• March 16, 2009 | The Recorder

    Nonprofits Say Free First-Years Sound Good

    SAN FRANCISCO — Free associates? Where? The silver lining in the legal industry's recent mass layoffs and first-year deferrals: A handful of Am Law 100 firms ar

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  • February 15, 2013 | The Recorder

    Revenue Growth Modest at Many Firms, But Profits Surge

    Add a little bit of revenue. Subtract partners. Control costs. That math helped a number of California law firms boost their profitability in 2012 despite shaky demand for legal servic

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  • May 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Former Orrick Chair Baxter Decides Against Senate Bid

    Ralph Baxter Jr. — who closed out his two-decade-plus run as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's chairman and CEO earlier this year — has decided not to enter the race to s

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  • January 14, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the San Francisco A HREF=http://www.law.com/special/professionals/recorder/2003/highest_grossing_

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  • January 6, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the Bay Area's biggest law firms scored sallow returns in 2002 with only a few managing to post signific

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  • July 6, 2009 | The Recorder

    Orrick breaks lockstep to ease clients' cost concerns

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track. Now associates, inst

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  • January 6, 2003 | The Recorder

    Red Scare

    Weakened by an anemic tech sector and fighting each other for precious litigation work, the

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  • May 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Four public interest lawyers and one non-attorney were recipients of the 19th annual Legal Service Awards, given by the New York City Bar Association in recognition of &

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  • May 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Four public interest lawyers and one non-attorney were recipients of the 19th annual Legal Service Awards, given by the New York City Bar Association in recognition of &

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  • September 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    A team of junior associates at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, led by Sarah E. Brenner and Sogol Domekh, has begun teaching a twice weekly

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