With Hunter pardon, Biden joins short list of presidents who absolved family

While controversy over presidential pardons has a long history—from George Washington absolving instigators of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1795 to Gerald Ford pardoning Richard M. Nixon after the Watergate scandal forced his resignation—few have used the constitutionally vested power to pardon family members.

Dec 2, 2024 11:25 AM CST

25 Books for Lawyers

The ABA Journal asked attorneys to share reads they found inspiring, insightful and useful in the practice of law. Here are 25 of their suggestions.

Dec 1, 2024 3:00 AM CST

Show, Don’t Sell

But experiential marketing isn’t exclusive to high rollers. It’s been used by brands behind products ranging from sneakers to chocolate-hazelnut spread to foster excitement and ultimately investment.

Dec 1, 2024 2:50 AM CST

5 tips to make the most of an experiential marketing initiative

Dec 1, 2024 2:45 AM CST

More lawyers are taking on second jobs

A significant number of attorneys are attempting to redefine work-life balance—and the pressures of the current economy—by adding a few more hours to their day in the form of side hustles.

Dec 1, 2024 2:20 AM CST

With mergers on the rise, how can law firms ensure their success?

Mergers can lead to problems for both attorneys and their clients if certain issues and potential complicating factors are ignored, law firm consultants warn.

Dec 1, 2024 2:10 AM CST

Don’t Panic: Your career is going great

It may be a creeping feeling. A pang of existential dread in the night. Everyone at some point senses their career is simply not going the way it should. Whether you feel it now or have confronted the monster under the bed before, this is your sign to take a knee and listen to coach. Your career is in fact going quite well.

Dec 1, 2024 2:00 AM CST

Getting ready for retirement is easier than you think

Dec 1, 2024 1:40 AM CST

Class-action lawyer went from being 50 Cent’s roadie to taking on TikTok

Kelvin Goode always hoped he’d end up advocating for the kind of people he grew up with in New York City. Now, as CEO of Arizona-based ClaimsHero, he says he’s doing just that. It’s a quest—and a career—that Goode never could have imagined when, as a troubled teen, he left home to work for a hometown hero: rap legend Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

Dec 1, 2024 1:30 AM CST

Kalpana Kotagal’s inclusion riders promote equality in the entertainment industry

Nearly seven years ago, Frances McDormand ended her acceptance speech at the Oscars with, “I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider.” Kalpana Kotagal, a civil rights and employment attorney and a creator of the inclusion rider, had no idea McDormand would mention it. “I had gone to sleep,” says Kotagal. “I had no idea any of that had happened and woke up the next morning to just, like, chaos.”

Dec 1, 2024 12:40 AM CST

Moms in Law

Millennials tend to emphasize a healthy work-life balance when choosing employers. That includes lawyers with young children. According to a 2023 ABA study, 61% of the mothers surveyed said they experienced demeaning comments about being a working parent, compared with 26% of fathers. But a growing number of young lawyers are pushing back.

Dec 1, 2024 12:00 AM CST

‘Words fail to capture the severity and extent’ of lawyer’s bigotry, appeals court says

A New York lawyer has been disbarred after coming to the attention of disciplinary officials by filing ethics complaints against others said to contain racist and antisemitic language.

Nov 27, 2024 2:03 PM CST

ABA’s Impact: Confronting anti-Asian bias through civics education

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic created a wave of anti-Asian harassment in the United States. The number of incidents increased so sharply that in May 2021, President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law with a special emphasis on protecting Asian Americans.

Nov 27, 2024 11:15 AM CST

Lawyer mailed feces to federal judges, GOP politicians, ethics complaint says; he blamed his ‘rage’ on racism

An Ohio lawyer on inactive status is accused of violating disciplinary rules by mailing human feces to federal judges and politicians along with messages accusing them of racism and kowtowing to President-elect Donald Trump.

Nov 27, 2024 11:09 AM CST

In ‘stunning fall from grace,’ med-mal lawyer is convicted of trying to extort medical system for $25M

A medical-malpractice lawyer once regarded as a top plaintiff’s attorney in Maryland was convicted of attempted extortion Friday, a day after a federal judge found him in contempt and ordered his detention overnight for violating court orders while representing himself.

Nov 27, 2024 8:50 AM CST