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Goodwin Procter and White & Case latest firms to set US office return dates

Both firms intend US staff to start spending a few days per week in the office in September

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FisherBroyles becomes first non-traditional firm to enter Am Law 200 rankings

Achievement underscores the benefits of a distributed model post-Covid, firm's founders say

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Freshfields hires Hogan Lovells' New York corporate head in life sciences push 

UK firm builds on high-profile Silicon Valley launch with senior East Coast lateral

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Cooley raids Winston & Strawn, Latham & Watkins and DLA Piper to launch Chicago office

Silicon Valley firm makes nine lateral partner hires to support Windy City opening

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Winston & Strawn adds former DOJ lawyer to boost environmental litigation team

Jonathan Brightbill joins as a partner in the firm's Washington DC office

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Bob Glaves: 'We have an opportunity to make law better and we have no time to waste'

Chicago Bar Foundation's top executive on moving to a non-profit organisation, realising the promise of equal justice and bringing the courts into the 21st century

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Winston & Strawn expands Houston office with corporate duo from Thompson & Knight

Capital markets and energy specialists James Brown and Douglas Lionberger join as partners

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Dinsmore & Shohl partners with P&G, Cincinnati Law to launch Innocence Project fellowship

Programme is designed to boost diversity in the legal professional and promote justice system reform

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Quinn Emanuel signs up Miami's high-profile mayor for Sunshine State launch

Francis Suarez joins laterals from Hogan Lovells, Greenspoon Marder and Clifford Chance to help found third US office this year

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Reed Smith expects all US offices to be fully reopened in September

Firm outlines phased return that will be supported by permanent flexible working arrangements

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Women lawyers honour Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with scholarship project

Programme to provide financial and mentoring support to women seeking a career in law

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Vinson & Elkins names next chair as firm creates new executive committee

Partner Keith Fullenweider will replace outgoing chairman Mark Kelly at the start of next year

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Willkie Farr raids Mayer Brown for quartet of insurance partners in California and New York

Team is led by Mayer Brown's former co-leader of its US insurance regulatory group Kara Baysinger

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Silicon Valley firm Gunderson Dettmer eyes Texas venture capital deals with Austin launch

New office will be led by partner Wesley Watts, who joins from Vinson & Elkins

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Sidley Austin litigation co-head set to become first Latina leader of a top 10 Am Law firm

Yvette Ostolaza will replace Larry Barden in April next year as management committee chair

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David Chameli: 'The best way to understand a business is to walk in the steps of the employees'

Heritage-Crystal Clean's GC on ESG, learning a company's ropes first-hand and the importance of mentoring

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Kirkland & Ellis opens Austin office to tap into city's tech and renewable energy markets

New office is the firm's third in Texas, adding to its presence in Houston and Dallas

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Withers opens in Boston as it hires trio of patent partners from Burns & Levinson

New team expands firm's global tech practice, focusing on life sciences and venture capital

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NFL-based rule sees law firms boost leadership diversity at a faster pace than peers

Early adopters of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Rule outpace non-adopters by more than 30 times

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Sheppard Mullin elects new chair as veteran lawyer Guy Halgren steps down after two decades

Washington DC-based corporate partner Lucantonio Salvi will assume the role in October

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