• July 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    They'll Take Manhattan

    Even in a city accustomed to wel- coming immigrants, they are a breed apart: law firms that leave their home markets, where they often dominate, to open offices in New York, where they struggl

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  • February 13, 2006 | The Recorder

    You Just Made Partner. Want Some Advice?

    "Making partner" is possibly the most iconic phrase in the lawyer's lexicon.To those striving toward it, it's akin to winning a gold medal.To those who have obtained it, it's a

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    Looking Toward The Golden State

    Ask a public finance lawyer about 2002, and soon enough the talk turns to California. Facing widening deficits, plenty of state and local governments turned to the bond and note markets last y

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  • May 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Partners Departing Sullivan, Cadwalader

    EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN: John Fullerton III joins the firm's national labor and employment practice as partner in the New York office and will focu

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  • April 26, 2013 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: BAR-ometer

    U.S. attorney's officeTh

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  • May 30, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Sears General Counsel Relishes Lack of Predictability

    COMPANY PROFILE In 1886, Minnesota railroad agent Richard Sears began selling watches to supplement his income. The following year, he moved to Chicago a

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  • October 5, 2007 | The Recorder

    Hearsay

    Gee, Wonder What He's Trying to Say'It's a loss in a cultural sense.'� Morgan Lewis Chairman Francis Milone, on M&A partner Howard Shecter's departure to Or

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  • April 27, 2004 | The Recorder

    The New Math

    Some say it's ruined the profession. Others say it's lost all meaning as a measure of success.Yet per-partner profits -- or PPP -- still stand as a sort of shorthand for a law firm's s

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  • March 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    THE AM LAW 100 2010 - A WORK IN PROGRESS

    The reports here are part of The Am Law Daily's/The American Lawyer's ongoing Web coverage of 2009 financial results from the Am Law 100 /Second Hundred. Results are preliminary. Final rankings and fu

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  • December 24, 2012 | National Law Journal

    A momentous year for the business of law

    TWO FISTED Becker & Poliakoff acquired two law firms in a single week. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with about 160 attorneys, Becker announced on

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