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Lawyer Limelight: Paul Shim
It’s a lot more common to see an attorney with a chemical engineering degree practicing in patent law. But Paul Shim, who received both his B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts...
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Lawyer Limelight: James Woolery
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft will remain in steady hands next year when James Woolery takes over as chairman from Christopher White, who guided the firm through the post-financial crisis era....
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Lawyer Limelight: Adam Emmerich
It’s difficult to find a firm that surpasses the intellectual firepower of Wachtell Lipton. Case in point: Dealmaker Adam Emmerich, who has handled more than $500 billion in deals, including Covidien...
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Lawyer Limelight: Lisa Blatt
Arnold & Porter made the right move in 2009 when it hired Lisa Blatt to chair the firm’s appellate and Supreme Court practice. Blatt had recently concluded a l3-year stint as Assistant to the...
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Lawyer Limelight: Sherrilyn Ifill
If any organization can be said to have shaped and framed the modern discussion of civil rights in America, it is the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "The best civil rights law firm in...
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Lawyer Limelight: Mary Ann Todd
All storied firms, even those as strong in its region and nationally as Munger Tolles & Olson, need partners from the next generation to ascend the ranks and make sure that the firm remains the...
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Lawyer Limelight: Laura Neebling
Prior to being elected chair of Perkins Coie’s 13-member Executive Committee in 2008, Laura Neebling had a busy practice representing Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Intel and UPS in some of...
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Lawyer Limelight: Philippe Selendy
As lead counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency in its landmark RMBS litigation against major Wall Street banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and others, Philippe Selendy...
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Lawyer Limelight: William Lee
When someone steps down as the head of one of America’s largest and most prestigious law firms, he or she generally looks forward to a life that is perhaps a little more emeritus than it is eventful....
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Lawyer Limelight: Susan Saltzstein and Allison Schneirov
Making partner was not a big focus for either Allison Schneirov (photo, left) or Susan Saltzstein when they joined Skadden more than 20 years ago. As it turns out, they not only made partner but rose...
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Lawyer Limelight: Gerald Silk
As the leading plaintiffs’ securities litigation firm in the nation, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann is bound to make an impact after any corporate fraud scandal, pushing for both recoveries...
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Lawdragon Limelight: Joan Lukey
It is not exaggeration to call Joan Lukey the doyenne of the Boston Bar, and she has few equals in the U.S. in experience in big jury cases. A past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers,...
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Lawyer Limelight: Charla Aldous
In her 28 years as a trial lawyer, Dallas attorney Charla Aldous has earned just about every type of distinction and award in her line of work. And for good reason. She has tried nearly 200 cases for...
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Cravath’s Chesler to Chair NYPL Board
Legal lion Evan Chesler has been named Chairman of the Board of the New York Public Library – a role which has special meaning for the Cravath, Swaine & Moore chairman. “I spent my afternoons as a...
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Lawyer Limelight: Thomas Perrelli
Thomas Perrelli may be better known for his forays into public service than he is as a Jenner & Block partner, but his zigzag path to the top of the legal profession has kept him “interested and...
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Lawyer Limelight: Joseph Re
Our 10th anniversary edition of the Lawdragon 500 is bound to have an impressive array of verdicts and settlements, and sitting near the top is Masimo’s victory over Philips Electronics North America...
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Photo by Jeffrey Luke Prior to being elected chair of Perkins Coie’s 13-member Executive Committee in 2008, Laura Neebling had a busy practice representing Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Intel...
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Photo by Greg Endries As lead counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency in its landmark RMBS litigation against major Wall Street banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and...
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Photo by Ken Richardson When someone steps down as the head of one of America’s largest and most prestigious law firms, he or she generally looks forward to a life that is perhaps a little more...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Susan Saltzstein and Allison Schneirov
Photo by Laura Barisonzi Making partner was not a big focus for either Allison Schneirov (photo, left) or Susan Saltzstein when they joined Skadden more than 20 years ago. As it turns out, they not...
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