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LeBoeuf fires 22 associates right after Thanksgiving
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:18 PM Author: concupiscible khaki international law enforcement agency meetinghouse LeBoeuf lost a big client to Hunton & Williams, so it's firing all the associates who worked for that client in the Pittsburgh office.
http://www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/news/06/11/112806h
This didn't make the article, but I have also heard that several associates outside of the Pittsburgh office who primarily worked for this client have also been fired. |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:19 PM Author: Spectacular macaca stage classy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195425) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:19 PM Author: charismatic weed whacker That's what happens when you work for a TTT firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195430) |
Date: December 11th, 2006 4:19 PM Author: concupiscible khaki international law enforcement agency meetinghouse Here are the bios of the associates in the Pittsburgh office:
http://www.llgm.com/lawyers/List.aspx?Level=4ed54204-6b36-411d-8666-2d2e63cd0055&Offices=1476e884-dcf4-4c7e-b201-adf480cde906 |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:21 PM Author: Mint galvanic internal respiration location hizzla?: http://www.llgm.com/matthewlogue/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195443) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:23 PM Author: charismatic weed whacker Only two went to T14 schools. The rest went to T25-TTT schools. The firm is better off now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195462) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:21 PM Author: Rough-skinned seedy partner Official closing is on Jan. 30. I wonder if those guys will still be eligible for the year end bonus. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195441) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:25 PM Author: histrionic orange personal credit line party of the first part hwiab:
invite her to DC to recover on your couch
http://www.llgm.com/parimahhassouri/ |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:37 PM Author: Odious circlehead home I should. I bet she's from PA too and we're about the same age. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195600) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:26 PM Author: Odious circlehead home I'd hire her:
http://www.llgm.com/parimahhassouri/ |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:28 PM Author: Spectacular macaca stage by hire i assume you mean sex her (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195509) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:31 PM Author: Odious circlehead home yes. and there would be no money involved. i wonder if she knows dirty phrases in farsi? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195543) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:33 PM Author: Spectacular macaca stage haha, seems i won't live the escort thing down. oh well
i am sure you could teach her some |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:34 PM Author: Odious circlehead home lolz i was kidding dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195574) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:35 PM Author: Spectacular macaca stage its okay, but good one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195584) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:28 PM Author: stubborn bright ceo would you feel better if they waited until right before xmas to fire them? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195511) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:29 PM Author: Rough-skinned seedy partner Yeah, though right after Thanksgiving is pretty close to Christmas. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195518) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:36 PM Author: stubborn bright ceo point being, theres not a good time to get fired. theres always a holiday or birthday or anniversary right before or after. 'right after thanksgiving' is irrelevant. they lost a big client, what the fuck are they supposed to do. shit happens. move along. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195596) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:32 PM Author: Rebellious Hairraiser Digit Ratio paste the article from nylawyer. tyia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195546) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:36 PM Author: yapping frum stage police squad More bonus for everyone else! Hooray! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195591) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 4:39 PM Author: Chestnut university post please, no one's signing up for that shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7195610) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 5:04 PM Author: ruddy duck-like rehab double fault It's not as bad as it seems. The only work performed out of the Pittsburgh office was for Alcoa. That's why the opened the office. They lost the client because Alcoa was probably looking to cut costs.
It sucks for those in the office, but they knew that the Pittsburgh office only had one client. |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 5:09 PM Author: Purple library laser beams NY Firm Loses Big Client, Will Close Office
New York Lawyer November 28, 2006 Reprints & Permissions
By Gina Passarella The Legal Intelligencer
A 13-year retainer relationship between Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Inc. and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae's office in the Steel City has come to an end.
New York-based LeBoeuf Lamb opened its office in Pittsburgh in 1993 when the manufacturing company hired the firm on a retainer basis to handle its national litigation work. The pair has decided that the relationship no longer makes economic sense for either side.
The firm will now close the office by a projected date of Jan. 31, according to firm executive director Stephen DiCarmine.
Alcoa spokesman Kevin G. Lowery said the two sides have had discussions over the last few years about different ways to handle the company's litigation needs.
"LeBoeuf has made the decision that they weren't open to make these changes," Lowery said, adding that the dissolution of the relationship was mutual.
"The new retainer just didn't make economic sense for the firm," DiCarmine said.
The firm did not really acquire any other Pittsburgh business during its time there, DiCarmine said, and it is not concerned that closing the office would negatively affect the firm's financial situation.
The decision to make changes to Alcoa's litigation representation was, in part, done to coincide with the company's plans for global growth, Lowery said.
"We needed someone who can grow with us," he said.
Alcoa's litigation needs will now be handled by Richmond, Va.-based Hunton & Williams on a similar fixed-fee retainer basis.
Alcoa did some work with the firm before and chose it to replace LeBoeuf Lamb after a review process of potential candidates.
The shift in representation was not part of a reduction in the number of firms Alcoa used, Lowery said, adding that the company felt it did that back in 1993 when it moved all of its litigation work to LeBoeuf Lamb.
The firm will not be completely cut off from Alcoa's legal needs. Lowery said the firm would still handle some matters, including the company's issues before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Neither Lowery nor DiCarmine would put a price tag on the litigation work handled by LeBoeuf Lamb.
A source familiar with the relationship said the office has done "very, very well" since its opening and has recently been hiring attorneys.
According to the source, Alcoa has been in a "cost-cutting mode" and has gone through some recent layoffs. A rumor on the street, the source said, was that Hunton & Williams underbid LeBoeuf Lamb by nearly 35 percent. Hunton & Williams could not be reached for comment on this issue by the time of publication.
The fate of the 30 attorneys who practice in LeBoeuf Lamb's Pittsburgh office is unclear. DiCarmine said the firm would send a team to Pittsburgh to help those attorneys who want to stay in the city find work in other firms or corporations. He said severance packages are being offered. The source said those packages are expected to last through March.
Margaret A. Keane, co-managing partner in Pittsburgh, moved to the city from LeBoeuf Lamb's New York office to open the office in 1993. DiCarmine said she is still looking at her options.
The firm ranked 51st in the 2006 AmLaw 100 rankings with a reported 612 attorneys. According to the firm's Web site, it now employs over 700 attorneys. It has offices in nine U.S. cities, including Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. The firm has eight offices internationally, including a presence in Russia, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Hunton & Williams came in 43rd on the AmLaw 100 with nearly 800 attorneys. According to its Web site, the firm now has around 850 attorneys with several offices in Asia and Europe as well as 13 offices in the United States. Hunton & Williams does not have a Pittsburgh office.
David C. Landin, who practices out of the firm's Richmond office, said the firm has not yet decided whether it will open an office in Pittsburgh to handle the new business.
Landin, a litigation partner at Hunton & Williams, said he has increasingly done work for the aluminum company over the last 10 years. The firm has also handled some regulatory work for Alcoa out of its Washington, D.C., office, he said.
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Date: December 11th, 2006 5:48 PM Author: twisted curious sanctuary Does anybody know what happens to summer associates when something like this happens? Do they get shipped over to other offices or are they completely fucked? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7196151) |
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Date: December 11th, 2006 6:32 PM Author: Swashbuckling milk famous landscape painting It would be way cooler to do something like this on Labor Day or maybe Valentine's Day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=543912&forum_id=2#7196453) |