Squire Sanders & Dempsey has announced its plan to close its Tallahassee office on October 1^st. The four residing lawyers will transfer to one of Squire's other Florida offices. The firm's decision to close this office rested largely on the loss of Jim Krog, who died in 2008.

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Bracewell & Giuliani plans on launching a new office. The firm will open an office in Seattle next month. It will focus on energy, intellectual property litigation and tax law.

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Shearman & Sterling is gaining a financial regulatory counsel in its Washington office. Donald Lamson, who has worked at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for approximately 20 years, is joining the firm. He was most recently an assistant director at the OCC.

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Jenner & Block has been named the number one law firm in the US for pro bono work for the third consecutive year. In 2009, Jenner & Block's attorneys devoted more than 69,000 hours to pro bono work. This results in 161.1 hours on average per attorney.

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