Thomas Spigolon

"We thought that this would be a firm that would be worth having discussions with. Since a lot of others were reaching out to us, why not talk to one where we know some people?” said Lewis Roca managing partner Ken Van Winkle.

You’re really looking at IP, real estate and financial services. Those three areas are really going to differentiate us,” said incoming CEO Merrick Benn.

Ogletree Deakins promotes Atlanta partner to practice co-leader; Southeast-rooted firms add laterals in Georgia, New York, Philadelphia and California.

John Kleinjan trades remote work for the highest grossing firm in the world for working out of the office for Atlanta's highest grossing firm.

"We're not looking to add lawyers just to be a certain size or have some minimum headcount," said new Atlanta managing partner Jamie Konn.

“The exciting opportunity to get pretty close to the ground floor on the Chicago office” prompted the move, said litigator Jeff Schieber.

The former U.S. attorney caused an uproar when he declined to bring charges against the president but described him in a report as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

Austin-based Lino Mendiola and London-based Keith Froud will replace the current leaders, who oversaw the 2017 merger that created the trans-Atlantic firm.

“When Attorney General [Merrick] Garland asked me to serve as special counsel, I agreed to do it and I left private practice out of a sense of duty to our country,” said Robert Hur of King & Spalding.

“If firms are prepared for a softening demand economy, and are surprised that demand is strong, they're going to be in better shape than if they plan for future demand and find that it's weak,” said Thomson Reuters analyst Bill Josten.