Amanda O'Brien

Corey Smith replaces Thomas Ecker, who is retiring after 23 years at Klehr Harrison.

According to the Humane Society of the United States, an estimated 43% of cats have been adopted from a rescue group or animal shelter.

Daniel Ferhat, whose work centers on medical malpractice defense, spent over two decades at White and Williams.

Samms spent the last 26 years at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, where he chaired the professional liability group and catastrophic loss groups.

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhodes filed the Chapter 7 petition and is set to receive just over $1.2 million for work on the matter. The institution's top outside counsel in the year before it went bust was New York's Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, which earned $1.7 million in fees.

Roger Richards highlighted his close relationship with Dilworth Paxson chairman Lawrence McMichael and his need to have a succession plan in place for his solo practice.

"The thought now was that we could really use someone who's laser focused on Philadelphia," said commercial litigation co-chair James Steigerwald, who stepped into the role earlier this month.

"It was a goal of mine to be done at the age of 60," said Kessler, whose firm grew from six to almost 100 attorneys. "I never wanted to be the person sticking around."

"We're moving into a declining interest rate environment. That would be the case no matter who won the election," said Dilworth Paxson chairman Lawrence McMichael. "The economy has generally been strong, interest rates are coming down, and that's a good thing."

“Firm leaders just aren’t talking about it,” said Katherine Wilson, co-founder of Fractional CMO. “In the quest for unity, they tend to say, 'Well, it’s just better to not say anything, because I don’t want to offend anyone.'"