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• 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

• US lateral market at a ten year low

  Feb 07 2011 2010 was the slowest year for partners making lateral moves since 2000. In the 12 month period ending 30 September 2010, just 2,014 partners left or joined top law... more

• Dead law firm web sites haunt the web

  May 14 2009 The American Lawyer publishes list of dead law firm web sites. more

• Heller Ehrman 's departing partners took $7 million in 2008

  Feb 25 2009 Dissolved US firm Heller Ehrman paid out more than $7 million to 35 departing or retiring partners in 2008, a bankruptcy filing by the firm shows. more

• US associate laid off twice in less than four months

  Feb 13 2009 After graduation from Berkeley’s Boalt Hall, Inna Efimchik was a corporate associate at Heller Ehrman. She had to leave the firm, when it collapsed in 2008. She and... more

• Heller Ehrman files for bankruptcy protection

  Dec 30 2008 Heller Ehrman LLP, the San Francisco-based law firm that voted to dissolve in September, was put into bankruptcy after the committee formed to wind up the business... 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

• Heller managing partner Robert Hubbell joins Gibson Dunn's Los Angeles office

  Oct 22 2008 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced that Robert Hubbell will join the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of... more

• Heller Ehrman faces class action suit by laid-off employees

  Oct 21 2008 Three laid-off Heller Ehrman employees filed a class action complaint against the dissolving firm on Monday, asking for a jury trial over pay, alleging that Heller... more

• Mass Layoffs at Heller Ehrman

  Oct 11 2008 At least 100 Heller Ehrman employees were laid off on Friday, without receiving the 60 days' wages required by federal law or accrued vacation due under California... more

• Some law firms hire in slump

  Oct 10 2008 The economic downturn has forced many law firms to downsize and cut spending. But a smaller group is on the prowl, looking to expand even as their earnings are falling... more

• Heller Energy lawyers land at Pillsbury

  Oct 09 2008 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman bolstered its D.C. energy regulatory practice Wednesday with the addition of four lawyers from recently dissolved Heller Ehrman... more

• Heller Ehrman litigation teams joins Arnold & Porter

  Oct 08 2008 Five Heller Ehrman litigation partners, including several former litigation practice heads, have joined Arnold & Porter offices in Washington DC and Los Angeles. more

• Cooley Godward opens Seattle office with former Heller lawyers

  Oct 06 2008 The Palo Alto firm Cooley Godward Kronish has announced that it is hiring 15 partners from Heller Ehrman’s Venture Law Group practice, including four partners in... more

• Heller Ehrman Lays Off 139; Tech Law Firm Is Dissolving

  Oct 01 2008 Heller Ehrman has laid off 139 workers in its Seattle office, effective November 28, according to Washington State’s Employment Security Department. This comes on the... more