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Firm News: Harrison LLP and Birchstone Moore LLC merged to create a nearly 100-attorney firm with 10 offices, including in Chicago, Springfield and Edwardsville, Illinois.

Welcome to Tucker Ellis, Anika Prednis! Anika joins our firm as an associate in our Orange County office, assisting individual and corporate clients in complex commercial and real estate litigation. To learn more about Anika’s practice, see the link in the comments. #TuckerEllis #Growing #BuildingOurBench

🌟 2025’s Best Litigation Boutiques: Who’s Leading the Courtroom? 🌟 Vault’s latest rankings highlight the powerhouse firms setting the standard in litigation. These elite boutiques are renowned for their trial strategies, dynamic teams, and ability to tackle high-stakes disputes. 1. Susman Godfrey 2. Kellogg Hansen 3. Bartlit Beck LLP 4. Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP 5. Selendy Gay PLLC 6. Hecker Fink LLP 7. MoloLamken LLP 8. McKool Smith 9. Kobre & Kim 10. Hueston Hennigan LLP These firms aren’t just winning cases—they’re shaping the future of litigation. As recruiters, we’re here to help you find your place among these trailblazers. Are you ready to make your next move? Let’s connect! #LitigationBoutiques #LawCareers #LegalRecruiting #TopFirms #VaultRankings #LitigationLeadership

Reed Smith LLP has launched its first office in Atlanta with a 37-attorney team composed of lawyers coming aboard from Morris Manning & Martin LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm announced Thursday. https://lnkd.in/dzAuAtC5

A flurry of Am Law 100 law firms, including Proskauer Rose LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, McDermott Will & Emery, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Husch Blackwell, and Squire Patton Boggs, welcomed 2025 with new lateral partners or with additions from corporate legal departments, in a potential preview of lateral appetite for the year. https://loom.ly/uRzxUWs

Successful integration of lateral hires often starts with conflicts checks prior to hiring and accelerated new business acceptance. Whether you are planning lateral hires or a future merger, experts from Harbor can assist with implementing workflows and processes that allow lawyers to hit the ground running while ensuring that the client onboarding experience is seamless. #legaltech #lateralhires #legalbusiness

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All. Recognized as Tier One lawyers by the Best Lawyers publication is confirmation of what we have believed for years: We are a very good trial and appellate firm when the results truly matter. Mike Lynn #mikelynn; #lynnpinkerhurstschwegmann; #bestlawyers; #bestlawyer

Solomonic’s top 30 law firm ranking reveals the leading firms handling claims in the first half of 2024 - a mix of the usual titans and ambitious movers shaking up the rankings. The top five remain impenetrable, with Clyde & Co leading the pack for the fourth consecutive year by a considerable margin. Legal giant DAC Beachcroft and disputes powerhouse RPC are neck and neck in second place, while DWF’s total is just shy of this. Kennedys maintain their iron grip on fifth position. Notable firms CMS UK and Weightmans again feature within the top 10, with Freeths joining them. Trowers & Hamlins are having a busy year, already active in more claims than in the whole of 2023. Other litigation leaders all retain a top 30 spot, including Eversheds Sutherland, Hill Dickinson LLP, Mishcon de Reya LLP, Irwin Mitchell, Stephenson Harwood LLP, Shakespeare Martineau and Fieldfisher, all moving up on their 2023 rankings. Heavyweight Clifford Chance has made a comeback with an active start to the year, reclaiming a spot in the top 30 alongside gunnercooke. US firm Scott+Scott has muscled into the top 30 at 26th and Rothley Law Limited is up 34 places to 8th. See the top claimant and defendant firms, as well as insights into the most active US firms, high value litigation trends and much more. Download here: https://lnkd.in/gq8ZXQqT #SolomonicInsights #commerciallitigation #lawfirms

Money & Prestige or Quality of Life? And, no, you can't have them both - at least according to the Vault 2025 law firm rankings. None of the firms in Vault's Top 10 Most Prestigious list made the Top 10 list for being a Best Place to Work firm. Here are the Top 10 Best Law Firms to Work For: 1. O’Melveny & Myers 2. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 3. Clifford Chance US 4. McDermott Will & Emery 5. Proskauer Rose 6. Fried Frank 7. Linklaters 8. Warner Norcross + Judd 9. BakerHostetler 10. Bracewell While these firms are no slouches when it comes to prestige and money, they don't crack the list of the Top 10 Most Prestigious Firms to Work For: 1. Cravath, Swaine & Moore 2. Wachtell Lipton 3. Skadden 4. Latham & Watkins 5. Sullivan & Cromwell 6. Kirkland & Ellis 7. Davis Polk 8. Paul, Weiss 9. Simpson Thacher 10. Gibson Dunn The first Top 10 Most Prestigious Firm to appear on the Best Places to Work list is Gibson Dunn, which is #10 on the Most Prestigious list and #16 on the Best Places to Work list. Gibson is followed by Latham (#4 prestige and #18 best places) and Simpson Thacher (#9 prestige and #30 best places). And the first Top 10 Best Places to Work Firm to appear on the Most Prestigious Firms list is O'Melveny & Myers, which is #1 on the Best Places to Work list and #25 on the Most Prestigious list. O'Melveny & Myers is followed by Proskauer (#5 best places and #30 prestige) and Morgan Lewis (#2 best places and #34 prestige). What drives you? Money & Prestige or Quality of Life? Whatever your answer, make sure the firm you join aligns with your needs and desires. 𝗕𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻ᵀᴹ ---------------------------------- For insights into the legal industry, Florida legal market, and mindset, click the 🔔 or follow me at Brian M. Moskowitz #BeUncommon #MementoMori #LegalRecruiter #FloridaLegalRecruiter