CLS in the News

2012

Increase in patent cases could fuel hiring boom

Philadelphia firm Saul Ewing opens in Pittsburgh, drawn by natural gas work

Saul Ewing Opens in Pittsburgh With Schnader Lawyers

New this spring: bonuses for associates?

Delicate balance: When law firms hire experienced lawyers, a comprehensive acclimation process begins

Large area firms look outside area for experienced lawyers

2011

Burleson hires Philadelphia lawyer Ivan DeVoren to lead environmental practice

Hurricane Irene scrambles travel plans

Meyer Darragh lawyers break away to form JonesPassodelis in Downtown Pittsburgh

Eckert Seamans lays off 160 contract lawyers at project end

New This Spring: Associate Bonuses?

QuatriniRafferty plans to add offices in Downtown Pittsburgh, Latrobe

2010: Pittsburgh executives offer an inside look at their investment moves

Clifford Levine leads Cohen & Grigsby's public affairs group

2010

After a slow 2009 marked by the downturn, Pittsburgh area law firms have been hiring again

Burleson Cooke adds three more lawyers to local energy practice

Lawyering up: Firms slowly beginning to add staff to handle energy, family cases

More corporate legal work going in-house, survey says

Tucker Arensberg beefing up energy practice as works spikes

Reed Smith in merger talks with Texas firm

Downtown law firm opens Chicago office, expands its staff

PPG Names New GC to Succeed Retiring Diggs

Recession Causes Firms to Take Closer Look at Pa. Growth

Stember Feinstein takes new partner, adds 3 more lawyers

2009

Pittsburgh's largest law firms adjust to recession by changing how they do business

Marcellus Shale spurs Texas law firm to open western Pa. office

Recruiters' attention key to job hunting in some fields

Surviving through service: Jones Day says putting the client first is helping the law firm thrive in the downturn

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney cuts 30 admin positions, considers cutting lawyers

Litigation, bankruptcy likely to be hot practices in 2009

Making their move: Slumping economy may heighten national trend of lawyers leaving for new opportunities

Two Pennsylvania Firms Target West Virginia for Expansion

2008

Reed Smith Gets New Pittsburgh Managing Partner

Layoffs Not a Factor in Stable Pittsburgh Market

In Down Economy, Books of Business Drive Lateral Movement

Barbour to Take Over as Next Buchanan Ingersoll CEO

Flexibility Lazzaris' strong suit

Barbour prepares for familiar position -- as chief

K&L Gates plans for Carolina firm Kennedy Covington

Thorp Reed doubles Philadelphia presence with purchase of Kittredge

How do you decorate your personal office?

2007

Mandatory retirement policies come to fore in legal profession

Duane Morris' Construction Practice Picks Up Three Reed Smith Partners

Moving office requires research, planning as big day looms

K&L Gates plans Lone Star State expansion through Dallas firm

Some lawyers find shift to side can be as good as upward climb

Mellon merger's making some fret

Firms find more success when going beyond just one big client

2006

Two Leave Buchanan Ingersoll for Pietragallo Bosick

Specialty Practice - Local firms strategically build teams of lawyers to target hot issues, emerging trends

Starting salaries likely to rise, but local law firms still deliberating

2005

Billable isn't everything

GCs See Increased Workload due to SOX

For many buyers, there are no second thoughts on second homes

Reed Smith mulls entry into Chicago market

Pepper Hamilton Office Hires Houston Harbaugh's Chief Litigator

City's five-largest law firms expect to add more lawyers to ranks

More money may mean more work for first-year associates


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