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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We saw Hogan &amp;amp; Hartson&amp;nbsp;jump up six spots (from No. 30 to No. 24) in our Law Firm Prestige Rankings in&amp;nbsp;the first survey after former H&amp;amp;H partner John Roberts&#39; ascension to Chief Justice.&amp;nbsp; In the&amp;nbsp;upper tiers&amp;nbsp;of our rankings, such a move is nearly unheard-of.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I think it is safe to attribute the move to a &quot;Roberts effect.&quot;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will be interesting to see what sort of &quot;Obama effect&quot; Sidley Austin&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;already claiming a rarefied spot at No.&amp;nbsp;15&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/span&gt;experiences.&amp;nbsp; Check out this Sidley firmwide email (via RollOnFriday):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table id=&quot;table2&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 571px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;193&quot; src=&quot;http://www.rollonfriday.com/email_header.gif&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=&quot;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); PADDING-TOP: 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); PADDING-TOP: 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;From: The Management Committee &lt;br&gt;Sent: 05 November 2008 14:28&lt;br&gt;To: +All Firm Personnel&lt;br&gt;Subject: United States of America - Presidential Election&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We congratulate our former colleagues, Barack and Michelle Obama, on the Senator&#39;s election as President of the United States.&amp;nbsp; We also congratulate Senator McCain for his well-fought campaign and are inspired by his decades of service to his country.&amp;nbsp; The President-elect received the support of many individuals at our firm -- as did Senator McCain.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We wish President-elect Obama all the best as he&amp;nbsp;begins the transition and takes the reins of government in these challenging times. &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;-posted by brian&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: &lt;em&gt;The ABA Journal&lt;/em&gt; asks &quot;Who Isn&#39;t a Lawyer on Obama&#39;s Transition Team?&quot; &lt;/p&gt;

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