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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP today announced the addition of A. Elizabeth “Lizz” Patrick as partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. Ms. Patrick will join Kilpatrick Stockton’s Construction Law and Public Contracts Practice Group, where she will continue her practice in assisting owners, developers, construction companies and others with planning and managing complex development and construction projects,

After a 23-year career in law enforcement and another four years as a Special Agent/Forensic Examiner and Internet investigator with the High Tech Crime Unit of the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, electronic evidence analysis expert Ives R. Potrafka is leaving the public sector. White-collar criminals beware, though: Potrafka isn’t exactly retiring. Instead, the Certified Forensics

Baker & McKenzie announced today that its Paris office has been strengthened with the arrival of a team of five real estate lawyers, headed by Olivier Mesmin. The team joins the Firm from EY Law. Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie, Olivier Mesmin was a partner of EY Law where he headed the Real Estate

International law firm, Dewey Ballantine LLP, today announced the launch of its new Web site, http://www.deweyballantine.com. The site features enriched content, enhanced functionality, improved navigation, a new visual design and the firm’s tagline, “One Voice, One Vision, One Firm.” The Web site highlights Dewey Ballantine’s attorneys, practice areas, client work, industry accomplishments and recruiting program.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP has added Harold H. Fox as a partner in its Technology, Internet and Media practice, effective immediately. He will provide counseling and patent prosecution across all sectors of the chemical industry, as well as in the areas of pharmaceuticals; mechanical, medical and optical devices; materials sciences; nanotechnology; and biotechnology, as a

James P. Lewis Jr., who ran Financial Advisory Consultants, claimed to have nearly $814 million under management – but had only $2 million in bank The man who ran Financial Advisory Consultants (FAC), allegedly bilking several thousand victims out of millions of dollars, was indicted today on federal mail fraud and money laundering charges for

A landmark survey of the Asian-Pacific region to discover whether individual countries in that region could emulate the burgeoning product liability litigation being experienced in the United States and Australia has been initiated by a leading Australian lawyer. Jocelyn Kellam from Australian law firm Clayton Utz, an acknowledged commentator and author on product liability issues

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today that Nigel Woo was sentenced by United States District Judge James I. Cohn for distributing pirated software over the Internet in violation of the federal criminal copyright infringement

Two Southern California residents were indicted today on federal charges of conspiring to perform female genital mutilation on two minors. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles also alleged that the two produced child pornography involving a female minor who was enticed to engage in sexual conduct that was photographed. Todd Cameron Bertrang, 41 ,

International law firm Coudert Brothers has significantly strengthened its property practice in Sydney with the appointment of a new partner with stand-out experience and skills in this area. The firm is delighted to announce that Lexia Wilson has joined the firm, considerably extending the expertise and capability of the property group. Also joining the firm