An Illinois lawyer who faxed newsletters to more than 200 accountants with “mundane advice” along with his specialties and contact information could be on the hook for millions of dollars…
Sep 16, 2013 10:30 AM CDT
Aric Press, editor in chief of American Lawyer Media, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about the latest data on the financial performance of law firms.
“The legal marketplace is…
Sep 12, 2013 5:25 PM CDT
Duane Morris says the firm has hired around 42 partners and counsel in the last two years, many of whom brought their legal assistants with them.
The result was overstaffing…
Sep 12, 2013 1:28 PM CDT
“Do you like to work at home? Would you like to make thousands a month?” asks an ad placed by El Paso, Texas, lawyer Mark T. Davis.
Have a baby,…
Sep 10, 2013 4:15 PM CDT
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has confirmed that the firm laid off workers last week to deal with elevated staffing levels in multiple offices.
“The departures affect approximately 35 staff in…
Sep 9, 2013 2:15 PM CDT
As the tools of the modern office increasingly operate online, doctors, lawyers and other professionals who serve as the gatekeepers of confidential information are posed with a problem.
As a…
Sep 9, 2013 1:55 PM CDT
After three years at the top of the American Lawyer revenue rankings, Baker & McKenzie has been dethroned. Kent Zimmermann, consultant to law…
Sep 5, 2013 6:14 PM CDT
The last decade, particularly the last five years during the Great Recession, have generated tremendous change within law firms. Many long-term partners in large law firms poignantly observe that the…
Sep 5, 2013 2:19 PM CDT
Partners of a Colorado law firm found they had different ideas about how to market their disparate practices.
So they decided to split Donelson Ciancio & Grant into three law…
Sep 4, 2013 4:30 PM CDT
Bankruptcy filings are falling on a nationwide basis, forcing some law firms to cut the size of their restructuring practices or reallocate their lawyers.
In the Southern District of New…
Sep 4, 2013 11:20 AM CDT
Unlike fellow graduates in the Class of 2012, Katie Kizer and Amanda Graham weren’t worried about finding jobs after law school--because they had decided a year earlier that they would start their own criminal-defense firm together. It’s been liberating, they tell ABA Journal Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward.
Sep 3, 2013 2:13 PM CDT
Excuse us for waving our own flag, but we are exceedingly proud of our fifth-year selections for the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels.
Our annual honors program for the change leaders…
Sep 1, 2013 10:29 AM CDT
2013 Rebel, Michelle DeStefano, on a Miami beach. Photo by Jason Myers.
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Photo of James R. Silkenat by Marc Hauser.
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