Career & Practice

Pay Cut for Public Service

These associates see great gain in the trade-off

Jun 2, 2009 2:10 AM CDT

Big Sacramento Firm Lays Off 17

The second-biggest law firm in Sacramento, Calif., has let go four associates and 13 staff members due to declining revenue. Although McDonough Holland & Allen also has an office in Oakland, most of the layoffs were in Sacramento, reports the Sacramento Business Journal. Made on April 30, the layoffs affected…

May 8, 2009 5:21 PM CDT

Seyfarth Cuts Pay for Some Partners and Associates, Lays Off 50 People

Yet another law firm is cutting pay for some of its lawyers. Seyfarth Shaw is cutting pay for some segments of its partner and associate teams in amounts ranging from 5 percent to 20 percent, according to Above the Law and the Recorder. Those staffers left behind won’t get the…

May 4, 2009 12:31 PM CDT

Attorney With LA Firm Fined $102K—Plus 200 Pro Bono Hours

NOTE: The sanctions described here against Deborah Klar, Teri Pham and the law firm Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor were vacated, in effect, in April 2010 by U.S. District Judge Philip M. Pro. A federal magistrate judge in Nevada has not only fined an attorney formerly with…

Apr 6, 2009 9:09 PM CDT

Dreier’s High-Adrenaline Life on the Edge

Once a shining star at Rosenman & Colin, where he worked as a white-collar defense litigator, Marc Dreier today is under house arrest in his lavish New York home, accused of stealing a vast sum from investors and clients. The alleged thefts at the heart of the federal securities fraud,…

Apr 3, 2009 11:28 PM CDT

Law Firm Websites That Work

These firms use the Internet to get the job done

Apr 2, 2009 4:49 AM CDT

Branding

Baker & Hostetler
bakerlaw.com

Apr 2, 2009 4:40 AM CDT

Solo

Law Office of Joe Dane
joedane.com
The Startup Lawyer
thestartuplawyer.com

Apr 2, 2009 4:30 AM CDT

Innovation

North Carolina Divorce
rosen.com
Reed Smith
reedsmith.com

Apr 2, 2009 4:20 AM CDT

Virtuality

illinoisdivorce.com
illinoisdivorce.com
Kimbro Legal Services
kimbrolaw.com

Apr 2, 2009 4:10 AM CDT

All Business

The Law Office of Gerald M. Oginski
oginski-law.com
Law Offices of Kelly Chang
purposedrivenlawyers.com

Apr 2, 2009 4:00 AM CDT

Youth Appeal

Foley Hoag
recruiting.foleyhoag.com

Apr 2, 2009 3:50 AM CDT

Winston Partner Takes Firm Client to Trial, Claiming Fen-Phen Damaged Her Health

Corrected: Winston & Strawn has represented Wyeth in at least one case claiming the company’s diet drug fen-phen caused health problems. Now a junior partner at the law firm has taken the offensive, claiming in a Los Angeles trial that the diet drug has likely shortened her own life. Jessie…

Mar 6, 2009 1:58 PM CST

Cellphone Conversation on Train Tips Listener to Planned Pillsbury Layoffs

A post on Above the Law this morning reported that an unidentified tipster claimed to have overheard two top lawyers at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman discussing planned attorney layoffs in a cell phone conversation loudly conducted on a crowded train. And that apparently may be true, reports the Legal Times,…

Feb 19, 2009 9:59 PM CST

ABA House OKs Lateral Lawyer Ethics Rule Change

After a debate that lasted more than 90 minutes—the longest so far today—the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates adopted Resolution 109, an ethics rule that allows a firm to “screen” a lawyer who joins it from any participation in a case that might create conflicts for clients represented by the…

Feb 16, 2009 9:04 PM CST