Chinekwu Osakwe

Arnold & Porter said Monday that it has hired Stephen Cha-Kim, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, as a partner for its complex litigation practice, continuing a string of hires for the firm.

Atlanta-founded law firm King & Spalding said Monday that it has hired a seasoned litigator and firm leader from Greenberg Traurig for its trial and global disputes practice group in Houston.

Houston-founded Baker Botts said Monday that it has hired an energy-focused partner for its litigation department in Washington, D.C.

U.S. law firm Maynard Nexsen said Monday that it has hired 12 attorneys, including nine shareholders, from rival firms in the Southeast.

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson said Tuesday that it will combine with five-lawyer litigation firm Simmonds & Narita in San Francisco, marking its latest expansion through absorbing a smaller firm.

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson is absorbing another small firm in California, it said on Thursday, adding three partners through the latest in a string of recent combinations for the firm.

St. Louis-based law firm Thompson Coburn has brought on three Dallas lawyers, including a state senator, for its growing three-year-old office in the Texas city.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer said Tuesday that Joseph Greenaway, Jr., who retired from his lifetime appointment as a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June, will join the law firm in September.

U.S. law firm Goodwin Procter said Tuesday that it has hired two venture-capital focused partners from Cooley, Nicole Peppe and Luke Bagley, for its private investment funds practice in Boston.

Law firm Clark Hill said Monday that it has absorbed Los Angeles-based Barton Klugman & Oetting, marking the Detroit-founded firm's fifth combination with another smaller law firm since 2022.