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Kummer Kaempfer Partners Leave After Failed Greenberg Traurig Merger [Update]

Founding partner Thomas Kummer and managing partner Michael Bonner are leaving Las Vegas, Nevada's Kummer Kaempfer, after the collapse of…

Pittsburgh’s Eckert Seamans has brought on five lawyers from Ballard Spahr. Joseph Nealon, Jeffrey Larroca and Constantinos Panagopoulas join as…

Pepper Hamilton has expanded its labor & employment practice with the hiring of two former Wolf Block attorneys, Richard Reibstein…

Greenberg Traurig has expanded its real estate practice with the hiring away of real estate fund attorneys Sanford Presant and…

In March, London’s Allen & Overy announced it would retain only 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March…

Covington & Burling has brought on Demetrios Kouzoukas and David Kornblau. Kouzoukas was principal associate deputy secretary of the Department…

Blank Rome hired former Hodgson Russ partner Jeffrey Rinde, and former Wolf Block partner Bruce Lesser, last month. Rinde advises…

Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded…

K&L Gates has hired David Bernstein and Tedd Van Buskirk. Bernstein, formerly of Clifford Chance, handled transaction and securities law…

Cohen Milstein has hired two new litigators for its New York office, Joel Laitman and Christopher Lometti, both from Schoengold…

Lamb McErlane has hired a three member group away from McCracken Walker & Rhoads. David MacMain was chair of McCracken's…

Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to…