Midsize Firm

Foley Hoag Represented Boston Municipal Jurist for Free in Judicial Independence Case

Updated: Last year, a Boston municipal judge fended off an ethics complaint spearheaded by the Suffolk County district attorney’s office, which complained that he was biased in favor of criminal defendants, with the help of one of the city’s most prominent law firms. Now the Boston Globe (sub. req.). is…

Jan 8, 2013 7:34 PM CST

Schiff Hardin Doubles Energy Practice with Acquisition of 10-Lawyer DC Boutique

Schiff Hardin has announced that it has acquired a 10-lawyer energy boutique based in Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the size of the firm’s practice group. Bruder Gentile & Marcoux comes to Schiff Hardin with 10 attorneys; the 385-lawyer Chicago-headquartered firm already had 11 in its energy practice group, Reuters reports.…

Jan 7, 2013 11:31 PM CST

Growing Novak Druce IP ‘Super-Boutique’ Opens Boston Office With Lawyers From 7-Attorney Firm

Updated: An intellectual property “super-boutique” based in Houston has opened a new office in Boston with seven lawyers from a smaller counterpart there. Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg, which is the product of a merger in November and has nearly 120 attorneys, announced the Dec. 31 addition of the…

Jan 4, 2013 6:10 PM CST

Dorsey & Whitney Faces Malpractice Suit Over Dual Representation in Small Real Estate Matter

A well-known Minneapolis-based international law firm is facing a malpractice suit over a former associate’s representation of both parties in the purchase of an ownership share in a Wisconsin bed-and-breakfast. The purchasers, who are represented by Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, have sued Dorsey & Whitney, contending that they weren’t…

Jan 4, 2013 5:23 PM CST

Beirne Maynard & Parsons Acquires Lemle & Kelleher, Expects ‘Significant’ Further Growth

One of the oldest law firms in Louisiana has been acquired by Beirne Maynard & Parsons, a Houston-based law firm that focuses on civil litigation. Beirne Maynard & Parsons announced the merger with Lemle & Kelleher in a Jan. 1 press release in which it also said that continued growth…

Jan 3, 2013 6:15 PM CST

Detroit’s Dickinson Wright Merges with 60-Lawyer Arizona-Based Mariscal Weeks

A midsize Detroit-based law firm has merged with Arizona’s Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander. With the addition of the 60 new lawyers, Dicksinson Wright now has 350 to 400 attorneys on its roster, according to Crain’s Detroit Business and MLive.com. The merger was announced in a Wednesday press release.

Jan 2, 2013 10:12 PM CST

Lawyer Sues Huff Post, Says He Wasn’t Author and Disagrees with Article Published Under His Name

Updated: A partner in a Panama law firm has sued the Huffington Post in federal court in Washington, D.C., contending that he wasn’t the author of a blog post published under his name (and featuring his photo) and disagrees with the views it expresses. Juan Carlos Noriega also says he…

Dec 17, 2012 9:59 PM CST

‘Tis the Season for Lawyerly E-Cards; Manatt’s Puts Edgy New Twist on Traditional Holiday Tune

In what’s bound to be a growing trend, some law firms are sending out holiday messages by email in lieu of wishing clients and friends traditional season’s greetings on heavy embossed cardstock. Among this year’s offerings is an edgy animated e-card from Manatt Phelps & Phillips, sung to the tune…

Dec 12, 2012 7:45 PM CST

41 Law Firms Vie for Top Honors in Annual Contest to Give the Most to Local Food Bank

A battle between Toronto law firms to come out on top in an annual competition to see who can donate the most to a local food bank is expected to raise nearly $250,000 in cash and food donations this year. A winner among the 41 competing law firms will be…

Dec 12, 2012 5:09 PM CST

Ohio’s Calfee Halter Seeks More Partners in New Cincinnati Office

Ohio’s Calfee Halter & Griswold has posted the Help Wanted sign for partners in Cincinnati. The 160-attorney firm launched a new office there earlier this year, which now has four lawyers. However, it hopes to grow the attorney roster there to 30 within the foreseeable future, according to the Business…

Dec 10, 2012 10:45 PM CST

Stinson Morrison to Open Denver Office with 9 Lawyers from Jones & Keller

Corrected: Stinson Morrison Hecker is the latest out-of-state law firm from Kansas City to announce plans to plant its flag in Denver. The 300-attorney Midwest regional firm will open a new office in February with five partners and four associates from Denver-based Jones & Keller, the Kansas City Business Journal…

Dec 6, 2012 4:40 PM CST

2 Leading Lawyers Face Unusual Ethics Case re Claimed Conflict in Representing Corp. and Workers

Two leading corporate lawyers in Portland, Ore., are awaiting the results in an unusual legal ethics case, pursued a decade after the fact, concerning a claimed conflict in their representation of a corporate client and its employees in a securities matter. Barnes H. Ellis, 72, a retired partner of Stoel…

Dec 5, 2012 11:05 PM CST

Law Firm, Insurer to Pay $4M to Furnish New Family Courthouse in Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has settled its suit with a law firm and one of its former partners over Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel’s role in helping plan a new family court at 15th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia. Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille announced Tuesday at the annual meeting…

Dec 5, 2012 4:50 PM CST

Law Firm to Exit Downtown Austin, Texas, for New Office with Parking

Traditionally, law firms have been located in the center of the city they service, close to the courthouse. But a tight market for downtown office space in Austin, Texas, where a growing number of energy and technology companies are competing for the same buildings as law firms, is prompting some…

Nov 28, 2012 8:01 PM CST

16-Lawyer Group Exits Cetrulo for Boston Office of Nelson Mullins

A 16-lawyer litigation team, led by a name partner, has exited Cetrulo & Capone for the Boston office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. The contingent, which will work in two groups, focuses on construction and surety law and product liability and catastrophic accident litigation. The total attorney roster for…

Nov 19, 2012 11:32 PM CST