WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden picked his first federal judicial nominees on Tuesday, including a former federal public defender, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, to be on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Chicago.
He also nominated Tiffany Cunningham, an intellectual and patent attorney, who is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Chicago, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington.
Congratulations to Marlen Cortez Morris for her inclusion in the 2020 Lawyers of Color Nation’s Best list. This list highlights senior-level attorneys of color who have demonstrated a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, both within and outside of the firm.
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Nixon Peabody is proud to announce that nine attorneys have been elected into the firm’s partnership. This group of attorneys represents a wide range of practice areas, including Corporate Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions, Government Investigations & White-collar Defense, Project Finance & Public Finance, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and Trusts & Estates. The new partner promotions will take effect February 1, 2021. Nearly 60% of this year’s class are women and attorneys of color, aligning with Nixon Peabody’s deep commitment to moving the needle on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
Fox Swibel is pleased to announce the promotion of Daniel Dorfman to Capital Partner. We are also pleased to announce the promotions of Tracy Katz Muhl, Tammy Lee, and David Ogles to Partner.
Barack Ferrazzano announces six attorneys have been promoted to the partnership level, effective January 1, 2021.
Congratulations Megan Ratia!
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Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP congratulates Partner Matthew B. Schiff for his rating by Martindale-Hubbell® as AV Preeminent™ for the past consecutive 25 years. Matt, who leads the Firm’s Labor and Employment group, has been named by his peers with the highest accolade conferred on attorneys for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, and reliability. The rating “Preeminent” recognizes attorneys ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communications skills, and ethical standards by their peers.”
Congratulations Matt!
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We at Atticus Recruiting would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the frontline workers who risk their health and wellbeing to keep us safe, healthy and educated and our economy moving under difficult and stressful circumstances.
The national litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP is pleased to announce that Rémy Gerbay, Michelle Parthum, and Lauren Weinstein have been named partners in the firm, effective February 3, 2020.
Congratulations Michelle!
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“Diverse trial teams resonate with clients and jurors alike, and ultimately provide winning outcomes that advance diversity in the profession and in the larger culture.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/custom-media/woman-up-latham/gender-diversity-in-trials.html
By Mary Rose Alexander
(A nationally-recognized trial lawyer, Mary Rose Alexander is Global Chair of the Environmental Litigation Practice at Latham & Watkins and Chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee as well as the Trial Advocacy Program.)
Our society and our courtrooms are diverse. We no longer have men in white wigs and black robes, surrounded by an exclusively white male cast. Our diversity is rich and varied — gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background. The trial lawyers trying cases for clients in those courtrooms and to those audiences should mirror the diversity found there. The legal profession has made great strides toward diversity, specifically gender diversity. More than half of law school graduates are women. The trial bar has made progress as well. Talented women are trying cases in courtrooms across this country every day. We all should be proud of that progress. We all should recognize that more needs to be done. The legal profession, the trial bar, and the clients it serves have taken positive actions to increase the number of talented women advocates in state and federal court litigation.
Recent graduates of the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law have some of the highest earnings in the country, according to a Forbes analysis of data released last week by the U.S. Department of Education. The data show students at these top-tier Chicago law schools have annual median salaries of $170,500 and $171,900, respectively, one year after graduation. The rest of the top 5 included Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.