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• McKenna Long & Aldridge merges with Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps

  Mar 28 2012 The merger between Atlanta-based firm McKenna Long & Aldridge and San Diego-based firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has concluded, creating a 575-lawyer firm with... more

• Jones Day hires 3 private equity lawyers from Foley & Lardner

  Mar 20 2012 Jones Day has boosted its private equity practice with the hire of three specialists from Foley & Lardner. The firm’s San Diego office will welcome rainmaker Kenneth... more

• NY firm Kasowitz Benson sees profits and revenue drop

  Mar 07 2012 New York firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman has reported a decline in both revenue and profits per partner in 2011. The firm’s revenue dropped 2 per cent from... more

• Fisher & Phillips merges with Cleveland Boutique Millisor + Nobil

  Apr 19 2011 240 lawyer firm Fisher & Phillips is expanding into Ohio with the acquisition of Cleveland boutique Millisor + Nobil. The merger adds 19 lawyers to the Atlanta-based... more

• Alternative billing is part of the new reality, say top in-house counsel

  Apr 13 2011 Alternative billing has become a reality for lawyers, though many law firms are resistant to the idea or slow to catch on, according to four top in-house lawyers.... more

• Medical Records in a Workers Compensation Claim

  Jul 12 2010 Your medical records play an important role in ensuring you are properly compensated for your injury. When you file a workers’ compensation claim in Atlanta, your... more

• Barnes & Thornburg Is New Home for Group from Dissolving Energy Boutique

  Feb 04 2010 Led by a former name partner, a team of lawyers from the dissolving Marshall & Lueder energy boutique in Atlanta has found a new home at Barnes & Thornburg's growing... more

• King & Spalding wins $350m award in Mexican case

  Jan 15 2010 Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding LLP has secured a $350 million arbitration award against Mexico’s national oil company. King & Spalding partners Robert... more

• Greenberg Traurig Maher adds M&A lawyer Ewan Robertson

  Oct 14 2009 Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP, the firm recently established in London by international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, announced that Ewan Robertson will be joining... more

• Georgia Chief Justice Sears to join Schiff Hardin

  May 14 2009 Leah Ward Sears, Georgia’s first female Supreme Court Chief Justice, will join Schiff Hardin LLP in Atlanta as a partner in the firm's litigation group in October when... more

• US law firm mergers boom in 2009

  Feb 01 2009 In the first quarter of 2009, law firm merger activity has gained pace in the US. About 20 mergers nationwide are expected to close. Southern law firms recently... more

• Troutman Sanders finalises merger with Ross Dixon Bell

  Jan 12 2009 Troutman Sanders has completed a previously announced merger with Ross, Dixon & Bell on 2 January. The result is the creation of 785 attorney firm which continues to... more

• Law firm mergers see slowdown

  Oct 08 2008 The two largest third-quarter firm combinations involved large firms expanding into new geographic regions. Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe, a 1,100-lawyer firm in... more

• King & Spalding opens eight offices in 18 months

  Sep 11 2008 Between 2000 and 2006, King & Spalding more than doubled the number of lawyers in its New York and Houston offices, the American Lawyer reports. Beginning with... more

• Smith Moore LLP set for merger with Leatherwood

  Jul 21 2008 Smith Moore LLP, a 130-attorney firm with offices in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, N.C., and Atlanta, will join operations with Leatherwood, which has... more

• Philadelphia Law Firm Ballard Spahr Acquires Atlanta IP Boutique

  Jun 17 2008 In an expansion move, the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. is set to announce its acquisition of an Atlanta-based intellectual... more

• Paul Hastings Secretary Killed in Murder-Suicide Outside Atlanta Office

  Apr 28 2008 On Friday afternoon in Midtown, outside the Bank of America Plaza office tower where they both worked a 25 years old secretary at 270-member Atlanta law firm Paul,... more

• Paul Hastings raises first-year pay to $160,000

  Feb 07 2008 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has upped the ante. The firm told its Atlanta associates that it will raise compensation considerably above current market rates.... more