Wake Up Call: Greenberg Traurig Tops $2 Billion, Goes to Suburbs

In today’s column, Greenberg Traurig said it hired a former acting U.S. attorney to join around 20 attorneys it will have in two new Long Island offices; a California federal judge urged attorneys to object to Covid-19 related trial suspensions; and Penn Law said it plans to sanction a professor accused of making anti-Asian comments.

• Leading off, Greenberg Traurig said that in 2021 it topped $2 billion in global revenues for the first time and had a “substantial increase in profits.” The Miami-headquartered firm, which posted $1.73 billion revenues in 2020, said it’s opening two Long Island, N.Y. offices as ...