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Thompson & Knight Elects First Female Managing Partner

Texas Lawyer

Emily Parker, the first female lawyer at Thompson & Knight and its first female partner, will become its first female managing partner on Feb. 15. Parker joined Thompson & Knight in 1973, after graduating from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
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Goodwin Procter Grabs 4 IP Litigators From Paul Hastings

The Recorder

The Los Angeles market is heating up, with Goodwin Procter becoming the latest firm to hire laterals for an office there. Terry Garnett and Vincent Yip are joining as partners. They'll be followed in a few weeks by Jay Chiu and Peter Wied, who will both be joining as counsel.
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Davis Wright Launches Calif. Real Estate Practice With DLA Laterals

The Recorder

Davis Wright has launched a California real estate practice with three lawyers from DLA Piper. Partners Mark Nelson and Tiffany Switzer and of counsel Nancy Clapp focus on acquisitions, sales, development and finance matters. Separately, partner Steven Polard, a bankruptcy and commercial litigator, is moving over from Perkins Coie.
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Minter Ellison Takes Steppe Forward With Mongolia Office Launch

The Asian Lawyer

Australian firm Minter Ellison has launched an office in Mongolia focusing on the energy and resources sector. Partner Elisabeth Ellis is relocating from Minter Ellison's Hong Kong office to take charge of the new office in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. She will be the firm's sole resident partner in Mongolia.
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SNR Denton Sees 10 Lawyers Quit Paris Arm for Hughes Hubbard

Legal Week

SNR Denton's Paris office is being hit with a 10-lawyer walkout, led by three partners, to Hughes Hubbard & Reed. The departing partners are Sena Agbayissah, who currently leads the Paris banking practice; local technology, media and telecom head Stefan Naumann; and M&A partner Alain Vincent.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Deep

The Careerist

Sweet! Planning the Exit Memo

The Careerist

Dinsmore & Shohl Opens in Philadelphia Suburb

The Legal Intelligencer

Bucking a trend for the Philadelphia region, Cincinnati's largest law firm has opened an office in the suburb of Wayne, Pa., with five lawyers from Pittsburgh-based Burns White, including former practice group head Richard A. O'Halloran.
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World's First Listed Law Firm Takes Over U.K. Personal Injury Firm

Legal Week

Australia's Slater & Gordon, the world's first publicly listed law firm, is set to acquire U.K. personal injury specialist law firm Russell Jones & Walker for £53.8 million in a Legal Services Act first. The takeover, which is subject to regulatory approval, marks the first outside of the Australian market for Slater & Gordon.
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Howrey Exiles Fitting In With Big-Firm Rivals

The National Law Journal

Given the speed and size of Howrey's collapse last March, the fact that many of its 242 Washington, D.C., lawyers have found new homes at other law firms in town is no small matter. Mostly, they've jumped as whole practice groups to such rivals as Baker Botts, Baker & Hostetler, Mayer Brown, Pillsbury, and Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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