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Attorney John O’Quinn’s Museum-Quality Cars to Be Auctioned to Pay Some $50M in Debts

The 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost used in the filming of the Titanic is being held back. But a 1966 replica of the Batmobile made famous by the Batman television series and a 1938 armor-plated Cadillac used as a parade limousine by three presidents are among the museum-quality vehicles that…

Feb 19, 2010 7:26 PM CST

Videotaped Testimony Can Be More Effective Than a Live Witness, Lawyer Says

Videotaping a deposition is an opportunity to “pan for gold”—nonverbal snippets such as a telling facial expression or extended pause that can be used at trial to define the witness for the trier of fact. And when it is used to cross-examine a witness at trial, videotape evidence can be…

Feb 19, 2010 3:09 AM CST

Prosecutors Want to Use Skadden Partner’s Media Statements in Ex-Client’s Retrial

Richard Marmaro is no longer representing former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes, but the lawyer’s words may still play a part in the executive’s backdating retrial. Prosecutors want to introduce press release statements by Marmaro, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the Recorder reports. Prosecutors have subpoenaed the…

Feb 18, 2010 12:00 PM CST

Law Firm Founder Flees Russia, Says He Feared Suffering Same Fate as Dead Colleague

A New York attorney who co-founded a Russian law firm in 1993 has fled the country, saying he fears he will suffer the same fate as a dead colleague if he continues practicing there. Jamison Firestone, who went to the United Kingdom for a seeming Christmas vacation and never returned,…

Feb 18, 2010 1:19 AM CST

2 Partners of Well-Known Firm Downsize, Now Answer Own Phones at Own Shop

Two seasoned partners have left a well-known Connecticut-based law firm to form their own small practice, where they now answer their own phones, clean the coffeepot and, noting that the mahogany table in the conference room had seen better days, sanded it down and refinished it. Their new firm is…

Feb 17, 2010 7:02 PM CST

‘Tough Slog’ for Only New Partner at Schulte; Brass Ring More Elusive for Many

In a tough economic year, Daniel Hunter stands out: He is the only lawyer who made partner this year at Schulte Roth & Zabel. His singular accomplishment highlights a trend in the legal profession. Law firms are promoting fewer lawyers to equity partnerships, Bloomberg reports. Hunter told Bloomberg that he…

Feb 17, 2010 1:15 PM CST

Mortgage-Rescue Meltdown: Calif. Probes 400 Lawyers, Fields 30 Complaints Daily

Amidst the mortgage meltdown, a stunning number of lawyers reportedly may be taking advantage of desperate homeowners by accepting thousands of dollars in fees from individuals while doing little or no work to save their homes. The California Bar is probing more than 400 lawyers in such cases, and is…

Feb 16, 2010 7:31 PM CST

Small Firm Hires Greenberg’s Top DC Gun to ‘Punch Above Our Weight Class’ in New Outpost

Little known in BigLaw circles, a 16-attorney South Florida law firm has hired the managing partner of Greenberg Traurig’s office in Washington, D.C., to open its new outpost in the nation’s capital. Ronald Kleinman will start Monday at Colson Hicks Eidson, where he will head the D.C. office, the firm…

Feb 13, 2010 12:53 AM CST

Holland & Knight Litigation Chair Jumps to Boutique, First Lateral in 28 Yrs

Miami lawyer Peter Prieto is leaving his seat as chair of Holland & Knight’s defense-oriented litigation group to do plaintiffs work for a boutique across town. Next week, Preito is joining Podhurst Orseck, where he’ll have the distinction of being the first lateral hire there in 28 years, the Daily…

Feb 12, 2010 6:40 AM CST

Trustee Sues Rothstein Partner for $10M, Alleges Charges for Jewelry, Home Repairs & Reptiles

In at least the third such lawsuit filed against a partner of the South Florida law firm at the center of ex-attorney Scott Rothstein’s reported $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a bankruptcy trustee is seeking seven-figure reimbursement from Stuart Rosenfeldt. However, the suit against the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler name partner seeks…

Feb 11, 2010 11:31 PM CST

Ex-Client Loses TRO Bid to Ban Cravath in $5.1B Deal, But Could Win Next Round Next Week

Caught in the crossfire between current and former clients, Cravath Swaine & Moore can continue representing Air Products & Chemicals Inc.—at least until next week—in a $5.1 billion takeover bid for Airgas Inc., a Pennsylvania judge ruled today. While Judge Albert Sheppard Jr. rejected a request by Airgas for a…

Feb 9, 2010 8:40 PM CST

Rothstein’s Partner Sued by Bankruptcy Lawyers for $1.2M

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., lawyer Russell Adler, a name partner in convicted lawyer Scott Rothstein’s firm, was slapped with a $1.2 million suit filed by bankruptcy attorneys who claim the money is part of Rothstein’s massive investment scam. The complaint alleges that Adler and his wife used $475,000 of the money…

Feb 9, 2010 12:21 PM CST

Faegre & Benson Partner Killed in Midair Collision

A Faegre & Benson partner piloting his Cirrus SR20 was among three people killed Saturday in a midair collision some 8,000 feet above Boulder, Colo. Robert Matthews, 58, and his 56-year-old brother, Mark, were killed along with the pilot of the other small plane, a Piper Pawnee. But a pilot…

Feb 8, 2010 6:49 PM CST

Superb Skills as Jailhouse Lawyer Put Ex-Inmate in Position to Help Top Attorneys

Shon Hopwood was caught and convicted for robbing five banks but later proved to be an amazingly good jailhouse lawyer after hitting the books in the prison library. A 2002 petition for certiorari that he prepared for a fellow inmate, John Fellers, working on a prison typewriter, “was probably one…

Feb 8, 2010 5:59 PM CST

London Firm Snaps Up Group of New Jersey Lawyers

London-based Clyde & Co. has poached five lawyers from the insurance coverage group at Roseland, N.J.-based Connell Foley to open an office in the Garden State. The lawyers—led by Daren McNally—are especially well-versed in policies written by offshore insurers, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. “Joining Clyde & Co gives…

Feb 8, 2010 4:01 PM CST