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  • March 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms Go for Gold

    CHICAGO � As Los Angeles and Chicago enter the final stretch in their bids to host the 2016 Olympic Games, law firms in the Windy City are increasingly eager to be a part of the action, while

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  • June 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Closing Billion Dollar Deals

    Gibson Dunn, Willkie Farr Handle $3.2 Billion Insurance Merger Insurance companies Transatlantic Holdings and Allied World Assurance Company Holdings ha

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  • April 2, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr has added three attorneys in Dallas: D. Ronald Reneker, shareholder, litigation; John L. Thompson, associate, litigation; and Brian P

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  • December 24, 2008 | The Recorder

    How Thacher Profitt Came to an End

    Thacher Proffitt & Wood didn't have a lot of time left when Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal entered the picture two weeks ago. The announcement late Sunday that Sonnenschein would hire

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  • January 13, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Midsize Firms Stand Firm Against Merger Mania

    Despite last year's abundance of law firm megamergers, including the creation of 2,700-lawyer DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary effective this month, a strong contingent of midsize practices are esc

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  • December 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

    For Associates, a Decade of Thrills and Chills

    It was a wild ride for associates at big law firms during the first decade of the century. In the end, most everyone was a little queasy from the experience. Between 2000 and 2009, law firms

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  • December 24, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    How Thacher Proffitt & Wood Came to an End

    Thacher Proffitt & Wood didn't have a lot of time left when Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal entered the picture two weeks ago. The announcement late Sunday that Sonnenschein Nath woul

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  • February 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Heller Ehrman Vet Closes $3 Billion Deal Despite Firm Closure

    At 8:30 on a morning in early January, former Heller Ehrman partner Steven Tonsfeldt sat in his parked car outside a prominent law firm's Menlo Park, Calif., offices, cooling his heels befor

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  • February 4, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Combat Conditions

    At 8:30 on a morning in early January, former Heller Ehrman partner Steven Tonsfeldt sat in his parked car outside a prominent law firm's Menlo Park offices, cooling his heels before beginning seve

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  • October 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Startup Draws Big Law Refugees

    This year has been a tough one for Big Law. Not only are profits down, layoffs up and morale low, but some big-firm lawyers have fled altogether, choosing to go it alone. In January, Seth B

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