Eckert Seamans lawyer warns about voice fakers after he nearly wired $9K to scammer

Lawyer Gary Schildhorn believed the crying man who called him for help was his 32-year-old son. Schildhorn, a member of Eckert Seamans, tells the Philadelphia Inquirer the caller identified himself as his son, Brett, and said he had been in an accident. He had injured a pregnant woman, the caller…

Mar 10, 2020 9:15 AM CDT

Chevron replaces BakerHostetler partner accused of ‘shaking his behind’ in front of opposing lawyer

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. has replaced a BakerHostetler partner accused of “shaking his behind” in front of the opposing counsel during a mediation last summer. In a Feb. 20 court filing, Chevron says it “respectfully suggests that it is in the interests of all parties to put this unfortunate episode…

Feb 24, 2020 2:30 PM CST

Dissolved law firm has no right to profits in hourly fee matters taken to new firm, appeals court says

The bankruptcy trustee for the dissolved Howrey law firm has lost another round in his bid to claw back profits from partners who took hourly matters with them to new law firms.

Feb 18, 2020 11:01 AM CST

Sanctions motion says BakerHostetler partner was ‘shaking his behind’ in front of opposing lawyer

A sanctions motion seeks the disqualification of a BakerHostetler partner defending Chevron in a discrimination suit because of alleged “abusive language and gestures” during a mediation in August 2019.

Feb 13, 2020 1:45 PM CST

New leaders share power at Boies Schiller amid lawyer departures and compensation issues

Recent partner defections at Boies Schiller Flexner are a sign of the firm’s natural evolution, according to one of the law firm’s new managing partners, Nicholas Gravante.

Feb 12, 2020 10:46 AM CST

Former BigLaw partner is suspended after writing himself checks from firm, claiming gambling addiction

A former partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has been suspended after an ethics panel concluded that he wrote himself checks from the law firm’s operating account and then lied about a gambling addiction.

Feb 4, 2020 1:45 PM CST

Recent spate of big-money guaranteed contracts for lateral partners raises eyebrows and concerns

Feb 1, 2020 12:55 AM CST

DC Bar considers relaxing its already-lenient rules to allow nonlawyer ownership of law firms

The District of Columbia Bar is considering changes to its ethics rules that could allow external ownership of law firms, as well as businesses in which lawyers and nonlawyers provide both legal and nonlegal services.

Jan 27, 2020 10:40 AM CST

BigLaw partner is accused of sexual harassment by ousted CEO of Grammys organization

The ousted CEO of the Grammys organization has accused a Greenberg Traurig shareholder of sexual harassment in a charge of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Jan 22, 2020 11:18 AM CST

New survey finds No. 1 reason why partners leave their firms—and it’s not the most-obvious one

Contrary to popular belief, dissatisfaction with compensation is not the No. 1 reason why partners leave their law firms, according to a new survey of more than 1,300 lateral partners.

Jan 15, 2020 12:36 PM CST

Suit by former firm partner alleges cash-flow problems, gay and racial bias

A former nonequity partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres in San Francisco filed a lawsuit last Thursday alleging that the firm treated him differently because he is black and gay.

Jan 15, 2020 11:01 AM CST

Fired partner is accused of double billing, charging personal expenses to firm

A former Vedder Price partner in Chicago is accused in an ethics complaint of double billing for legal services and charging the firm for personal expenses.

Jan 15, 2020 10:26 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer charged with murder conspiracy in Jennifer Dulos case; Rod Rosenstein joins BigLaw

Lawyer for husband of missing woman is charged with murder conspiracy A lawyer in Connecticut has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, who was last seen dropping her children off at school in May 2019. Police announced Tuesday that Dulos’ estranged…

Jan 8, 2020 3:39 PM CST

The financial costs for firms when women and minority lawyers leave

In this new episode of Asked and Answered, Ripa Rashid of Culture at Work talks to the ABA Journal’s Stephanie Francis Ward about how can firms keep female and minority lawyers from leaving and the potentially high cost if and when they depart.

Dec 30, 2019 6:00 AM CST

Suit accuses BigLaw lawyer of trying to rape an admin assistant and sending her explicit photos

Fox Rothschild has fired one of its lawyers after a lawsuit accused him of trying to sexually assault a legal administrative assistant and sending her a barrage of sexually explicit texts, some of which included pictures of his penis.

Dec 19, 2019 2:51 PM CST