Hired Gun: Making Full-Time Work Out of Bits and Pieces

Aug 1, 2011 6:30 AM CDT

NU Law Grad Finishes Ill. Bar Exam 2 Hours Before Delivering Her First Baby

Think you had a harrowing time taking the bar exam? It probably can’t compare to Elana Nightingale Dawson’s experience. The 2011 Northwestern University Law School graduate sat for the Illinois bar in Chicago on July 27, and less than two hours after she finished gave birth to her first child,…

Jul 29, 2011 8:52 PM CDT

Lawyer Accused of Harassing Employee, Asking Her to Wear Swimsuit to the Office

Already defending legal ethics charges because of his alleged sexual harassment of six women, including four employees, a Chicago class action lawyer is now facing additional accusations concerning his treatment of a female associate. An amended complaint against Paul Weiss filed by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission says…

Jul 26, 2011 6:33 PM CDT

Decades Ago, I Took a Newspaper’s File of Unflattering Photos of a Federal Judge, Law Partner Says

Women, more so than men, tend to be portrayed in an unflattering manner in photos as their popularity wanes, writes former Congressman and current law firm partner Martin Frost in a Politico opinion column. And, while female politicians tend to suffer the most, others including lawyers, have also felt its…

Jul 20, 2011 10:48 PM CDT

Recruited by Skadden as She Neared 70, Chicago Lawyer’s Job Is to Bring in Business, Mentor Women

Sheli Rosenberg had retired in 2002, well-to-do and weary after decades as a high-profile Illinois lawyer. When Wayne Whalen of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom asked her to breakfast last year at the Chicago Club, Rosenberg, who is now 69, expected him to pitch her about making a political…

Jul 19, 2011 5:20 PM CDT

Top-Earning GC Is a Woman Who Made $6.5M In Cash Compensation

A woman who is chief legal officer of tobacco giant Altria Group is the nation’s top-earning general counsel. Denise Keane earned $6.5 million in total cash compensation in 2010, putting her in the No. 1 spot in a survey of general counsel pay, Corporate Counsel reports. No woman has held…

Jul 19, 2011 1:41 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: More Lawyers Working Via Smartphone; Can Poetry Help You Get to the Point?

Smartphones Taking Hold At iPhone J.D., Adams and Reese partner Jeff Richardson shared some stats from and thoughts on the results of the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center’s 2011 Legal Technology Survey Report. This year, 88 percent of the 838 lawyers who responded to the survey reported that they owned…

Jul 15, 2011 1:30 PM CDT

Fla. AG Had No Income in 2010

The attorney general of Florida, Pam Bondi, gave up her job at the Hillsborough County State’s Attorney’s office at the end of 2009 so she could run for office in 2010. Hence, Bondi, who is now engaged to an ophthalmologist, had no income in 2010, according to financial disclosure forms…

Jul 8, 2011 1:48 PM CDT

Woman, 52, Says She Was Fired Over Her Gray Hair; CEO Points Out He Has Gray Hair, Too

A former branch manager and escrow officer says in a federal lawsuit that she was fired from her job at a Texas title company because of her refusal to dye her gray hair and wear “younger fancy suits” and lots of jewelry. But CEO Bill Shaddock scoffs at Sandra Rawline’s…

Jul 7, 2011 7:57 PM CDT

Top Antitrust Regulator to Join Cravath

The nation’s main antitrust regulator is moving to a New York law firm. Christine Varney will leave the antitrust division of the Department of Justice later this year to join Cravath Swaine & Moore, where she is expected to work on antitrust issues in mergers and acquisitions, reports the DealBook…

Jul 6, 2011 8:44 PM CDT

Women’s Work? Some Find Web 2.0 Plays to Female Attorneys’ Strengths

Jul 1, 2011 7:20 AM CDT

Seeking The ‘New Perfect’: Survey of Female Lawyers Highlights Their Struggles and Skill

Jul 1, 2011 6:50 AM CDT

Two Lawyers Awarded $100K Each for Fighting Intolerance

Two lawyers and three civil rights groups will be awarded $100,000 each for their efforts to fight intolerance. The lawyers are Barbara Arnwine, the executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and Morris Dees, a founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center.…

Jun 29, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

Conservative Justices Tend to Exert More Verbal Control When Addressing Female Lawyers, Study Says

Conservative Supreme Court justices tend to talk more and ask fewer questions when addressing female rather than male lawyers, a new study has found. Liberal justices, on the other hand, do the opposite, according to the study (PDF) and a press release summarizing its findings. The study, set to be…

Jun 23, 2011 10:30 AM CDT

Are More Women Torn Between Work, Parenting? Yes, Says Litigator Whose Husband Stays Home with Kids

Weighing in on an ongoing New York Times debate about whether men and women react differently to the conflict between work demands and children, a Manhattan lawyer whose husband is the stay-at-home parent in their household says she believes biology is, to some degree, destiny. Although her husband is an…

Jun 20, 2011 10:42 PM CDT