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With growth still top of mind in 2025, Biglaw firms are continuing to expand their footprints across the United States \u2014 and some firms aren\u2019t afraid to poach entire teams from their rivals to get the job done.<\/p>\nWelcome to the City of Brotherly Love, Kirkland!
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With growth still top of mind in 2025, Biglaw firms are continuing to expand their footprints across the United States \u2014 and some firms aren\u2019t afraid to poach entire teams from their rivals to get the job done.<\/p>\n
Kirkland & Ellis, the No. 1 firm in the country according to the most recent Am Law 100 ranking, is making a big splash with its entrance to the Philadelphia market. According to the American Lawyer<\/a>, Kirkland will open up shop in the City of Brotherly Love with the help of a five-member mass torts team from Skadden Arps. The team, led by litigation partner Allison Brown, also includes partners Jessica Davidson, Geoffrey Wyatt, Nina Rose, and Christopher Cox.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s some additional information, courtesy of Am Law<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cAlli is among the most accomplished and sought-after trial lawyers in the country, and the arrival of this team will build on the significant growth and success of Kirkland\u2019s litigation department in recent years,\u201d said Jon Ballis, the firm\u2019s chair, in a Tuesday statement, adding that Brown is among the \u201cworld\u2019s best litigators\u201d and that the firm is \u201cexcited to work alongside her as we embark on this new chapter for Kirkland in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n In her own statement, Brown said, \u201cThis is an exciting time to join Kirkland, which has an incredibly impressive litigation practice with a deep bench of the most talented lawyers practicing today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Skadden wished the departing attorneys well, thanking them for their contributions, noting that their exits would take place \u201clater this year.\u201d At this time, their official start date at Kirkland is unknown.<\/p>\n Kirkland Enters Philadelphia, Luring Skadden Mass Torts Team<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love, Kirkland! The post No. 1 Biglaw Firm In The Country Poaches Partners From Top Rival Firm To Open Up Shop In Philadelphia appeared first on Above the Law. With growth still top of mind in 2025, Biglaw firms are continuing to expand their footprints across the United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":101396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/philadelphia-GettyImages-538989564-KYxZgt.jpeg?fit=2121%2C1414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"