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  • March 6, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOPenny DeFrank has joined Major, Lindsey & Africa as regional operations manager for the western region. DeFrank previously worked as director of a

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  • January 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Cadwalader casualty of subprime crisis

    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's Jan. 10 decision to dump 35 attorneys from its capital markets practice is the latest attorney castoff stemming from the subprime mortgage mess. T

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  • August 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Vinson & Elkins Acquires Bankruptcy Boutique Founded by Former Wachtell Partners

    Vinson & Elkins has acquired a New York bankruptcy boutique founded by former partners of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. The five lawyers of Cronin & Vris will join Vinson &

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  • August 4, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Reed Smith Said to Discuss Merger With Chicago Firm

    Reed Smith is currently engaged in serious merger discussions with 200-attorney Chicago-based Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, according to several sources in the Windy City. Such an acquisi

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  • May 1, 2003 | Legaltech News

    Dethawing from the Deep Freeze

    CHICAGO in the Spring is an annual ritual, so I dashed to the Sheraton Chicago for a quick fix at the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management section's ABA Techshow. Unfortunately

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  • September 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Far above Cayuga's waters

    Name and title: James J. Mingle, university counsel and secretary of the corporation Age: 58 The University: Cornell University of Ithaca, N.Y., was

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  • July 31, 2008 | The Recorder

    The Red Ink Spills Over

    Bankruptcy lawyers say they are finally starting to see the sharp upswing in filings that, given the troubled economy, they've been expecting. Sixty companies with liabilit

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  • December 21, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    13 attorneys in $1,000-an-hour club

    A handful of U.S.-based partners at major law firms have inched above the $1,000 rate barrier, making bankruptcy work as lucrative as it was plentiful in 2008 and 2009, a review of billing rates in

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  • July 1, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Reverse Commute

    The parade of former government lawyers returning to private practice continues unabated, with Bush administration attorneys continuing to dominate in numbers, if not in prominence. Form

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  • July 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Side Bar

    The Super Chief of High Speed RailThe six-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles could soon become a pleasant, 2�-hour train ride.For San Francisco attorney Joseph

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