Overall, 2% of D.C. litigators fell within tier 1 billing rates (less than $450); 22% fell within tier 2 billing rates ($451-$700); and 51% fell within tier 3 rates ($701-$950).
DC Litigators Outpaced All Other Cities on Billing Rates in 2023
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Overall, 2% of D.C. litigators fell within tier 1 billing rates (less than $450); 22% fell within tier 2 billing rates ($451-$700); and 51% fell within tier 3 rates ($701-$950).
DC Litigators Outpaced All Other Cities on Billing Rates in 2023
Adele Maloney, formerly a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis who became its deputy assistant general counsel in 2018, has joined Paul Hastings in New York, where she will serve as its general counsel.
Kirkland's Assistant Deputy GC Heads to Paul Hastings
Management consulting group Alvarez & Marsal and U.K top 100 firm BDB Pitmans have signed a letter of intent to create an operation called Broadfield.
UK 100 Firm and Consulting Group Alvarez & Marsal to Create New Law Firm
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