Christine Simmons
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New York, NY, United States
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From Paul Weiss and CBS to the Courts, Bar Panel Grapples With Diversity
Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp said the firm took recent criticism as a chance to improve its approach to diversity while several leading New York lawyers discussed strategies to advance women in the law. → Read More
Ex-Quinn Emanuel Lawyer to Lead New York City Bar Diversity Office
Deborah Martin Owens said the city bar role was the opportunity to “do some impactful work here which is bringing awareness of the need to have a diverse legal profession. And while law firms are doing better on the inclusion front she thinks they can still do more. → Read More
Some Law Firm Staff See Pay Gap Widen as Associate Salaries Soar
“If they had such a profitable year” why can’t they give more to staff one legal secretary asked of her firm. Others say they are paid fairly and associate raises are well deserved. → Read More
Out of Focus: Lawyers and Firms Can No Longer Ignore Dementia
As a rising tide of Alzheimer's and other dementia diagnoses grips aging law firm partnerships neither firms nor their lawyers have learned how to cope. → Read More
NYC Bar Leader Runs Seven Marathons in Seven Days, Raising $210K
Bret Parker a former senior in-house lawyer in the cosmetics and pharmaceuticals industries raced on seven continents in a week to complete the World Marathon Challenge and raise awareness about Parkinson's disease. → Read More
New Year, Same Old Pressures for Smaller Law Firms
The ongoing consolidation trend in the legal industry has already helped shutter several small law firms in 2018 as partners take their practices to large and midsized shops. → Read More
NY City Bar Leader Prepares for Race of a Lifetime
Bret Parker executive director of the New York City Bar Association is preparing for a competition unlike any other: running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. → Read More
What Law Firms and Judges Can Do to Increase Role of Women Litigators
A study finding women trial lawyers are underrepresented when it comes to leading complex cases offers up some suggestions on improving the stats. → Read More
Courtroom Study Finds Women Lawyers Eclipsed in Complex Cases
A study of New York courtrooms shows women attorneys account for only 25 percent of lead counsel roles. The study's findings were released… → Read More
With Better Pay, and Fewer Options, Associates Stay Put at Their Firms
Despite perennial complaints among associates about life in Big Law a combination of rising paychecks greater attention to associate satisfaction… → Read More
Roberta Kaplan, Champion of DOMA Fight, Leaves Paul Weiss to Start New Firm
The star litigator and same-sex marriage defender has launched her own firm, Kaplan & Co. LLP, after more than two decades at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whart... → Read More
Where Are the Women and Minorities in Global Dispute Resolution
Serving on international ADR panels is nice work if you can get it. But those selected as judges are almost always men, predominantly white and disproportion... → Read More
Top Executive Pay Lawyer Leaving Cadwalader for McDermott
Steven Eckhaus, known for representing executives in large compensation deals, is moving his practice later this week from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to M... → Read More
Pledge to Name More Women as Arbitrators Reaches U.S. Firms
U.S. law firms companies and arbitration groups have begun signing on to a pledge to ensure more women are named to arbitration panels. → Read More
Pledge to Name More Women as Arbitrators Reaches U.S. Firms
U.S. law firms companies and arbitration groups have begun signing on to a pledge to ensure more women are named to arbitration panels. → Read More
Pledge to Name More Women as Arbitrators Reaches U.S. Firms
U.S. law firms companies and arbitration groups have begun signing on to a pledge to ensure more women are named to arbitration panels. → Read More
Dewey Case Memo Calls Birth of DA’s Case “Troubling”
A defense attorney representing former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Joel Sanders suggested in a court filing this week that the criminal investigation of the now-defunct firm's former chairman "was pressed by" a former firm partner and ex-No. 2 prosecutor at the New York County District Attorney's Office. → Read More
Dewey Exec DiCarmine Picks New Lawyer, Delaying Retrial
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine, who continues to battle multiple criminal charges related to his firm’s 2012 collapse, chose a n... → Read More
Herrick Feinstein Bounces Back After Two Tough Years
The firm's robust year reverses recent declines and quiets merger talk. → Read More
New York Lawyers Flock to Presidential Campaigns
New York lawyers are playing a multitude of roles in the campaigns of presidential candidates in preparation for the New York primary Tuesday. The level of l... → Read More