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Pence hires BigLaw lawyer in Russia probe with personal Comey connection

Vice President Mike Pence has hired McGuireWoods chairman Richard Cullen to represent him in the congressional and special counsel’s investigations into Russian influence. Cullen has connections to fired FBI director James Comey, a lawyer who once worked at McGuireWoods, report the New York Times, the Am Law Daily (sub. req.)…

Jun 16, 2017 8:37 AM CDT

Prominent lawyer is arraigned on murder charges and accused of trying to influence a judge

A prominent Atlanta lawyer, who says he accidentally shot and killed his wife, has pleaded not guilty to murder at an arraignment where a prosecutor accused him of trying to influence a judge. Assistant District Attorney Clint Rucker argued at Tuesday’s arraignment that 74-year-old lawyer Claud “Tex” McIver should not…

Jun 8, 2017 8:48 AM CDT

Trump taps BigLaw lawyers for administration posts

Christopher Wray, a King & Spalding partner who was announced Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump’s choice for FBI director, isn’t the only BigLaw lawyer recently tapped for posts in his administration. Trump announced Monday evening that he plans to nominate several lawyers from large law firms to fill posts,…

Jun 7, 2017 9:02 AM CDT

Oops! Supreme Court suspends a prominent lawyer in a case of mistaken identity

There are at least two lawyers named Christopher P. Sullivan, a fact that tripped up the U.S. Supreme Court. One lawyer is Christopher Patrick Sullivan, a partner with Robins Kaplan in Boston and the president-elect of the Massachusetts Bar Association, report The Associated Press, the Boston Herald and the Washington…

May 31, 2017 8:40 AM CDT

Which outside lawyers will represent Trump in Russian influence probe? Pick is reportedly made

Updated: President Donald Trump was personally involved in the search for outside lawyers to represent him in the special counsel’s investigation of his campaign and Russian influence in the election, according to the Washington Post.

May 24, 2017 8:31 AM CDT

6th Circuit nominee wrote more than 400 blog posts under pseudonym; should they sink his nomination?

The blogger who identified himself as “G. Morris” on the blog Elephants in the Bluegrass was actually John K. Bush, a partner and co-chair of the litigation department at Bingham Greenebaum Doll in Louisville, Kentucky. Bush disclosed his blogging in a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire after he was nominated to…

May 23, 2017 8:00 AM CDT

BigLaw partner meets the law student who intervened to stop his attackers

Baker McKenzie partner John Rowley says there was just one person who intervened when a group of teens attacked him on May 12 at a Metro station in Washington, D.C. Last Wednesday, Rowley met the man who helped him, George Washington University law student Andrew Miller, report Fox 5, radio…

May 22, 2017 11:05 AM CDT

Seyfarth reportedly lays off 40 lawyers and several staffers

Updtaed: Seyfarth Shaw has confirmed layoffs of lawyers and staff members, though the law firm didn’t specify how many were affected.

Sources say 40 lawyers and several staff members were laid off, according to Above the Law, which was first with the news, the Am Law Daily (sub. req.), Bloomberg Big Law Business and Crain’s Chicago Business.

May 17, 2017 8:50 AM CDT

Former Foley & Lardner partner is charged with insider trading

Federal prosecutors allege a former Foley & Lardner partner accessed confidential documents on the firm’s computer network to make stock trades that reaped him more than $320,000 in profits. Prosecutors charged 43-year-old Florida lawyer Walter “Chet” Little of Apollo Beach, Florida, along with a neighbor, 49-year-old Andrew Berke, report Reuters,…

May 12, 2017 1:12 PM CDT

Sedgwick partner settles equal-pay suit

A nonequity partner who sued Sedgwick over an alleged “male-dominated culture” that denies women equal pay has reached a confidential settlement with the law firm. Traci Ribeiro, a 46-year-old lawyer who worked in the San Francisco-based firm’s Chicago office, settled the suit in arbitration in April, the New York Times…

May 8, 2017 11:00 AM CDT

Nelson Mullins partner settles SEC suit claiming he helped pay-to-play scheme

Updated: A partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission that claimed he acted as a conduit for improper campaign donations. The lawyer, Robert Crowe, settled the case without admitting any wrongdoing, the Am Law Daily…

May 4, 2017 3:48 PM CDT

5 tips from a BigLaw partner on ‘making it work’ in real life

Making it Work is a new column in partnership with the Working Mother Best Law Firms for Women initiative in which lawyers share how they manage both life’s challenges and work’s demands.

Joanna Horsnail, being a single parent for 10 years and partner at Mayer Brown for 13 years, offers tips for “making it work” while real life goes on around you.

May 1, 2017 3:00 AM CDT

BigLaw partner’s widow is awarded $3M in suit claiming antidepressant caused his suicide

The widow of a former Reed Smith partner was awarded $3 million in a lawsuit contending that the maker of the antidepressant Paxil covered up the drug’s link to an increased risk of suicide. The amount was less than the $39 million sought by Wendy Dolin, the widow of Stewart…

Apr 21, 2017 8:22 AM CDT

Salary bump keeps more BigLaw associates from going in-house, but will partners feel a pinch?

The big bump in BigLaw associate salaries last year has slowed the movement of young lawyers to in-house jobs, but it might have a lead lining—the money has to come out of partners’ pockets and the number of partnerships could decline, Law360 (sub. req.) reports. Cravath Swaine & Moore set…

Apr 18, 2017 5:00 PM CDT

Dentons reportedly ousts 20 or more partners

Dentons has reportedly cut as many as 20 or more U.S. partners since January. The cuts were made after the law firm failed to meet its 2016 budget, unnamed sources told Law.com (sub. req.). The news follows reports last month that Dentons cut about 60 staff jobs to streamline its…

Apr 18, 2017 11:55 AM CDT