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    Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club

    As BigLaw firms continue to post record-breaking revenues, we're highlighting the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the most recent calendar year.

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    The 2025 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders

    Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.

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    These Firms Are The 2025 Prestige Leaders

    Clients gravitate towards firms with sterling reputations, and so does exceptional legal talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.

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    The Key To GCs' Government Relations? Access To DC

    Evolving federal policies and the shifting geopolitical terrain under the Trump administration have underscored the need for companies to have a proactive government relationship strategy, which starts with forming a network in Washington, D.C., a group of attorneys said during a panel Monday.

  • Senate Confirms Fed. Judges For Florida And Alabama

    The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal to serve on the Middle District of Florida, along with Harold D. Mooty III, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, to the Northern District of Alabama.

  • Trump Picks State Justice, Ex-US Atty For La. Federal Bench

    President Donald Trump announced on social media Monday his intent to nominate a Louisiana Supreme Court justice and a former acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana to fill vacancies on the Bayou State's federal benches.

  • Ill. Asks Justices To Keep National Guard Out Of Chicago

    Illinois and the city of Chicago implored the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place a federal judge's order temporarily barring the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to the Windy City, arguing the evidence on the ground comes nowhere close to supporting the president's deployment order.

  • DA Willis' Subpoena Appeal On Hold After Testimony Deal

    Georgia's highest court agreed Monday to put off hearing a fight over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can be brought before a legislative committee investigating her handling of the election interference case against President Donald Trump after Willis agreed to appear before the lawmakers next month.

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    Trump Gets Ohio Opening With Judge Taking Senior Status

    U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson, who presided over cases involving Ohio State University sex abuse claims, has said he will soon be taking senior status — opening up a judicial seat for President Donald Trump to fill in the Buckeye State.

  • Feds Warned Again Not To Search Immigration Atty's Phone

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday again told the government it cannot look at data pulled off an immigration lawyer's phone that it seized at Logan International Airport last month, as the court weighs his request for an order to destroy the information.

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    Suspended Pa. Atty Admits To Crypto Scam Role With Brother

    A suspended Pennsylvania attorney pled guilty in federal court Monday to conspiracy and wire fraud, after prosecutors say he and his brother diverted funds that investors intended for cryptocurrency investment fund High Street Capital Fund USA LP into their personal accounts or another entity they controlled, Hvizdzak Capital Management.

  • Fla. High Court Steps Up Cybersecurity Efforts

    The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued new cybersecurity standards across the state's court system, including the establishment of a committee that will oversee governance of the policy in the judicial branch.

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    3rd Circ. Suspects Process 'Circumvention' In US Atty Role

    The Third Circuit on Monday seemed inclined to back a district court's finding that the U.S. Department of Justice's designation of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor violated federal law, with one jurist suggesting the appointment raised "serious constitutional implications."

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    Comey Seeks Dismissal Of Case Brought Out Of 'Spite'

    Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey asked a Virginia federal court Monday to dismiss charges that he lied to Congress, arguing that his September indictment was ordered by President Donald Trump out of "personal spite," and fired back at claims that his lead attorney needs to be disqualified from the case.

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    Ga. Panel Lists Candidates For Appeals, Fulton Judicial Seats

    The Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia has submitted recommendations to Gov. Brian Kemp for two new posts on the state court of Fulton County and for a vacancy on the state court of appeals.

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    Ex-Acting DC US Atty Joins Munger Tolles

    An experienced trial attorney has joined Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Washington, D.C., office after a short stint as acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, the firm announced Monday.

  • Mass. Clients' Protection Board Seeks $1M From Disbarred Atty

    A former Massachusetts attorney who was disbarred in 2023 and later pled guilty to embezzling funds from client accounts is now facing malpractice and conversion claims worth about $1 million.

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    Venable Brings On DOJ Veteran To Bolster Litigation Group

    Venable LLP announced Monday it has added an attorney who worked in the U.S. Deparment of Justice for more than a decade, including having prosecuted Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot cases, to enhance its capacity to handle white collar, regulatory and other matters.

  • Justices To Hear Bankruptcy Challenge To Estoppel Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal challenging a "rigid" and "unforgivable" rule used by some bankruptcy courts that permanently blocks a debtor from pursuing litigation if they knew - but didn't disclose - the allegations as part of their bankruptcy case.

  • High Court To Hear Case Asking If Drug Users Can Have Guns

    The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to address "a four-way circuit conflict" over whether it is legal to prevent users of drugs — including marijuana, which the majority of states have legalized in some fashion — from possessing firearms.

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    Justices To Review Federal Arbitration Exemption Again

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a worker misclassification suit that could further refine an exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act.

  • Trump Urges Top Court To Lift Ill. Guard Deployment Ban

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to pause a court order barring it from sending the National Guard to Chicago, asserting the judge had no business impeding the president's decision that troops are needed to protect federal immigration agents there.

  • Trump Commutes Ex-Rep. Santos' 7-Year Fraud Sentence

    President Donald Trump announced on social media Friday that he has commuted the seven-year prison sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who admitted to falsely inflating fundraising reports to qualify for National Republican Congressional Committee funding during the 2022 election.

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    Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown

    The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays.

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    Liberty Mutual Attys Face Sanctions Bid Over Citation Errors

    A St. Louis federal court is weighing whether to sanction Liberty Mutual Personal Insurance Company's lawyers after they submitted a motion containing citation errors and then, after a warning, "somehow" submitted a second motion with the same types of mistakes.

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Expert Analysis

  • The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms Author Photo

    In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.

  • The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey Author Photo

    Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.

  • Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors Author Photo

    Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload? Author Photo

    Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

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