Midsize Firm

Former Colleague’s ‘Unraveled’ Doc Film Focuses on Ex-Attorney Marc Dreier’s Spectacular Downfall

When Marc Dreier’s 250-attorney law firm collapsed at the end of 2008, as news began to come out that the powerful partner had been running a $400 million Ponzi scheme, his downfall was a personal tragedy for Marc H. Simon. Simon had worked at the firm, on Park Avenue in…

Mar 16, 2012 8:32 PM CDT

Buffalo, NY, Law Firm Plants Flag in London, Puts British Insurance Lawyer at Helm

A Northeast regional law firm headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., is opening a new office in London. Goldberg Segalla announced today that the new outpost will be operating as of April, according to Buffalo Business First. Clive O’Connell, who previously served as chief of the commercial risk and reinsurance department at…

Mar 13, 2012 8:26 PM CDT

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

After F Grade, Firm Sues Better Business Bureau in Federal Court Over Rating System

A law firm given a F grade last year by the Better Business Bureau of Central Florida for a claimed pattern of unresolved client complaints is firing back. The KEL law firm has filed a federal lawsuit in Orlando against the local BBB and related defendants, contending that its business…

Feb 21, 2012 11:08 PM CST

Tenn. Firm Taps Former Fulbright & Jaworski Health Care Partner to Head New DC Office

A 220-attorney law firm based in Tennessee is opening an office in Washington, D.C., with a former Fulbright & Jaworski health care partner at the helm. In addition to John Kelly, who was an assistant chief for health care fraud at the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division before heading into…

Feb 14, 2012 12:35 AM CST

NJ Law Firm Charges into Electric Car Technology; Partner Plans to Replace His Mercedes with a Tesla

A New Jersey-based law firm is in the forefront of green-energy technology. By providing two electric-car charging stations as a courtesy for clients of its Cherry Hill headquarters, Flaster/Greenberg will increase by 50 percent the number of such facilities in Camden County, the Courier-Post reports. At least one client is…

Feb 13, 2012 10:47 PM CST

A CPA, Not an Attorney, Is Named New CEO at Pepper Hamilton

Corrected: A Harvard Business School graduate who is a certified public accountant rather than a lawyer will be the new CEO of Pepper Hamilton. The 500-attorney Philadelphia-based law firm has announced that it is bringing in Scott Green to oversee its business strategy and operations, according to Forbes and the…

Feb 7, 2012 6:34 PM CST

Paralegal Who Falsely Claimed to Be a Doctor, Then Became a Lawyer, Has Law License Suspended

In the latest example of a law firm burned after apparently failing to confirm a worker’s credentials, the Legal Profession Blog is reporting that a Massachusetts attorney’s law license has been suspended for two years because she falsely held herself out as a physician. Susan Friery, who had taken courses…

Feb 4, 2012 12:53 AM CST

Once-Powerful Lawmaker On Trial for Bribery re $8K-Per-Month Law Firm Retainer Payments

A former longtime New Jersey lawmaker is being tried in federal court in Trenton, on charges that the $8,000-per-month retainer payments his law firm received from 2004 to 2006 from an attorney for a North Carolina developer were in fact bribes. Onetime state senator Wayne Bryant, 64, is accused of…

Feb 2, 2012 7:34 PM CST

6 Dorsey Patent Lawyers Including Local Chief Head to Winthrop Weinstine to Start New Practice Group

A Minneapolis law firm has made a big splash by jumping into the patent arena with a six-lawyer team from Dorsey & Whitney, including the local chief of that firm’s patent practice group. Devan Padmanabhan will now head the new patent practice group at Winthrop & Weinstine, reports the Star…

Jan 31, 2012 6:08 PM CST

Australia’s Slater & Gordon Snaps Up UK Personal Injury Firm, Russell Jones & Walker, for $84M

Slater & Gordon, the world’s first publicly traded law firm is poised to grow again after agreeing to pay 53.8 million pounds (about $84 million in U.S. dollars) for a United Kingdom law firm that also specializes in personal injury work. The acquisition of Russell Jones & Walker is authorized…

Jan 30, 2012 11:55 PM CST

After Bryan Cave Merger, a Significant Number of Holme Roberts Partners Are Now Counsel

After its merger with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, about 18 of the partners from Denver’s revered Holme Roberts & Owen are now listed as counsel on the firm’s attorney roster, the Denver Business Journal reports. But only a “handful” of these changes among the more than 80 partners who came…

Jan 30, 2012 10:40 PM CST

Longtime NH Law Firm Wiggin & Nourie to Close Its Doors After Losing 20 Lawyers

A longtime New Hampshire law firm that can trace its roots back to the 1860s and has helped launch the careers of a number of prominent prosecutors and judges will soon be closing its doors, after losing 20 lawyers since 2010. L. Jonathan Ross, who serves as president of Wiggin…

Jan 30, 2012 7:25 PM CST

Public Company to Buy UK Law Firm for $30M to Enhance Insurance Claims-Management Business

In what may be the first purchase of a law firm by a publicly traded United Kingdom company, Quindell Portfolio plans to acquire Silverbeck Rymer to expand the array of claims-management services it offers to insurers. It will pay 19.3 million pounds (about $30 million in U.S dollars) for the…

Jan 24, 2012 8:20 PM CST

Federal Jury Says TD Bank Must Pay $67M to Investors Swindled by Ex-Attorney Scott Rothstein

After four hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Miami yesterday decided that a South Florida bank must pay $67 million to a group of 27 investors swindled by then-attorney Scott Rothstein. The award, which includes $35 million in punitive damages, is based on a determination that officials of TD…

Jan 19, 2012 6:05 PM CST