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O'Melveny & Myers elects Bradley Butwin as chair for third term
Partners give Butwin stamp of approval after failure of last year's talks with Allen & Overy
McDermott hires from three firms to open Atlanta office
Seven-lawyer team assembled from DLA Piper, Kasowitz Benson Torres and Jones Day
Orrick hires senior JP Morgan lawyer to lead diversity push
Duane Hughes will co-ordinate firm's work on $5m Move the Needle Fund to improve diversity
Seyfarth Shaw forms coalition to prevent impact of Covid-19 from undermining diversity
US firm teams up with array of representative groups to establish The Belonging Project
Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown become latest top 20 US firms to cut associate pay
Duo join Baker McKenzie and Norton Rose Fulbright in reducing salaries in response to Covid-19
Kirkland & Ellis hires Wachtell Lipton M&A partner in latest assault on Wall Street elite
Edward Lee joins Chicago giant after advising on 2019's two highest-value deals in rare partner loss for Wachtell
US firms see sharp slowdown in new matters as coronavirus dents demand, study finds
Clio research shows that matter creation has fallen by 30% since the start of the year
Mueller probe lawyer Andrew Weissmann to return to Jenner & Block
Former Russia investigation and mafia prosecutor to rejoin firm on 1 July
BakerHostetler sets up digital transformation team, hires Norton Rose Fulbright partner to co-lead
Data privacy expert Jeewon Kim Serrato will be based in firm's San Francisco office
Wachtell hires former Delaware chief justice and corporate governance campaigner Leo Strine
Proponent of boardroom reform calls for 'environmentally responsible, sustainable wealth creation'
King & Spalding hires 13-partner West Coast team from Boies Schiller
Arrivals include Quyen Ta and David Willingham, who had co-led Boies Schiller's San Francisco and LA offices
Morrison & Foerster hires Freshfields' US M&A head in New York
MoFo hails sustained New York push with eye-catching hire from UK rival
Husch Blackwell elects firm's first female chairperson
Catherine Hanaway, former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, will replace outgoing chair Greg Smith
Baker McKenzie becomes first top 20 Am Law firm to announce salary cuts in the US
Global giant imposes 15% pay cuts for high earners in US with 10% reductions in Canada in response to Covid-19
DLA Piper announces new US co-managing partners as part of wider national reshuffle
Jackie Kim Park and Richard Chesley replace Stasia Kelly who moves to client relations role
Crowell & Moring snaps up ex-Atrium partners to expand venture capital practice
Hirings come a month after San Francisco-based new law start up said it was shutting down
Cadwalader suspends partner distributions and cuts salaries as Covid-19 impact grows
Top 100 US firm makes temporary measures to reduce 'near-term' financial obligations
Willkie Farr hires former Jenner & Block chairman to launch Chicago office
Craig Martin joins firm as partner along with five other ex-Jenner & Block attorneys
Accel Entertainment's GC gives up pay as top in-house lawyers are impacted by Covid-19 shutdown
Derek Harmer is sacrificing his full salary to help company shore up finances after suspension of video gaming terminals
Unprecedented response to Covid-19 is 'testament to legal profession's resilience'
Stewart Salwin is impressed by how quickly the Arizona courts have adapted to the coronavirus crisis