired a U.S. Department of the Interior leader who helped advance drought resilience plans and advise the agency's secretary on water and science policy as the new director of its government affairs group, the firm announced.
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as U.S. firms expanded their practice offerings with new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Fox Rothschild LLP had several boxes to check as it hunted for a new office for its attorneys and staff in Pittsburgh, but the final decision on where to move ultimately came down to one simple factor: the sun.
DLA Piper is boosting its West Coast corporate team, bringing in a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC emerging growth specialist as a partner in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
The California Supreme Court announced Thursday that for the first time ever, a nonattorney will lead the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees starting Sept. 19.
Holland & Knight LLP has hired the State Department's former acting undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, who also served as an ambassador-at-large and counterterrorism coordinator during Trump's first administration, the firm announced Thursday.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has launched an equine law practice group handling all aspects of horse transactions and litigation, to be led by the assistant managing partner of its office in Livingston, New Jersey.
Mid-Law firm Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP announced an expansion of its construction practice with a counsel from Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law this week.
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Goodwin Procter LLP real estate transactions expert as a shareholder in its San Francisco office.
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has strengthened its resources for university clients, promoting a four-year firm shareholder who previously spent more than three years as an executive in the University of Pittsburgh's athletics department to lead its higher education practice group.
Clifford Chance LLP partner Neil Barlow has helped lead the growth of the firm's U.S. private equity practice while advising on high-profile cross-border deals, including KKR and Carlyle's $10.1 billion acquisition of a student loan portfolio and the sale of global fund administrator Alter Domus, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Thursday that it has added a former Womble Bond Dickinson attorney to its corporate group who brings particular expertise in energy commodities.
The majority of surveyed attorneys feel ready to meet client demands regarding artificial intelligence, according to survey results released Thursday by legal professionals network Best Lawyers.
The former leader of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition unit dedicated to reviewing mergers and acquisitions is joining the antitrust team at Alston & Bird LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Wednesday.
Littler Mendelson PC is home to six lawyers who were called out by name when more than 350 corporate clients were asked in interviews about exceptional client service, more than any other law firm this year, according to the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2025 report, released on Thursday.
Loeb & Loeb LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in an Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP employment litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Dealing with the pressures associated with law school can prove difficult for many future lawyers, but there are steps students can take to manage stress — and schools can help too, say Ryan Zajic and Dr. Janani Krishnaswami at UWorld.
Amid ongoing disagreements on whether states should mandate implicit bias training as part of attorneys' continuing legal education requirements, Stephanie Wilson at Reed Smith looks at how unconscious attitudes or stereotypes adversely affect legal practice, and whether mandatory training programs can help.
To become more effective advocates, lawyers need to rethink the ridiculous, convoluted language they use in correspondence and write letters in a clear, concise and direct manner, says legal writing instructor Stuart Teicher.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement?Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.