2019

Experienced Attorneys Start Women-Owned Legal Firm

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SCARSDALE, N.Y., April 11, 2019 — After decades of experience working with clients to overcome financial and legal challenges and move forward toward goals, Dawn Kirby, (Pictured) Erica Aisner and Julie Curley have partnered to open a new women-owned law firm, Kirby Aisner & Curley LLP. Its Westchester County location is conveniently situated to serve the needs

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What The White-Shoed Big Law Firms Say About Wearing Brown Shoes. In A Word: Don’t!

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Sartorial style in the law has long been an issue that ranks high in white-shoed Big Law firms, not perhaps as high as gender equality and pay scales, but high nonetheless. And the issue that was recently raised was whether brown shoes should be warn with a blue suit. Well, should they? The issue arose

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DLA Piper advises Tilson Technology Management in SDC Capital Partners’ US$100 million investment 

April 9, 2019 – DLA Piper represented Tilson Technology Management in the completed transaction through which funds managed by SDC Capital Partners, LLC will invest US$100 million in the company. The investment will support Tilson’s expansion by both driving its continued growth of nationwide network infrastructure design-build services and enabling the spin-out and capitalization of Tilson’s

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Employee Benefits Attorney Join Jackson Lewis in LA

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LOS ANGELES, CA (April 10, 2019) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Jean Y. Yu has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a Principal. Ms. Yu joins the firm from Venable LLP, where she focused on employee benefits, ERISA and corporate transactional matters. Ms. Yu is the fourth high-profile lateral

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NEW WINDSOR TAX PREPARER CHARGED WITH TAX EVASION AND 83 COUNTS OF AIDING AND ASSISTING PREPARATION OF FALSE AND FRAUDULENT TAX RETURNS

            Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”), announced today that EVERSLEY E. BARRETT, the owner of a tax preparation business named Eversley Tax, in New Windsor, New York,

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The Avenatti ‘House of Cards’ – Grand Jury Indictments Allege Tax, Bank and Bankruptcy Fraud

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            LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury indictment filed late Wednesday charges high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti with a host of fraud and tax offenses that allege, among other things, that he stole millions of dollars from clients and millions of dollars of employment taxes that his coffee company should have paid to the Internal Revenue Service.

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The Day . . And The Lawyers . . Who Made ‘Tiana From Gisborne’ The Lawyer She Is

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John Bowie Newly annointed Law Society president Tiana Epati presents a fresh, new face for the legal profession, but as an immigrant and a person who has faced prejudice she also has two ‘champions of change’ who helped make her who she is. The self-declared “Tiana from Gisborne” presents one of those inspirational faces and

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Slaughter and May

About Slaughter and May –  A powerhouse firm, Slaughter and May is able to recruit widely and does so based on its view that it is firmly a meritocracy seeking to build upon its global reputation a a major force in the legal market. Largely the firm’s claims for being collegial and inclusive is correct

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Husband of Former Bank Employee Sentenced to 27 Months Jail For Stealing Client Information & Funds

HUSBAND OF FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NEW JERSEY BANK SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR STEALING CLIENT INFORMATION AND FUNDS             Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that two defendants have been sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods in connection with a

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