Law Firm Hirings & Firings
Dated: 02-Jul-2009

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Tom Reilly joins Cooley Manion Jones in Boston, from Greenberg Traurig. He joins the firm as of counsel. Cooley is a former two-term Massachusetts state attorney general Gordon Peilow joins the City of London’s Cubism Law, where he will advise on trademark & copyright matters, IT contracts & litigation, [...]

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Howrey + Day Casebeer Merger Is Final
Dated: 02-Jul-2009

Howrey, which we reported a little over a week ago was in talks to acquire scandal-plagued intellectual property firm Day Casebeer, has announced that the merger is official. Twenty-five of the 26 attorneys at Day Casebeer joined Howrey’s Palo Alto, California office, effective this week. The partners include James Batchelder, Linda Sasaki-Baxley, Renee Dubord Brown, Lloyd Day [...]

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Seyfarth Shaw Brings on Team from Alston & Bird
Dated: 02-Jul-2009

Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which in May laid off 50 people and reduced salaries, has brought on a new team of corporate and technology partners from Alston & Bird. Robert C. Reynolds, Jr. is an outsourcing lawyer who co-founded Alston & Bird’s energy infrastructure team. He received his JD from the Vanderbilt University Law School, where he [...]

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