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Gordon & Rees opens new office in Raleigh

A San Francisco-based business and litigation law firm has opened an office in Raleigh, N.C. Longtime Gordon & Rees partner Thomas A. Packer, who also serves as the firm’s general counsel, will head the new office, which will be staffed at least initially with lawyers from the firm’s other offices,…

Aug 27, 2013 3:25 PM CDT

Greenberg ups first-year pay in 2 offices to $145K from $125K; will competitors follow suit?

Working as a first-year associate in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., offices of Greenberg Traurig just got more rewarding. The firm has increased starting salaries for new attorneys there to $145,000 annually from $125,000, the Daily Business Review reports. Such announcements of pay raises for fledgling legal eagles at…

Aug 13, 2013 6:57 PM CDT

Day Pitney is laying off 40 attorneys and staff

One of Connecticut’s largest law firms is giving pink slips to nearly 10 attorneys and about 30 staff members. Day Pitney has confirmed the layoffs, explaining in a written statements that “As the legal industry changes, we continue to evaluate and reshape our staff to better align with industry norms…

Aug 9, 2013 11:14 AM CDT

Judge orders EEOC to pay $4.7M in legal fees in Jenner & Block case

In the latest chapter of a litigation saga that has proven expensive for the feds, Jenner & Block has won what could be a record $4.7 million in attorney fees and costs from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. At issue was an employment discrimination case brought by the EEOC against…

Aug 6, 2013 8:31 PM CDT

Blank Rome adds to attorney roster in Houston with acquisition of Bell Ryniker maritime firm

Three years ago, Blank Rome established a foothold in the hot Houston market by hiring Joseph F. Speelman as a partner. He initially worked out of his home, but then the Philadelphia-based law firm acquired Abrams Scott & Bickley, a 10-attorney firm known for its litigation work. Now the attorney…

Aug 6, 2013 1:36 PM CDT

Ex-client sues law firm, says it withheld key info in real estate development project

An Ohio law firm has been sued by a former client, who blames alleged bad advice by Keating Muething & Klekamp for a decision of him and other investors guarantee more than $90 million in financing for a failed retail and office complex known as Kenwood Towne Place. The uncompleted…

Aug 5, 2013 10:10 PM CDT

‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling settles suit against lawyer who disclosed she authored new novel

Famous as the author of the Harry Potter children’s book series, J.K. Rowling had hoped to fly under the radar when she wrote a new book, The Cuckoo’s Calling, by doing so under a pseudonym. However, that plan failed when Chris Gossage, a partner at Russells, the London law firm…

Jul 31, 2013 7:15 PM CDT

DUI case dropped against lawyer who claimed he was set up, mid-trial, by opposing counsel

Updated: A drunken-driving prosecution will not be pursued against an attorney who was arrested midway through a high-profile defamation trial after unwittingly having drinks with a paralegal from the law firm representing his client’s opponent. C. Philip Campbell contended that his Jan. 23 arrest, a few blocks away from the…

Jul 29, 2013 9:20 PM CDT

Two top partners lead 7-lawyer team from Christie Pabarue to new office of Carroll McNulty

The managing partner, a name partner and five other lawyers are leaving Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young to open a new Philadelphia office for Carroll, McNulty & Kull, a New Jersey law firm based in the outskirts of suburban New York City. In addition to managing partner Ralph Luongo, name…

Jul 29, 2013 4:15 PM CDT

Treadmill desks help lawyers stay in shape at Taft Stettinius

For lawyers who may think they’re too busy to exercise, estate planning and probate partner Mary Rust of Taft Stettinius & Hollister has an answer: Treadmill desks. She and another Cincinnati partner have them in their offices, allowing them to exercise without leaving their desks. Another two treadmill desks are…

Jul 29, 2013 3:40 PM CDT

Attorney-client privilege prevents associate from aiding AG’s law firm billing probe, partner argues

A Colorado lawyer who helped the state attorney general gather evidence in a billing probe of her law firm was its special counsel at the time, a partner testified in a Thursday court hearing. However, Susan Hendrick hotly denied that she had represented Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, and said she was…

Jul 26, 2013 1:18 PM CDT

Young lawyer saves $25K a year in rent by living with mom and dad

John O’Connor is lucky on two fronts. In a tough legal hiring market, the 26-year-old landed a job and is working as a litigator at a San Francisco area law firm after earning his law degree at the University of California’s Hastings College of Law. And he is able to…

Jul 24, 2013 6:50 PM CDT

Lewis and Roca to merge with Rothgerber; combined firm will have about 250 lawyers

Phoenix-based law firm Lewis and Roca will merge with Denver-based firm Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons on Sept. 1. The merged firm will have about 250 lawyers in nine offices and will be called Lewis Roca Rothgerber, report the Am Law Daily and the Denver Business Journal. Lewis and Roca managing…

Jul 24, 2013 11:54 AM CDT

Lawyer’s disclosure to wife’s best friend outs J.K. Rowling as author of murder mystery

Corrected: A partner in a London entertainment law firm has admitted that he inadvertently outed J.K. Rowling, the author of the mega-selling Harry Potter children’s book series, as the pseudonymous writer of the mystery novel The Cuckoo’s Calling. Partner Chris Gossage of Russells told his wife’s best friend, who posted…

Jul 18, 2013 5:45 PM CDT

Client who lost $6M to pin-up ex-wife sues lawyer for advising him to put money in wife’s name

Facing a $2 million clawback suit by the bankruptcy trustee in the Bernard Madoff case, an Atlanta entrepreneur says, he sought advice from the New York office of Becker & Poliakoff. They referred him to asset protection specialist Richard Cahan in the firm’s Miami, Fla., office, alleges now-former client James…

Jul 17, 2013 9:20 PM CDT

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