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• Lateral hiring is the growth strategy of choice at US law firms

  Feb 03 2012 The lateral market is heating up, as law firms reduce their graduate recruitment and seek to expand by hiring partners with established client lists from other law... more

• Where are they now? The Howrey lawyers make their way

  Feb 01 2012 In the year before Howrey went under, the firm had a headcount of 242 lawyers in Washington. After the firm’s collapse on March 15, 2011, those lawyers flooded the... more

• Should law firms stay on home turf?

  Oct 17 2011 Interesting article here about the effect of international expansion on law firm balance sheets. The article points out that of the five elite London firms belonging... more

• Former Howrey head joins Winston & Strawn as an equity partner

  Sep 14 2011 Winston & Strawn has taken on former head of defunct firm Howrey, Robert Ruyak as an equity partner in the Washington DC office. Ruyak brings expertise in intellectual... more

• Beyond the crisis - what does the future hold for biglaw?

  May 06 2011 After sustained growth for a period of twelve years, the last three years have seen the legal markets in decline around the world. Work in mergers and acquisitions has... more

• Winston & Strawn hires just 15 Howrey partners after finding client conflicts

  Apr 06 2011 Winston & Strawn managing partner Tom Fitzgerald says that conflicts of interest thwarted the firm’s plan to hire 140 partners from the failing Howrey. At final... more

• Former Howrey staffer sues firm for failing to give sufficient notice

  Apr 06 2011 Former Howrey staffer Stephanie Langley has filed suit against the law firm, that it failed to meet its obligation under the WARN Act to provide employees with 60 days... more

• Baker & Hostetler takes on 17 Howrey litigators

  Mar 30 2011 Baker & Hostetler has taken on 17 litigators from defunct firm Howrey. The team of lawyers is lead by Robert Abrams, the former cochair of Howrey's global litigation... more

• Limited liability to be blamed for Howrey failure?

  Mar 24 2011 Most commentators say that Howrey failed as a result of a quick expansion and partner dissatisfaction arising from a combination of fluctuating profits and a lack of... more

• Winston & Strawn launches in Houston with 40 Howrey recruits

  Mar 18 2011 Winston & Strawn has launched its Houston office after the hire of 40 intellectual property and commercial litigation lawyers from the failed firm Howrey. The... more

• Howrey partners jump ship

  Mar 16 2011 Howrey lawyers are leaping to other firms after the firm announced its imminent dissolution. Construction litigation partners David Mancini and James Newland Jr are... more

• Howrey partners vote to dissolve firm

  Mar 10 2011 Howrey’s partners have voted to dissolve the partnership, a decision that will take effect on 15 March 2011 and put the 55 year old firm out of its misery. The... more

• Linklaters Hires top Dutch restructuring lawyer from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

  Mar 09 2011 Linklaters has has bolstered its Amsterdam office with the hire of Jan Willem de Boer, the head of the restructuring practice at Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone... more

• What do you do when the ship is sinking? Advice for associates at failing firms

  Mar 09 2011 This is an interesting article about the plight of associates that find themselves in a failing law firm. The article looks back to the period from late 2008... more

• Howrey partnership to vote on wind-down

  Mar 06 2011 With the departure of over 100 partners since 2009, the question of the future of Howrey has been growing ever more acute. And it seems that the question might soon be... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• 17-lawyer antitrust team leaves Howrey for Shearman & Sterling

  Feb 24 2011 A 17-lawyer antitrust group from the Brussels office of Howrey is departing for Shearman & Sterling. The group is led by five partners, including the current and... more

• Another seven Howrey IP partners leave the firm

  Feb 16 2011 The exodus at Howrey continues with another seven IP partners leaving the firm’s US offices. Among the group was San Francisco-based rainmaker KT Cherian, who has... more

• Howrey Chairman tells partners to make up their minds

  Feb 06 2011 Howrey Chairman Bob Ruyak has asked partners with employment offers from Winston & Strawn - about three quarters of the partnership – to make up their minds quickly... more

• Winston & Strawn makes offers to three quarters of the Howrey partnership

  Feb 03 2011 After the Chicago-based Winston & Strawn dropped merger negotiations with Howrey, the firm has moved to raid Howre’s talent-base instead. According to reports, Winston... more

• The (mis)fortunes of Howrey

  Jan 28 2011 Interesting article here from Above The Law on the (mis)fortunes of Howrey – a firm that has sustained a steady stream of partner losses over the past year. It appears... more

• Winston ends negotiations with Howrey; recruits lawyers on the way out

  Jan 26 2011 Merger negotiations between Chicago-based Winston & Strawn and Washington DC-based Howrey have ended, but Winston’s interest in Howrey is not concluded. According to... more

• 2010: not such a bad year for lay-offs

  Jan 25 2011 Major US law firms laid off 745 people in 2010, down from a 12,259 people laid off in 2009 (the worst year on record), and lower than the 2008 figures when 1,992... more

• Howrey loses yet another partner

  Jan 20 2011 Howrey has lost another high profile partner, with Brussels head and global antitrust co-chair Trevor Soames announcing his departure. Soames says that he has not yet... more

• Howrey loses three IP partners to Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Jan 19 2011 Howrey has lost star intellectual-property lawyer and vice chairman Henry Bunsow to rival firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, where Bunsow will take up a position as co-chair of the... more

• Howrey closes London IP practice after string of departures

  Jan 11 2011 Howrey has closed its intellectual property practice in London following the departure of London managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Howrey’s... more

• Howrey loses another partner in Washington

  Dec 15 2010 Howrey has suffered another in a series of defections the departure of antitrust specialist Mike Cowie to the Washington office of rival firm Dechert. The news... more

• Sidley Austin Boosts NY litigation team with triple hire from Howrey

  Dec 14 2010 Sidley Austin has bolstered its New York litigation practice with the hire of the cochair of Howrey's litigation practice Gary Bendinger. Bendinger is followed by towo... more

• Howrey lays off 32 support staff across US offices

  Nov 11 2010 Howrey has laid off 32 support staff across ten US offices. The firm cited a need to adjust the size of its workforce to meet client needs and focus on core practice... more

• Howrey loses 12 IP partners in Europe

  Oct 11 2010 Howrey's head of intellectual property in Europe and at least 11 other partners and 14 associates are jumping ship to set up a new IP firm. The splinter group cited... more

• SJ Berwin boosts Munich IP practice with Howrey hire

  Sep 15 2010 SJ Berwin is set to boost its Munich intellectual property practice with the hire of Michael Knospe of Howrey. Knospe said: "SJ Berwin has a great IP practice in... more

• Howrey set to launch office in Düsseldorf

  Jul 12 2010 US firm Howrey is set to launch an office in Düsseldorf hiring partner Christoph Lenz from one of Germany’s top IP boutiques. Lenz leaves his post as head of the... more

• Rouse hires top patent litigator from Howrey

  May 11 2010 Intellectual property boutique Rouse has hired top talent patent litigator Richard Willoughby from Howrey. The boutique, which counts BP, Diageo, Nokia, Shell and... more

• Law firms of the future: less bottom heavy?

  Apr 01 2010 There are no shortage of articles pointing out the need for change in the legal industry under new economic conditions. This New York Times article is interesting... more

• Howrey takes shears to partnership following drop in profits

  Mar 11 2010 Howrey is taking the shears to its partnership ranks following a 35 per cent drop in equity partner profits in 2009. Between 25 and 30 partners are expected to leave... more

• Howrey's Revenue, Profits Plummet in 2009

  Feb 23 2010 For Howrey, 2009 was a rough year. In 2008, Howrey had what firm Chairman Robert Ruyak said at the time was the firm's best year ever, based largely upon several large... more

• Howrey Axes 29 Associates, 65 Staffers

  Feb 04 2010 In a memo from firm CEO and managing partner Robert Ruyak, Howrey has announced a "reduction-in-force" affecting both associates and staffers at the firm. A Howrey... more

• Howrey hit with $30m racial discrimination suit

  Jan 27 2010 A former associate filed suit against Howrey this morning, alleging that the law firm routinely subjected her to discriminatory treatment based on her race. Kamisha... more

• More than 80% of partners at large US law firms are men

  Jan 08 2010 Only 19 percent of partners at American law firms with more than 100 lawyers are women, despite the fact that women have comprised more than 50 percent of law school... more

• Howrey expands Amsterdam office with De Brauw hire

  Nov 26 2009 Howrey has hired Intellectual property specialist Joris van Manen, a partner of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. Van Manen who will join Howrey in January 2010 will... more

• Greenberg adds white collar expert Handzlik in Los Angeles

  Sep 01 2009 Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Jan Handzlik has joined its Los Angeles office from Howrey LLP as a shareholder in the Litigation Group. Greenberg Traurig's... more

• Allen & Overy's US antitrust head Michael Jahnke joins Howrey

  Aug 06 2009 Jahnke joins Howrey's New York office as a partner in its antitrust practice after seven years at Allen & Overy's US office. more

• Howrey associates to earn $100K in new training program

  Jun 23 2009 US law firm Howrey announced a new two-year training program that will offer "meaningful training" for "select" first-year associates. Associates participating in... more

• Howrey to aquire IP boutique Day Casebeer

  Jun 23 2009 Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder is in advanced talks to be acquired by 750 lawyers-firm Howrey with a deal likely to close soon. High-end intellectual property... more

• Law firms hold down pay for associates in 2009

  Jan 05 2009 Base pay for US first-year associates rose about 30 percent to $160,000 over the last three years, but those days seem to be over as the economic downturn reaches the... more

• Thelen chairman Stephen O’Neal job-hunting?

  Oct 27 2008 According to the Recorder, Thelen's chairman Stephen O’Neal and 30 or so lawyers from Thelen’s construction and mass torts practice are currently in talks with Howrey,... more

• Intellectual property law goes well with science

  Jun 17 2008 Though experienced energy lawyers with portable business are widely courted, triple-crowned intellectual property lawyers — those with undergrad and doctorate degrees... more

• Howrey Loses $250 Million IP Verdict in East Texas

  Jun 01 2008 A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas gave a big win to hometown lawyer Sam Baxter of Dallas-based McKool Smith, awarding his client, Medtronic, $250 million... more

• Some law firms cut their names down to size

  May 27 2008 To Cher, Madonna, Oprah and Prince add Howrey, Skadden, Sutherland and Winstead. It’s part of a new branding trend for law firms — to go by only one name. more

• Lanier Law Firm opens in Palo Alto

  Apr 01 2008 The Lanier Law Firm said Monday it is moving into Palo Alto and named Christopher Banys to lead the new office. Banys comes to the firm from Palo Alto-based Howrey... more

• DLA Piper launches in Houston

  Mar 12 2008 DLA Piper announced the opening of an office in Houston, Texas with three lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Howrey. Two of the new partners, Jack... more

• Howrey takes Simmons and Taylor Wessing IP partners

  Jan 13 2008 Howrey has boosted its London IP group with two new partners, taking Marjan Noor from Taylor Wessing and Paul Inman from Simmons & Simmons. The hires continue Howrey's... more