Wake Up Call: Senate Confirms Gibson Dunn Partner to NY Court

In today’s column, as law firm demand cools, so have lateral moves; Atlanta-based Taylor English merged with a three-lawyer Charlotte firm; and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was hit by a new sexual harassment suit.

• Leading off, the US Senate last week confirmed in a voice vote Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s longtime litigation and crisis management partner Jennifer Rearden to serve as a US District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Rearden, a one-time Trump nominee later became President Joe Biden’s first judicial pick unanimously backed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. She had faced opposition by progressives. ...