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• McDermott partner: Coffee cutback sends 'message of desperation'

  Mar 02 2009 Following layoffs announced at McDermott Will & Emery in February, the firm decided to reduce its coffee service in its Chicago headquarters office in another effort... more

• McDermott lays off 150 in the US, including 60 attorneys

  Feb 05 2009 McDermott Will & Emery has laid off 60 associates and 89 support staff in the US due to the economic downturn. Chairman Harvey Freishtat said the firm performed... more

• McDermott Takes Heller's Silicon Valley Space

  Nov 11 2008 Heller Ehrman's Menlo Park, Calif., office, which underwent a fancy remodel two years ago, will be taken over by McDermott, Will & Emery, as part of a negoatiated deal... more

• McDermott takes Heller office space in Palo Alto

  Nov 10 2008 McDermott Will & Emery LLP plans to lease Menlo Park office space vacated by failed Heller Ehrman LLP. The firm has signed a 10-year lease to for more than 80,000... more

• Bird & Bird signs up McDermott Brussels head

  Aug 06 2008 Bird & Bird has taken McDermott Will & Emery’s Brussels head Jose Rivas, less than two years after the competition partner joined the US firm from Hammonds. Rivas... more

• Salans taps McDermott for City competition launch

  Jun 13 2008 Salans has launched a UK competition practice with the hire of antitrust partner Ian Rose from the London office of McDermott Will & Emery. Rose has a practice... more

• McDermott Will & Emery recruits two from rivals in London

  May 16 2008 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has continued its London expansion by recruiting two new finance partners from rivals Dewey & LeBoeuf and White & Case. Former Dewey &... more

• Bankruptcy Trustee Sues McDermott Will for Malpractice

  Apr 17 2008 A bankruptcy trustee for Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York has sued McDermott, Will & Emery for $1.2 billion in damages for legal malpractice, fraud... more

• McDermott lures projects head from Akin Gump

  Apr 15 2008 McDermott Will & Emery has appointed a new global head of projects following the hire of a senior partner from rival US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. John... more

• Lawyers on the hook for millions after "frivolous" behaviour

  Feb 29 2008 Two lawyers at McDermott, Will & Emery are facing a bill for millions after infuriating a judge. Terrance McMahon and Vera Elson were representing a client in a... more

• Proskauer Boosts London Office With McDermott Hire

  Jan 29 2008 New York's Proskauer Rose has hired William Yonge as partner for its newly opened London office, taking him from McDermott Will & Emery's financial services team.... more

• Lovells legend Hugh Nineham quits for McDermott

  Jan 15 2008 McDermott Will & Emery has hired Lovells corporate icon Hugh Nineham to become its European and London corporate head. Nineham has been a crucial figure in Lovells'... more

• Emerging markets fuel Mayer Brown's global growth

  Jan 04 2008 Mayer Brown's global ambitions received a much-needed boost late last month when the Chicago law firm announced it will join forces with a 260-lawyer Hong Kong-based... more

• Former McDermott Partner Gets 30-Day Suspension due to Billing Issues

  Dec 24 2007 In a case that has taken a decade to resolve, attorney Michael Romansky received a 30-day suspension Thursday from the D.C. Court of Appeals relating to overbilling... more