Large Firm

How Is Arent Fox Like Letterman and Regis Philbin? All are Honored in Deli Sandwich Names

A neighborhood deli near the New York office of Arent Fox has put the law firm in the same category as celebrities like David Letterman and Regis Philbin, who also work in the vicinity. The Hello Deli has named a sandwich after Arent Fox. Featuring hot ham or turkey and…

Mar 9, 2012 5:51 PM CST

BigLaw Firm Seeks to Recover Stolen Client Money with Suit Against Casino

K&L Gates has filed another suit in an effort to recover stolen client funds, and this time the target is the owner of two Macau casinos. The suit against Melco Crown Entertainment claims former K&L Gates partner Navin Kumar Aggarwal transferred more than $4 million from client accounts to fund…

Mar 9, 2012 1:22 PM CST

Ex-BigLaw Partner’s Jail Time in $370K Client Theft Case Will Let Him Work and Make Restitution

A former partner of Quarles & Brady was sentenced to five years of probation today following his December conviction in a $370,000 client theft case. As a condition of his probation, Jeffrey Elverman, 52, will spend seven months in jail, but will be allowed out on 72 hours of work…

Mar 8, 2012 11:21 PM CST

Four BigLaw Firms Fail to Get an ‘A’ Rating on Their Lunchrooms

Four out of 25 large law firms failed to get an “A” rating for their lunchrooms during inspections by the New York health department. The AmLaw Daily found the law firms on a list of 24,000 eateries and published the findings. The four law firms that failed to make the…

Mar 8, 2012 1:44 PM CST

Kelley Drye and EEOC May Be Near Settlement of Partner Age-Discrimination Case

A New York law firm may be close to a settlement with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in an age-discrimination case focused on an 81-year-old partner. A settlement conference is scheduled Friday in federal court in Manhattan, although terms of any potential pact aren’t known, reports the Wall Street…

Mar 7, 2012 11:08 PM CST

Husch Blackwell De-Equitized 25 Partners

The chairman of Husch Blackwell confirmed this week that the law firm has de-equitized 25 partners. After a 2008 merger that created a 600-attorney law firm with dual headquarters in Kansas City and St. Louis, the partnership took a look at its structure, resulting in the eventual reclassification of 25…

Mar 7, 2012 9:51 PM CST

More US Law Firms Plan to Launch Offices in Korea

More United States law firms are planning to open offices in Korea, after the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement takes effect next week. Among the latest to announce plans are Paul Hastings, Ropes & Gray and Squire Sanders. The Korea Herald reports that Cleary Gottlieb, Cohen & Gresser, the Law Offices…

Mar 7, 2012 8:58 PM CST

Gordon & Rees Opens New Office in DC with 3 Lawyers From Drinker Biddle

Gordon & Rees has opened a new office in Washington, D.C., initially staffing it with three lawyers from Drinker Biddle & Reath. They are partners O’Kelly McWilliams III and Jennifer Persico and a senior counsel, Edmund Cooke Jr. McWilliams will serve as the office managing partner, the Blog of Legal…

Mar 7, 2012 8:30 PM CST

Judge Tosses Suit Claiming Covington Failed to Promote from Staff Attorney Ghetto

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has tossed a lawsuit claiming Covington & Burling created a staff attorney ghetto filled with minorities and failed to consider them for promotions. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted summary judgment to the law firm in an opinion (PDF) released Tuesday. The African-American plaintiff,…

Mar 7, 2012 5:22 PM CST

Stanford Verdict Could Be Bad News for Attorney and 2 Law Firms Facing Related Civil Cases

A prosecution verdict today in the criminal fraud case against onetime billionaire R. Allen Stanford could be bad news for an attorney and two law firms facing civil cases related to his crimes. Attorney Thomas Sjoblom, who formerly worked for both Chadbourne & Parke and Proskauer Rose after leaving the…

Mar 7, 2012 12:14 AM CST

White & Case Reportedly Plans Crackdown on Underproductive Partners

White & Case is asking its partners to step up their contributions to the firm. According to Legal Week, the law firm told partners at a meeting in Washington, D.C., last month that average billable hours are down and some partners would be asked to leave as a result. Gross…

Mar 2, 2012 2:05 PM CST

Holland & Knight Plans to Open Bogota Office, Only the Second Colombian Outpost for a Major US Firm

In what a press release says is only the second such move by a major United States law firm, Florida-based Holland & Knight plans to open an office in Colombia in April. The Bogota foothold will serve as a hub for the law firm’s growing practice both in Colombia and…

Mar 1, 2012 11:16 PM CST

Judge Boots Feinberg Day from Patent Case, Says Even ‘Collective Lobotomy’ Wouldn’t Resolve Conflict

A former team of DLA Piper attorneys now working at Feinberg Day on a major patent matter is going to have to find a new assignment. A federal judge in San Francisco says the firm must “phase itself out promptly” from working on Talon Research v. Toshiba. Now representing Talon…

Feb 28, 2012 11:51 PM CST

‘Scarlet Letter of Permanent Non-Equity Status’ Hurts Law Firm and So-Called Partner, Columnist Says

An American Lawyer (sub. req.) article this month discussed the potential benefits to all concerned of shifting from an up-or-out law firm partnership model to one in which the growing ranks of non-equity partners would be recognized as a permanent cadre of skilled practitioners. But Steven J. Harper, a former…

Feb 24, 2012 8:30 PM CST

After a Month in Prison, Ex-BigLaw Partner Who Lied to Police Wins Release, Due to Wife’s Illness

A former partner of Allen & Overy and Macfarlanes had to serve a month in prison after being convicted of perverting the course of justice for lying to police to avoid a possible drunken-driving case for running his Range Rover off the road. However, Francis Bridgeman has now had his…

Feb 23, 2012 10:44 PM CST