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Law Firms

Weil Gotshal Grows Nearly 24% in DC, While Most NY Firms Lose DC Lawyers

Appellate Practice

Marriage of Ted Olson’s 87-Year-Old Mom Is Grist in Gay Marriage Case

Profile

Emery Harlan: Diversifier

Prosecutors

Suit by Ex-Prosecutor Claims U.S. Attorney’s Office Was a ‘Girls Club’

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas Reveals His Best Day of Law School—Graduation

Banking Law

Miami Law Grads Get $10K Foreclosure Fellowships to Fill Legal Services Gap

Personal Lives

Manhattan Lawyer Jumps in Chilly Water to Help Rescue Fisherman

Law Firms

Crowell & Moring Adds 29 Folger Levin Litigators

Bankruptcy Law

Lawyers Say Death of Madoff Associate Complicates Investor Case

Women in the Law

Study Finds ‘Astounding’ Absence of Women in Top Rainmaking Roles

Careers

So You Want to Go Solo? You Sure?

Disability Law

Woman Can’t Take Her Pet Monkey to Restaurants, Federal Judge Rules

Law in Popular Culture

‘Vampire’ Law Prof Takes Academic Look at Zombie Litigation

Constitutional Law

Pa. Jail Taped Inmate Calls to Counsel, Sent Some to Feds, Lawyer Says

Law Practice Management

Ohio-Based Buckingham Firm Axes 16, Appoints New Management Team

Aviation & Space Law

Did Northwest Pilots Who Flew Past Airport Fall Asleep? FAA Investigates

Law Practice Management

Shearman to Open 2nd Italy Office to Service Expanding Transactional Market

Legal Theory

Man Accused of Setting Forest Fire Faces 5 Murder Charges in Heart-Attack Deaths

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Suspended for 6 Months Over 3rd Drunken-Driving Conviction

Personal Lives

Lawyer Who Once Weighed 386 Pounds Is Now Running Marathons

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