As summer draws to a close, vacations come to an end, and the kids go back to school, many lawyers are on the move as Am Law 200 firms and some smaller shops expand into new regions, either through mergers or lateral hires.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, a 650-lawyer Am Law 100 labor and employment firm based out of Greenville, South Carolina, announced last week the opening of an office in London following its hire of partner Richard Linskell and two associates from British firm Speechly Bircham, according to sibling publication the Daily Report.
