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02 Aug
The AmLaw 2018 A-List Rankings: Top 20 and Runners Up

The American Lawyer released its annual A-List rankings of the top 20 “most well-rounded” law firms in the United States. Firms are ranked based on a combination of factors including revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, racial diversity, associate satisfaction and percentage of female equity partners. Ropes & Gray ranked No.1 on this year’s A-List. Climbing from last year’s number two, the […]

The AmLaw 2018 A-List Rankings: Top 20 and Runners Up
24 Jun Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 200
Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 200

In conjunction with the Am Law 100 results, the American Lawyer released their annual Am Law Second Hundred report, which includes d...

23 May Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 100
Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 100

The American Lawyer just released the results of the most recent Am Law 100, their annual financial report of the top 100 U.S. ...

18 May Profits Unsurprisingly Down at Colossal Biglaw Firm, Reports AmLaw
Profits Unsurprisingly Down at Colossal Biglaw ...

Mega-firm Reed Smith had a rough year in 2015, The American Lawyer reports–a year that perhaps led to the highly publicized 45...

12 May Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women
Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women

Law360 recently released their annual Glass Ceiling report, ranking ten firms above their peers based on the percentage of...

27 Apr Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360, Discussing the Midwest Legal Market
Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360,...

Astor Professional Search president Bill Sugarman quoted in Law360, discussing the Midwest legal market: http://www.law360.com/...

22 Apr No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Kenyon?
No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Ken...

Intellectual property firm Kenyon & Kenyon neither confirmed nor denied rumors that they will be canceling their summer associat...

15 Apr Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a Crawl
Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a ...

In a profession “less diverse than doctors or engineers [who are] 88 percent white,” says Danielle Holley-Walker, dean o...

07 Apr Billable Hour Moves In-House
Billable Hour Moves In-House

In-house attorneys have always extolled the abolishment of the billable hour as a major plus over traditional firm life.  But now, T...

31 Mar No Such Thing as a Good Merger?
No Such Thing as a Good Merger?

Last year saw the dissolution of several high-profile firm mergers, yet still boasted a record 91 successful law firm amalgamations ...

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