Partners

Heller Suffers Another Blow with Reported Loss of up to 40 IP Lawyers

Heller Ehrman has already endured the loss of more than 30 partners this year and failed merger talks with several big law firms. Now comes word from the Daily Journal that the firm will lose up to 40 lawyers in its intellectual property group, including two key partners. The news…

Sep 16, 2008 12:21 PM CDT

Lawyer Laments ‘Incredibly Shrinking Market’ as Wall Street Shudders

Turmoil on Wall Street has brought major business to a few well-known law firms, as Lehman Brothers sought bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to be purchased by Bank of America in developments that hit the news over the weekend. And, for those in the right practice areas,…

Sep 15, 2008 8:55 PM CDT

6-Lawyer Pillsbury Team Launches New Public Policy Practice at Crowell

After moving in 2006 from Patton Boggs to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, a six-lawyer public policy group has now shifted its operations to Crowell & Mooring. They are establishing a new public policy and political law practice at the Washington, D.C., law firm, which is also bringing C&M Capitolink, its…

Sep 15, 2008 5:21 PM CDT

New Merger Model? Irish Firms Do 3-Way

Three law firms in Dublin, Ireland, have announced a simultaneous merger into a midsize law partnership incorporating all three names. Sherwin O’Riordan (SOR), Mullany Solicitors and Brendan Walsh & Partners will now be known as SOR Mullany Walsh Solicitors, reports the Irish Times. The firm will handle business and litigation…

Sep 15, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

Are More Law Firms in IRS Sights in Ongoing Tax Shelter Probe?

A former Arnold & Porter partner’s guilty plea yesterday in a criminal case over the opinion letters he wrote about Ernst & Young tax shelters concludes the matter as far as he and the firm—which paid an undisclosed fine to avoid prosecution—are concerned. But there may well be more action…

Sep 13, 2008 12:02 AM CDT

3 UK Lawyers Charged in $7.6M Extortion Scheme re $54M Da Vinci Painting

Three United Kingdom lawyers reportedly are among a group of five men charged with conspiring or attempting to extort $7.6 million for the safe return of a $54 million Leonardo da Vinci painting stolen from a Scottish castle in 2003. The theft made the FBI’s top 10 list of art…

Sep 12, 2008 6:13 PM CDT

Tyler Cooper is Likely to Close as New Group Leaves for LeClairRyan

A venerable Connecticut law firm is not only losing 25 lawyers to a New England competitor but reportedly will likely be closing entirely. After the announcement earlier this week that Tyler Cooper & Alcorn will be establishing a new office of Hinckley Allen & Snyder in Tyler’s current Hartford, Conn.,…

Sep 11, 2008 8:54 PM CDT

Jones Day Sues Over Website Posting Attorney Home Purchase Info

Jones Day has sued a website that highlights lawyers—even posting their photos and linking to firm biographies—and other professionals who buy and sell their homes in Chicago, Las Vegas, St. Louis and South Florida. After two Jones Day associates were featured on the BlockShopper site, the Cleveland-based BigLaw firm sued,…

Sep 11, 2008 5:08 PM CDT

Malpractice Suit Allowed Against Mintz Levin’s NY Managing Partner

A Manhattan judge has refused to dismiss a malpractice suit that claims the New York managing partner of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo delayed filing a lawsuit because he was too preoccupied with his career moves. The New York Law Journal has details of the malpractice lawsuit’s allegations.…

Sep 11, 2008 10:56 AM CDT

Once-Prominent Illinois Lawyer to Plead in Cocaine Case

A former southern Illinois lawyer and Democratic power broker has accepted a plea deal in a cocaine case that calls for a six-year federal prison sentence and $525,000 in financial penalties and restitution. Additionally, U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert indicated that he is likely to charge Thomas Lakin, 68,…

Sep 10, 2008 8:40 PM CDT

Big Minority-Owned Firm Acquires Another Small One

One of the largest minority-owned law firms in the country is acquiring a smaller one, in the latest step in its ongoing growth plan. Adorno & Yoss, which is headquartered in Miami, will acquire Houston-based Monty Partners before the end of the year, reports the National Law Journal, in an…

Sep 10, 2008 6:32 PM CDT

25 Tyler Cooper Lawyers Will Open New Hinckley Allen Office in Hartford, Conn.

As of next week, a venerable 100-lawyer New England law firm will be expanding its attorney roster by about 25 percent, as it adds 25 lawyers from a Connecticut counterpart to create a new office. The 25 are leaving Tyler Cooper & Alcorn to establish a Hartford office for Hinckley…

Sep 9, 2008 11:00 PM CDT

More Women Partners Break Through Glass Ceiling in UK

Despite a difficult economy, more women than ever before are becoming partners at the 100 largest firms in the United Kingdom. “There are still far fewer female lawyers than male, but ratios at U.K. firms are improving, with 19.6 percent of partners in the top 100 firms now female. This…

Sep 9, 2008 9:44 PM CDT

King & Spalding Goes on an 18-Month ‘Expansion Spree’

King & Spalding, a law firm known for its ties to Atlanta, is on “an expansion spree” that is tied to targeted practice areas, the American Lawyer reports in a profile. The law firm has opened eight new locations since 2007—in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates;…

Sep 9, 2008 5:55 PM CDT

Judge Who Refused Hearing on ‘Ridiculous’ Lawyer Dispute Is Overturned

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled a judge in Monmouth County must hold a hearing in a dispute between two former law firm partners, even if he thought the cost of litigation would dwarf the amount in dispute. The trial-level judge, Alexander Lehrer had called the dispute “the most…

Sep 9, 2008 3:50 PM CDT