Partners

What can you learn from a lawyer born the same year that you graduated law school?

In this new episode of Asked and Answered, Senior Writer Stephanie Francis Ward talks to Karen Kaplowitz about ways the experience pairing works well, having more diverse legal teams, and finding better ways to use social media in marketing.

Oct 28, 2019 6:00 AM CDT

Did DLA Piper shield partners on a top 10 list? New allegations surface in EEOC case

Updated: Former DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot had so much power from his status as a rainmaker that higher-ups at the law firm were reluctant to cross him, according to allegations by a former professional responsibility counsel at the law firm.

Oct 23, 2019 12:57 PM CDT

Second woman files EEOC charge against ex-DLA partner; possible pervasive retaliation alleged

A second woman has filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against DLA Piper and former rainmaking partner Louis Lehot.

Oct 22, 2019 2:33 PM CDT

A second former managing partner leaves Irell & Manella as firm shrinks

Irell & Manella has lost two former managing partners in two months.

Oct 22, 2019 11:07 AM CDT

Ex-DLA Piper partner says he had ‘emotional relationship’ with accuser, denies sexual assault

A former rainmaking partner at DLA Piper is denying a former junior partner’s accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct.

Oct 21, 2019 3:30 PM CDT

Partner who accused DLA Piper rainmaker is placed on leave; her lawyer sees ‘a despicable smear campaign’

A DLA Piper junior partner who accused a rainmaking partner of repeatedly pursuing and groping her has been placed on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into her own conduct, the law firm said in a press release.

Oct 16, 2019 1:44 PM CDT

Did Buckley Sandler co-founder leave voluntarily? Question is at center of insurance dispute

A lawsuit filed last week maintains an insurer has no obligation to pay Buckley Sandler’s claim in connection with the departure of one of its founders because he did not leave voluntarily.

Oct 16, 2019 11:58 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Decisions by nonlawyer judge challenged; abortion law enjoined

Tort claims seek to vacate decisions of judge without a law license Tort claims filed last week against the Washington state towns of Airway Heights and Cheney claim that defendants’ constitutional rights are being violated when their cases are heard by a shared court commissioner without a law license. The…

Oct 15, 2019 5:12 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Jurors award $8B in Rispderdal case; most minority partners have nonequity status

Jurors award $8B in punitive damages in Risperdal case Jurors in Philadelphia found Johnson & Johnson liable for $8 billion in punitive damages Tuesday in a case brought by a man with autism, who said the drug Risperdal had caused him to grow breasts. Nicholas Murray had taken the drug…

Oct 9, 2019 4:48 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer convicted in conspiracy involving fake law firms; legal jobs fall

Lawyer convicted in conspiracy that involved creation of fake law firms Virginia lawyer David H. Miller, 70, of Fairfax was convicted Friday on charges of conspiring to defraud and to launder fraud proceeds totaling more than $1.5 million. Miller was accused of helping set up fake law firms to bill…

Oct 7, 2019 3:48 PM CDT

Former BigLaw leader is reprimanded for inappropriately touching lawyers at bench-bar conference

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s disciplinary board on Wednesday ordered a reprimand for a former law firm leader accused of becoming inebriated and inappropriately touching female lawyers at a bench-bar conference. The lawyer is Timothy McMahon, a former managing partner at the Harrisburg office of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin,…

Oct 7, 2019 11:57 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: MGM to pay up to $800M in Vegas shooting; 141 partner promotions announced

MGM agrees to pay up to $800M settlement in Vegas mass shooting MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle claims of alleged negligence in the October 2017 mass shooting by a guest at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. Fifty-eight people attending a…

Oct 3, 2019 4:28 PM CDT

Former Willkie co-chair gets 1-month prison sentence in college admissions scandal

Gordon Caplan, the former co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was sentenced to one month in prison Thursday after he apologized in a Boston courtroom for participating in the college cheating scandal.

Oct 3, 2019 3:00 PM CDT

DLA Piper junior partner alleges ‘horrific conduct’ by rainmaking partner

A DLA Piper junior partner is alleging that a rainmaking partner who recruited her to the firm pursued and groped her, and then retaliated when she rejected his advances.

Oct 3, 2019 1:44 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Missing ex-lawyer is arrested at thrift store; DC considers banning gay-panic defense

Disbarred lawyer-on-the-lam is arrested at thrift store A disbarred lawyer who is accused of murdering his mother was arrested at a Nashville, Tennessee, thrift store Monday. U.S. marshals arrested Richard Vinson Merritt about eight months after he failed to report to prison for defrauding clients out of their settlement checks.…

Oct 1, 2019 4:09 PM CDT