Fox Rothschild acquires Dallas boutique firm

Fox Rothschild now has a presence in Texas as a result of its acquisition of 18-lawyer Dallas law firm David & Goodman. According to a Tuesday story from the Legal Intelligencer, Fox Rothschild’s newest office will provide litigation, corporate and family law services. Fox Rothschild acquired every one of David…

Oct 1, 2014 12:21 PM CDT

Too Many Lawyers? Not Here. In rural America, lawyers are few and far between

Wishek, North Dakota, is 90 minutes southeast of Bismarck and roughly six hours from either Minneapolis-Saint Paul or Winnipeg, Manitoba. Settled by ethnic Germans fleeing Russia, it’s a farm community on the opposite end of the state from North Dakota’s oil boom. As a result, Wishek hasn’t seen the influx…

Oct 1, 2014 5:40 AM CDT

5-attorney family law firm is lead sponsor for NASCAR driver, hopes he will win race and new clients

A five-attorney family law firm in Richmond, Va., is taking an innovative approach to advertising for new clients. As lead sponsor for NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek, the Friedman Law firm will have its name emblazoned on the hood, roof, trunk and sides of his number 66 race car this weekend,…

Sep 5, 2014 3:30 PM CDT

Harper Lee, ABA Journal fiction prizes announced

John Grisham is a best-selling author who has seen many of his books become major Hollywood pictures. Jason Bailey is a first-time author who maintains a busy legal practice in western Colorado and only writes during his spare time. What do these two writers have in common? This year, they…

Sep 4, 2014 4:28 PM CDT

How Patrice Perkins creatively serves her creative clients

Photo of Patrice Perkins by Wayne Slezak. Some lawyers might shy away from associating themselves with the word hustle. Patrice Perkins is not one of them. Her Chicago solo practice focuses on contracts and intellectual property work for creative entrepreneurs. With a firm called Creative Genius Law and a clientele…

Sep 4, 2014 8:30 AM CDT

Defunct law firm must still pay for sublease in Manhattan, court rules

Corrected: An appellate court has ruled that defunct law firm Arkin Kaplan Rice cannot escape paying the sublease on its former office space in Manhattan. On Thursday, the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, ruled that the defunct firm is on the hook for its sublease for…

Aug 22, 2014 6:15 PM CDT

Lawyer charged with murder solicitation targeted his former office manager, her lawyer says

A Texas lawyer charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder was seeking to kill his former office manager, an attorney for the claimed target says. Ex-employee Maryann Uribe has been litigating in civil court in Nueces County against attorney Paul Andrews, 57, for several years over claims she was fired…

Aug 21, 2014 2:45 PM CDT

Lawyers offer tips on how to adapt to the ongoing disruption in the legal market

It’s no secret that the legal industry has undergone a radical shift over the last few years as clients are demanding better, faster and cheaper legal service. It’s a shift that continues to develop and could yet take some unexpected twists and turns. While that can be scary for many…

Aug 7, 2014 11:54 PM CDT

Solo is censured for failing to detect paralegal’s participation in mortgage fraud scheme

A solo lawyer in East Orange, New Jersey, has been censured for failing to discover his paralegal’s wrongdoing. The New Jersey Supreme Court censured lawyer Stephen Brown on July 28 because he didn’t discover the paralegal was participating in a mortgage-fraud scheme, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. The disciplinary…

Aug 7, 2014 4:52 PM CDT

Ex-business partner of lawyer convicted in ‘kids for cash’ seeks freeze on incoming $150M legal fee

A Pittsburgh investment banker says his private juvenile detention companies lost more than $100 million because of theft and illegal kickbacks paid to juvenile court judges by a Pennsylvania attorney convicted in the “kids for cash” case in Luzerne County. So Greg Zappala is trying to freeze an award of…

Aug 6, 2014 10:00 PM CDT

Solos sometimes need help hiring help

Aug 1, 2014 7:20 AM CDT

Bill would regulate gun ads for kids | An NTSB for death penalty cases?

The Volokh Conspiracy takes note of a bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives this week called the Children’s Firearm Marketing Safety Act. Among the facets of the bill are prohibitions on using cartoons to promote firearms; using brand name merchandise marketed for children (hats, T-shirts, etc.) to promote…

Jul 18, 2014 1:28 PM CDT

Brewery sues DUI law firm, says look-alike ‘Sessions Law’ mark confuses ‘Session Lager’ customers

An Oregon craft brewery has sued a Georgia law firm for trademark infringement, contending that a look-alike “Sessions Law” mark is confusing to those familiar with its own “Session Lager.” Filed last week in federal court in Portland, the suit (PDF) by Full Sail Brewing Company says the Atlanta-based Sessions…

Jul 14, 2014 9:55 PM CDT

Lawyer sued by Judge Judy over TV ads says stations urged him to participate

Sued by Judge Judy over alleged unauthorized use of the famed TV-show jurist’s likeness in a video clip, a Connecticut lawyer says he simply participated in an advertising program when asked to do so by local stations. John Haymond says he is a fan of Judy Scheindlin’s show and was…

Jul 14, 2014 5:55 PM CDT

Five months after fire, lawyers are back at work in rehabbed office; arson case is ongoing

More than five months after a fire that authorities say was set by arsonists swept through a New Jersey law firm, its attorneys are back at work in their original Vineland location. Final touches on the renovation that followed the Jan. 28 fire are still being completed, but Helmer, Coney…

Jul 11, 2014 5:35 PM CDT