• February 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Cadwalader Shakes Things Up Again, as Cravath Proves Mortal

    James Woolery's decision to end a brief stint on the business side of Wall Street to return to the ranks of The Am Law 100 is among the more notable lateral moves in recent memory—on

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  • August 27, 2004 | The Recorder

    Youth Movement

    Forget the fat cats.Many law firms are now recruiting laterals who offer more promise than pay-off."It's a fairly healthy time for junior partners and senior associates," said

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  • April 11, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Tom Adolph has joined Jackson Walker in Houston as a partner in the litigation and intellectual property sections. . . . The following have become sharehold

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  • February 14, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Growth strategy depends on laterals

    SONNENSCHEIN NATH & Rosenthal partner Kara Baysinger is on the road. Every week since July, she has landed in an airport far from her San Francisco Bay Area home, climbed into a cab, and

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  • March 5, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Mock Jury Exercises

    The use of mock jury exercises in preparation for major commercial trials has increased dramatically in the past decade. The increase reflects a realization that mock juries offer the first me

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  • August 9, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Obamacare Expands Black Lung Benefits, 3rd Cir. Rules

    Obamacare's amendment to the Black Lung Benefits Act allows the widows of coal miners to collect benefits when they file a claim for benefits previously denied to them, the U.S. Cour

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  • June 27, 2002 | Daily Business Review

    Associates: Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

    Pity the law students who started school in 1999. They had big expectations, as major law firms engaged in a bidding war for talent and signed top grads with no experience for six-figure

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  • July 15, 2005 | Daily Business Review

    Ohio Firm Taps Judicial Watch's Klayman for Miami Launch

    During his failed campaign last year for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida, Miami lawyer and self-proclaimed anti-corruption crusader Larry Klayman made 26 trips to Cleveland. "Not a very good way t

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  • October 12, 2009 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Fonda Karelitz has joined Nossaman as a senior attorney. Karelitz, who previously served as senior counsel

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  • November 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Reverse Commute

    In early September, Vinson & Elkins announced it had hired Barbara Smithers, former chief counsel for transactions at International Paper Company, as counsel. She joined the firm's corpora

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