Legal Marketing & Consulting

A Sweet Networking Event for Women Lawyers at Greenberg Traurig

About 60 women lawyers and summer associates from Greenberg Traurig gathered at the Manhattan home of partner Judith O’Neill last night for a chocolate-tasting billed as a networking opportunity. Leading the event was food writer Dina Cheney, who said this isn’t the first time she has held a chocolate-tasting for…

Jul 11, 2008 12:39 PM CDT

6 Schwartz Cooper Refugees Pass Up Dykema, Choose Ungaretti

Not everyone at the soon-to-be shuttered Schwartz Cooper believes that bigger is better. Indeed, a group of six from the firm’s intellectual property law group have decided to shift to Chicago’s venerable Ungaretti & Harris rather than join their colleagues going to Detroit-based Dykema. “A merger was not what we…

Jul 8, 2008 4:52 PM CDT

Labor Lawyer Puts ‘Missing’ Iowa Gov. on Milk Carton

Fake milk carton ads featuring a “Missing” Gov. Chet Culver are circulating through Iowa with this message: “Have you seen me?” “Description: Democratic Governor with alleged loyalty to Iowa workers and Labor. … Approach With Caution: May have developed amnesia and is known to throw fits when reminded of his…

Jul 8, 2008 1:52 PM CDT

Ohio Law Firm Switches to Success-Fee Billing

Updated: The ABA Journal recently called the billable hour “the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.” The billable hour billing system has been criticized for fostering inefficiency and putting the interests of lawyers and clients in conflict. Now an Ohio firm is joining a few law firms…

Jul 7, 2008 4:45 PM CDT

Cooley Godward Adds Angel Investor to Growing Boston Office

When Cooley Godward Kronish represents start-up companies in its growing Boston office, it won’t just be legal advice that the firm can offer them. With the help of an angel investor who has been brought in as the office’s first vice president of strategy and development, Cooley can also help…

Jul 2, 2008 3:31 PM CDT

Lunch Bunch

Monthly D.C. gathering reaches milestone

Jul 1, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

Content More Robust Than Revenues for New LexMonitor Website

A new website launched Friday called LexMonitor features posts from legal blogs and journals that are aggregated by categories, making it easier to follow discussion about legal issues. Kevin O’Keefe, president of the company that launched LexMonitor, says the venture has a goal of showcasing blogs and making the law…

Jun 24, 2008 6:17 PM CDT

Lawyer Uses Psychic for Trial Help

At least one lawyer is consulting a psychic to help him divine his trial opponents’ strategies. A Manhattan lawyer who didn’t want to be identified told Newsweek he has hired corporate psychic consultant Laura Day, Newsweek reports. The lawyer, described as a special counsel to several white-shoe law firms, consults…

Jun 24, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

These Associates Say It’s Never Too Early to Start Rainmaking

Their techniques may differ, but these associates are focused on the same goal: Working on rainmaking early in their careers. The Recorder interviewed several California associates about their business development efforts and found they actively sought out networking opportunities and sought to develop ties to potential clients. Connie Merriett said…

Jun 19, 2008 12:32 PM CDT

Weil Gotshal Holds Networking Event at Henri Bendel

Lawyers at Weil Gotshal & Manges combined shopping and networking last week during a private shopping party with clients and friends at upscale clothing store Henri Bendel in New York. Both the store and the law firm pledged to donate 10 percent of the evening’s proceedings to the Breast Cancer…

Jun 10, 2008 5:23 PM CDT

WilmerHale Didn’t Pay Bills, Marked Some Up 25 Percent, Consultant Says

A prominent BigLaw firm didn’t pay a number of bills from a longtime consultant and marked up some by 25 percent before passing them on to clients, a vendor contends in a Washington, D.C., lawsuit seeking $530,000. But a Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner says the markup claim…

Jun 6, 2008 9:33 PM CDT

Ex-Kasowitz Partner Files $90M Suit Over Claim of ‘Extremely Inappropriate’ Conduct

The former chairman of the intellectual property group at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has filed a $90 million defamation suit against the firm for issuing a press release that said he was fired for “extremely inappropriate personal conduct.” Jeremy Pitcock contends in his suit that the conduct was nothing…

Jun 6, 2008 12:07 PM CDT

Tip Leads to Price-Fixing Probe of Two UK Law-Firm Lenders

Two law firm lenders in the United Kingdom are under investigation for possible price fixing. Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland are being investigated in connection with their professional services loans, Legal Week reports. The institutions are the U.K.’s two largest lenders to law and accounting firms. The Office of…

Jun 3, 2008 3:25 PM CDT

Hottie Lawyers Calendar Would Benefit Boston Legal Services

Attention hottie Massachusetts lawyers: A Boston lawyer is looking for you. Lawyer Howie Altholtz, who is marketing director for Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, wants to produce a “Beautiful Lawyers Calendar” to help benefit Greater Boston Legal Services, the Boston Business Journal reports. Part of the proceeds would also go to…

Jun 3, 2008 1:45 PM CDT

Firm’s ‘Ever Argue With a Woman?’ Ad Provokes Debate on Stereotypes

Updated: Do men and women argue differently? And does that make a difference in the way they work as lawyers? That’s the suggestion of an ad by a women-owned Buffalo, N.Y., law firm that is attracting notice. Its headline: “Ever Argue With a Woman?” The ad touts the strengths of…

Jun 2, 2008 11:28 AM CDT