Midsize Firm

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

6-lawyer team exits Patton Boggs for Jackson Lewis

A six-lawyer team including four partners has exited the Washington, D.C., and Denver offices of Patton Boggs for Jackson Lewis. They specialize in environmental and health and safety law, reports Bloomberg. The 750-attorney Jackson Lewis, which is particularly known for its employment practice, has brought in 17 lateral partners this…

Jul 12, 2013 5:05 PM CDT

Schiff adds 11 Mazur Carp lawyers in NYC

Schiff Hardin has announced the addition of 11 new lawyers in its New York offices, through its acquisition of Mazur Carp & Rubin. The firm, which is particularly known for its construction and trusts and estates practice groups, combined with Schiff on July 1. “This combination is an exciting development…

Jul 9, 2013 3:10 PM CDT

Law firms on track to top 2008 record of 70 mergers; tally 39 in first half of 2013

Updated: Law firms based in the U.S. are on track for a record number of mergers in 2013, if the second half of the year is anything like the first. So far, as of the end of June, there were 39 law firm mergers announced. Twenty-one took place during the…

Jul 8, 2013 10:05 PM CDT

2 bond lawyers exit Orrick for Ballard Spahr

Two public finance lawyers have leapt from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to Ballard Spahr. They are Pauline Schneider, who headed the practice group at her former law firm’s Washington, D.C., office, and Tatjana Misulic, reports the Capital Business page of the Washington Post (req. req.). Schneider is a special counsel…

Jul 8, 2013 4:50 PM CDT

Federal agency takes over pension for shrinking law firm; was plan short by $9M or $39M?

Detroit law firm Butzel Long has announced that the federal government will take over its pension obligations. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. will assume pension obligations for about 450 plan participants, according to the National Law Journal and Crain’s Detroit Business. About 350 of those participants are partners and employees…

Jul 8, 2013 12:32 PM CDT

Woods Oviatt adds 8 attorneys through merger with smaller legal shop

One of the larger law firms in Rochester, N.Y., region is dissolving as eight attorneys join one the area’s biggest law firms. Three of the lawyers from Fix, Spindelman, Brovitz & Goldman are joining Woods Oviatt Gilman as partners, the Rochester Business Journal reports. Paralegals and support staff are also…

Jul 2, 2013 7:50 PM CDT

Dickstein energy chief leads 5-lawyer group to Crowell

The chief of Dickstein Shapiro’s energy practice is leading a five-lawyer team to Crowell & Moring. Longtime partner Larry Eisenstat started work at his new firm’s Washington, D.C., offices today, along with two other partners, a counsel, an associate and a senior policy adviser from Dickstein Shapiro, according to the…

Jul 1, 2013 9:00 PM CDT