Partners

Reed Smith Partner Who Wanted a Promotion Gives Up the Fight

A Reed Smith lawyer who outlined why he wanted to be managing partner in a 10-page memo obtained by a business publication has abandoned his candidacy. Philadelphia lawyer John DiNome had hoped to unseat nine-year veteran managing partner Gregory Jordan and explained why in his 10-page candidacy statement, the Philadelphia…

Jun 10, 2009 1:54 PM CDT

Lawyer Who Fought Chrysler Deal Described as Tenacious to a Fault

Updated: Some rival lawyers wonder why White & Case partner Thomas Lauria sought to stall Chrysler’s sale to Fiat, a deal inked this morning after the bankruptcy veteran’s unsuccessful bid to stop it. Lauria, who heads the bankruptcy practice at White & Case, represents a group of Indiana pension funds…

Jun 10, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

Three Ex-Jenkens Partners Indicted for Work on Questionable Tax Shelters

Three former lawyers at the defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, including the head of its tax practice, have been indicted on charges of scheming to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by promoting and defending questionable tax shelters. The indictment claims that former tax head Paul Daugerdas made $95.7 million…

Jun 10, 2009 12:02 PM CDT

Climbing Everest Also Tested Lawyer’s Practice Management Skills

It wasn’t easy for attorney Brian Strange to take two months away from his Los Angeles class action practice. But with the help of e-mail and a satellite telephone he has had for several years, Strange found the time to climb Mount Everest with his 17-year-old son, Johnny, this spring.…

Jun 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT

‘Indignant’ Ex-S&C Lawyer Shouts Testimony in Trial of Brooke Astor’s Son

The former chair of Sullivan & Cromwell’s trusts and estates practice lost his cool when questioned yesterday about his representation of both Brooke Astor and her son. An “indignant” Henry Christensen III “blew his top” under questioning by prosecutor Elizabeth Loewy, the New York Daily News reports. The assistant DA…

Jun 5, 2009 2:54 PM CDT

2 Lawyers Charged in $400M Tax Shelter Prosecution of Former Quellos CEO

A federal indictment unsealed today that charges the former chief executive of a major Seattle-based investment fund with conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion also names two attorneys as defendants. All are accused concerning an alleged scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service out of $400 million in capital gains tax…

Jun 5, 2009 2:44 AM CDT

Sonnenschein Partner Sued for Accident Caused by His Runaway Car

A Sonnenschein partner is facing a lawsuit by a 7-year-old girl and her mother alleging his Lexus ran into them after he tried to park in front of a California grocery store to buy Girl Scout cookies. The suit claims lawyer Paul Glad, a litigator who chairs the insurance group…

Jun 4, 2009 2:45 PM CDT

Dickinson Wright Sued for $33M in Alleged Patent Error for Lacrosse Stick

A $33 million suit filed against Dickinson Wright claims two of its lawyers let a patent lapse for a lacrosse stick by failing to pay an administrative fee. The suit by Warrior Sports Inc. claims the mistake forced the company into an unfavorable settlement in its infringement suit against a…

Jun 4, 2009 12:34 PM CDT

Day Pitney Sued for Alleged Malpractice in Vanilla Beans Case

A vanilla importer has sued Day Pitney, alleging legal malpractice in a dispute with the company’s insurer over coverage for a tainted shipment of vanilla beans. The suit by International Flavors & Fragrances claims Day Pitney and partner Robert Rose failed to assert IFF’s claims in a timely manner in…

Jun 4, 2009 12:07 PM CDT

Attorney Robert Wone’s Murder in Law Partner’s Upscale Home Is Still a Mystery

Somehow, attorney Robert Wone was murdered in the upscale Washington, D.C., townhome where he was visiting friends one sweltering summer night in 2006. But exactly how that happened remains a head-scratcher, reports the Washington Post in a two-part series Sunday and yesterday that details at length the prosecution’s theory of…

Jun 2, 2009 11:24 PM CDT

Goldstein of SCOTUSblog Is ‘Attorney, Blogger, Walking Sound-Bite Machine’

The lawyer who founded SCOTUSblog was in big demand after the announcement that Sonia Sotomayor had been tapped as the next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Tom Goldstein—“attorney, blogger, walking sound-bite machine”—spoke to three television networks and numerous print and wire reporters, the Washington Post reports. “What makes the…

Jun 2, 2009 5:03 PM CDT

Ex-S&C Lawyer Testifies He Was ‘Enraged’ at Astor’s Will Changes

The former Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who represented both Brooke Astor and her son testified yesterday that he was “enraged” to learn he had been fired and the son designated sole executor of her estate. Henry Christensen III, now a lawyer at McDermott, Will & Emery, said he believed Astor’s…

Jun 2, 2009 2:29 PM CDT

Seven Buchanan Ingersoll Lawyers in Delaware Jump to Saul Ewing

Saul Ewing has snagged seven lawyers from the Wilmington, Del., office of Buchanan Ingersoll. The lateral acquisition gives Saul Ewing a total of 19 lawyers in Wilmington and leaves Buchanan Ingersoll with only four lawyers there, the Pittsburgh Business Times reports. The lateral group includes three partners: office head William…

Jun 2, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Pensions Howling at The Door

WolfBlock dissolution underlines the danger

Jun 2, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

Once Set for Life, Ark. Plaintiffs Lawyer Takes Plea in $9.3M Client Theft Case

In an extraordinary April 20 hearing transcript documenting the beginning of the end of Gene Cauley’s enviable story of professional success, a federal judge calls for an investigation of the high-flying Arkansas plaintiffs security lawyer and chastises co-counsel for not keeping closer track of his activities. Now the 41-year-old Cauley…

Jun 1, 2009 9:45 PM CDT