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on Sedgwick LLP
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Sedgwick
- Designation: Los Angeles
- Head Count: 343
- Gross Revenues: $206,500,000
- Revenue Per Lawyer: $600,000
- Profits Per Partner: $720,000
- Year Over Year Change: 6
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold is a San Francisco-based law firm; it merged with Woo & Associates on July 1, 2007 and acquired Gordon Hargrove & James on January 1st 2009. According to the National Law Journal's 2012 NLJ 350 rankings of firms by size, the firm has 343 attorneys and is the 127th largest firm in the United States. In terms of revenue, the firm ranked 139th on the The American Lawyer's 2011 Am Law 200 rankings with gross revenue of $193,000,000 in 2010. Sedgewick, Detert is a litigation and trial law firm, and specializes in all aspects of civil litigation, including complex business, class action, environmental and toxic tort, professional liability, product liability, construction, and insurance and reinsurance. In addition to its San Francisco headquarters, the firm has a dozen other locations, including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Irvine, California, Newark, New Jersey, Paris, and London.
Firm Rankings
| Survey | Rank | Year Over Year Change | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Law 100 | NR | N/A | Gross revenue |
| Am Law 200 | 133 | 6 | Gross revenue |
| NLJ 250 | 127 | 2 | Lawyer head count |
| The A-List | NR | N/A | Overall excellence |
| Pro Bono Scorecard | 200 | 28 | Pro-bono commitment |
| Diversity Scorecard | 37 | 2 | Minority head count |
| Midlevel Associates Survey | NR | N/A | Job satisfaction |
| Summer Associates Survey | 99 | N/A | Summer programs |
In the News
'Assassins' Aim to Reinvent Law
Monica Bay : Law Technology News : March 27, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz, assistant professor at Michigan State's School of Law, announced at an event hosted by Fordham University Law School that he is developing "a group of assassins" who are going to reform the legal profession.
'Assassins' Aim to Reinvent Law
Monica Bay : Law Technology News : March 20, 2013
Daniel Martin Katz, assistant professor at Michigan State's School of Law, announced at an event hosted by Fordham University Law School that he is developing "a group of assassins" who are going to reform the legal profession.
White & Case's Madrid Launch Headlines Spate of New Office Openings
Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : March 20, 2013
Three years after Latham & Watkins poached more than a dozen White & Case partners in New York, the Middle East, and London, White & Case has launched a new outpost in Madrid by raiding Latham for its Spanish corporate head. Other firms opening new offices include Cozen O'Connor, GrayRobinson, Hogan Lovells, K&L Gates, Reed Smith, Venable, and Winston & Strawn.
Circuit Clarifies 'Appropriate Equitable Relief' Under ERISA
Mark Hamblett : New York Law Journal : March 14, 2013
An insurer can pursue a claim for restitution of overpaid short-term disability benefits as an equitable remedy under ERISA, the Second Circuit ruled yesterday.
New Partners 2013 listings
: Daily Business Review : March 11, 2013
On the Move
: The Recorder : March 8, 2013
A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
New Partners Yearbook 2013
: New Jersey Law Journal : March 8, 2013
The past year saw a continued resurgence in new partners at New Jersey firms, which, if not quite as robust as the year before, still held its own as an indicator that the firms are sanguine about expansion.
March Merger Mania: Am Law 200 Trio Expands Regionally
Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : March 5, 2013
Adams and Reese and Thompson & Knight have announced office openings in Jacksonville and San Francisco, respectively, by picking up smaller firms in those areas. Meanwhile, McKenna Long & Aldridge has made inroads in Miami and Northern Virginia by absorbing an aviation-focused boutique.
Let's Take This Offline
Kenneth Jones : Law Technology News : March 4, 2013
When the Xerdict Group made documents available offline via an internet browser for its parent law firm, Sedgwick, COO Kenneth Jones' team learned that meeting client requirements sometimes means adjusting the organization's usual practices.
Viewpoint: BAR-ometer
: The Recorder : February 22, 2013
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