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D'Arcambal Ousley And Trio Form New Firm Reaching 6 States
The two founders and an attorney from Miami-based law firm SMGQ Law have joined d'Arcambal Ousley & Cuyler Burk LLP to create a new firm, d'Arcambal Quesada Malyk Peters & Creed LLP, which boasts offices in New York, Florida, New Jersey, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas.
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Jones Walker Reelects Managing Partner For 5th Term
Jones Walker LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has reelected longtime managing partner William H. Hines to a fifth consecutive five-year term set to start at the beginning of 2026.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Willkie Private Equity Pro In Houston
Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a corporate shareholder in Houston from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, furthering the firm's expansion of its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices.
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A&O Shearman To Require US Attys To Work 4 Days In Office
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling is the latest firm to increase its in-office requirement for U.S. lawyers from three days a week to four, effective Sept. 2.
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Texas Rep. Must Tell Feds If He'll Blame Attys In Bribery Case
A Houston judge said Monday that U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife must disclose to federal prosecutors whether they plan to use an advice-of-counsel defense in their trial on bribery charges.
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Texas Law Shield Must Face Revived Client Solicitation Suit
A Texas appeals court has revived an anti-barratry lawsuit accusing a legal organization that advises people hit with firearms-related actions of illegally and unethically marketing attorney services during a training session on active shooters in late 2022, finding that fact issues raised in the case had not been addressed.
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Solo Lawyers Are Surprisingly Happy, New Survey Says
A new survey of about 300 solo attorneys by insurance company ALPS Malpractice Insurance concluded that sole practitioners are surprisingly happy with their professional lives, with many citing work-life balance as a key factor, the company said this week.
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Willkie Lands Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston
The former global energy and infrastructure sector leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has moved his practice to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Houston, Willkie announced Tuesday.
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ArcherHall Acquires R3 To Boost Digital Forensics Reach
ArcherHall is expanding its services and brand to Texas with the acquisition of R3 Digital Forensics, the nationwide provider of digital forensics and e-discovery services announced Tuesday.
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Law Firm Mergers Hit A Near-Record Low In First Half
The number of law firm mergers and acquisitions involving at least one U.S.-based law firm announced in the first half of 2025 landed at 34, down 42% from last year's first half results and marking a near-decade low.
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Kirkland Debt Finance Ace Jumps To Reed Smith In Houston
Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has fortified its global corporate group with a partner in Houston who was previously a debt finance partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Bell Nunnally Corporate Atty Rejoins Firm From Tech GC Role
Dallas-based Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP announced Monday that a corporate partner has rejoined the firm after spending a little under a year as general counsel of a technology and renewable energy company.
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Kahana & Feld Expands In Texas, Calif. With Firm Tie-Up
Kahana & Feld LLP announced Monday that Tarle Law PC's team of lawyers and other professionals, including its leader, are joining the firm, increasing the firm's offerings in California and Texas.
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Paxton Names Morgan Lewis Partner Texas Solicitor General
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner William Peterson will serve as Texas' new solicitor general while the state's outgoing solicitor general, Aaron Nielson, will head to the University of Texas School of Law as a tenured professor, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday.
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M&A Tops Baker McKenzie's 59-Strong Partner Class For 2025
Baker McKenzie announced that 59 attorneys will be promoted to partner by the start of July, with the number of internal hires decreasing from last year while lateral recruitment remained the same, at 48, over the past 12 months.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Susman Godfrey's representation of the American Bar Association in a suit challenging the Trump administration's actions directed at law firms leads this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 13 to 27.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cooley LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge determined that it was fair for Meta Platforms Inc. to train its Llama large language models with 13 bestselling authors' copyrighted material without their permission.
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Texas Atty 'Car Wreck Clyde' Cops To Stealing Client Funds
A Houston personal injury attorney has pled guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges for bilking clients out of millions of dollars in settlement funds, the government announced Thursday.
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LGBTQ Attorneys Seek To Navigate A Changing Legal Industry
During Pride Month 2025, LGBTQ attorneys are seeking to navigate a changing environment around their rights and shifting attitudes in the legal industry toward diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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Former Hines Legal Chief Joins Greenberg Traurig In Houston
Greenberg Traurig LLP has bulked up its Texas real estate practice with a shareholder in Houston who most recently served as chief legal and compliance officer at Hines, a global real estate investment management firm.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and reelected leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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SMU Law Professor's Tenure Suit Partly Revived By 5th Circ.
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday partially revived a former Southern Methodist University law professor's suit over the denial of her tenure application following a ruling last month by the Texas Supreme Court.
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McDermott, Schulte Roth Vote To Approve $2.8B Merger
Partners at Schulte Roth & Zabel and McDermott Will & Emery have voted in favor of merging to create the combined firm of McDermott Will & Schulte, the firms announced Thursday.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
June was a month for endings and beginnings as several law firms in the U.S. completed relocation plans — including Duane Morris LLP, which moved its Manhattan shop to a new office building — and launched offices, like Foley & Lardner LLP's Nashville, Tennessee, opening.
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Why ABA Is Rebooting 10-Year-Old Study On Atty Well-Being
Mental health advocates working on the American Bar Association's newly launched study into attorney mental health say that they hope the project will not only provide an updated look at the profession a decade after the organization's last major study, but also provide more information on the best ways to tackle issues such as depression, substance abuse and burnout.