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Famed Trial Lawyer Gerry Spence: My New Blog Frightens Me

Ever wondered what famed Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence might think about a big case or an unusual legal strategy? Reading his brand-new blog may offer an opportunity to find out. At present, it contains exactly one post, but Spence says more are forthcoming. Given his prolific writing as an…

Jul 18, 2008 7:49 PM CDT

Nice Work: California City Hires Law Firm for $50K Per Month

A small practitioner in Claremont, Calif., will reportedly be bringing in $50,000 per month for the next five years, under a five-year contract approved Tuesday by the Rialto city council. It is with the Law Offices of Jimmy Gutierrez. “The retainer could exceed $600,000 per year when factoring in billable…

Jul 18, 2008 3:36 PM CDT

International Reach Spurs Double Digit Revenue Hikes for Top UK Firms

Major London law firms that invested in international offices are now seeing the fruits of that strategy. The top 50 law firms in the U.K. had double-digit revenue growth in 2007-08 despite the economic downturn, Legal Week reports. The top 50 averaged revenue growth of 12.5 percent and an increase…

Jul 18, 2008 11:51 AM CDT

Multitasking Winstead Lawyer Exercises While He Works

Winstead partner Ross Robinson doesn’t go to the gym, but he still manages to work out for almost as many hours as he devotes to work each day. He does it by walking on a treadmill as he works. Robinson told the Tex Parte Blog that he walks at a…

Jul 17, 2008 5:37 PM CDT

Musical Chairs: McGuireWoods Replaces Managing Partners in 4 Offices

McGuireWoods replaced managing partners in four offices in July, just a few months after appointing a new leader for its New York office. The new managing partners are Craig Culbertson in Chicago, William Marianes in Atlanta, Barbara Johnston in Jacksonville, and Jonathan Rak in McLean, Va., the National Law Journal…

Jul 16, 2008 4:41 PM CDT

Law Partners Kimmel & Silverman are Still Happily Married

News of the failed romance of late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and comedienne Sarah Silverman had an unexpected effect on a Northeastern automotive lemon law firm. Seeing headlines about the breakup of Kimmel and Silverman, clients began calling Kimmel & Silverman, the law firm, thinking that it was…

Jul 16, 2008 4:04 PM CDT

Holland & Knight Tries Success Fees, Considers Ousting Unproductive Partners

The new managing partner of Holland & Knight is making some changes. Some clients may be pleased but unproductive partners may not. The firm’s new managing partner, Steven Sonberg, says his primary goal is keeping the law firm on sound financial footing, the National Law Journal reports. Toward that end,…

Jul 16, 2008 3:44 PM CDT

Covington Partner Strips to Underwear to Illustrate Guantanamo Searches

Updated: A partner at Covington & Burling who represents 15 Guantanamo detainees took off his pants at a news conference in Yemen on Monday to illustrate the humiliating strip searches that his clients have to endure several times a day, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports. The lawyer, David…

Jul 16, 2008 3:05 PM CDT

Lawyer’s Affair Leads to Firm Breakup, $2M Verdict

In a civil theft verdict that could hit two attorneys with some $2 million in damages, a Florida jury found late last month that two longtime associates of a well-known Tampa personal injury attorney essentially stripped the owner of their former firm of much of his practice. The verdict—which was…

Jul 14, 2008 8:26 PM CDT

Forced to Retire at 65, UK Lawyer Sues Firm for Age Discrimination

In a case that is expected to be watched with considerable interest not only by United Kingdom law firms but by other employers with mandatory retirement policies, a British solicitor has filed an age discrimination suit against his former law firm over being required to retire at age 65. A…

Jul 14, 2008 2:35 PM CDT

Melvyn Weiss Stands to Earn Millions in Unpaid Fees from Former Firm

Melvyn Weiss, a former lead partner at Milberg, stands to collect possibly tens of millions of dollars in unpaid fees from the law firm under an October 2007 agreement. The amount could more than make up for the $9.75 million Weiss agreed to forfeit in a plea deal with the…

Jul 14, 2008 10:48 AM CDT

Buchanan Ingersoll Names New CEO

The chief diversity and integration officer at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney has been elected to take over as the firm’s new chief executive officer. The transition will be lengthy. John Barbour will begin the job next June, taking the place of current CEO Thomas Van Kirk when his term ends,…

Jul 11, 2008 3:15 PM CDT

Day Casebeer Survives Qualcomm, But Two Sanctioned Associates Leave

Five lawyers at Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder were sanctioned for failing to turn over documents for its client Qualcomm in a discovery dispute, but only two have left the firm. Despite the well-publicized dispute, the patent litigation firm continues to stay “incredibly busy,” the firm’s managing partner, Lloyd “Rusty”…

Jul 10, 2008 1:17 PM CDT

White & Case Partners Jump Ship in New York & Germany

A five-lawyer group of capital markets practitioners in Düsseldorf, Germany, is moving from White & Case’s office there to DLA Piper’s as of Aug. 1. It is headed by partners Andreas Meyer-Landrut and Kerstin Schnabel, and also includes associates Uta Carpier, Meike Dresler-Lenz and Cornelia Wendel, reports Legal Week. Meanwhile,…

Jul 9, 2008 7:09 PM CDT

Firm Pays Associates Less and Partners Equally, Requires Fewer Hours

California intellectual property firm Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear is looking to expand without changing its unusual business model. All of the firm’s partners share equally in profits, the National Law Journal reports in an article reprinted in the New York Lawyer. Associates make below-market pay of $150,000, but the…

Jul 9, 2008 11:52 AM CDT