Sheli Rosenberg

Skadden retired partner, Sheli Rosenberg, was recruited back to the firm after almost 10 years of retirement at the age of 69. She will focus on business development and mentoring women attorneys at the the firm. Read more…

Lauren Serafin and Robert Leighton are both attorneys in Chicago.

Attorney Lauren Serafin has filed suit against her ex-fiance, Robert Leighton, for allegedly breaching his promise to marry her. She says Leighton had a one night relationship with a woman he met in Las Vegas when he was there for his bachelor party. Serafin is asking for $63,000 in damages and additional compensation for emotional suffering.

Maybe Leighton should bring suit against the City of Las Vegas for failing to uphold its promise that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. The two are attorneys at different firms in Chicago. Read more…

Resumes are important because they can be the sole reason you make it to an interview or get a rejection letter. One of the best ways to make your resume stronger is to make sure it includes specific and measurable accomplishments.  Have you helped your firm make money, reduce costs, attract new clients or done other things that have benefited the firm. Give this some thought and include these items on your resume. The best place to put them is in the bullet points under each specific job you have had. Use measurable results to illustrate your accomplishments.

Richard Langan

Andrew Glincher, managing partner at Nixon Peabody’s Boston office has been named CEO and managing partner of the firm effective in January 2011. He replaces Richard Langan, Jr.

Assuming poses like these can give you confidence and power which is a big advantage for job interviews, client meetings and court appearances.

Now you can get an unfair advantage when you go to your next job interview or client meeting. A new study in Psychological Science shows that assuming certain postures before going into an interview or meeting can give you more confidence and power. The study was conducted by two professors, one from the Columbia Business School and the other from the Harvard Business School. They discovered that certain poses, such as putting your feet up on the desk and leaning back in your chair with your hands behind your head will actually change your neuroendocrine make up and behavior. Assuming this pose for just a couple of minutes can have an immediate impact. Read more.

Major law firms have traditionally hired junior lawyers at read more