Sidley Austin LLP has hired boosted its Palo Alto and China offices with the hire of Yabo Lin. Lin joins the firm as a partner in the corporate department. He will split his time between Palo Alto and China.
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP has lost a partner to McCarter English. Richard S. Roisman has joined the firm as partner in the Philadelphia office. He practices Real Estate, Construction and Environmental law.
More female lawyers are making partnership than last year, but its still a small group. Women make up about 34 percent of the lawyers that were promoted to partnership this year. This is up from 28 percent from the year prior.
Boston has a new litigation boutique. Beck Reed Riden by two ex Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys: Russell Beck and Stephen Riden. Stephen Reed joins them from Shepherd Law Group.
