Chicago – January 27, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Baker & McKenzie announced today the election of 16 new Partners in North America, bringing the total number of Partners in the region to 367. The elections were effective as of January 1, 2009. North American Managing Partner Peter Engstrom commented: “During these challenging economic times, the Firm
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Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Mary L. Schapiro was sworn in this morning as the 29th Chairman of the SEC. The oath of office was administered by SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter at SEC headquarters, where Chairman Schapiro was joined by her husband, Chas Cadwell,
TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Former South Tucson Police Lieutenant Richard R. Garcia, 47, of Tucson, made his first appearance in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Marshall. During today’s hearing, Garcia gave up his right to be indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with theft
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL)– Phoenix attorney, James Joseph Everett, 54, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 13 months in prison on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Everett was found guilty by a federal jury on 33 counts of False Declarations in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Bankruptcy Fraud and Money laundering. The evidence
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For years, the law firm Heller Ehrman LLP used a goofy coat of arms inside its offices: a laurel wreath, the scales of justice and a Latin quotation, elvem ipsum etiam vivere. Rough translation: Elvis Lives. In late September, Heller Ehrman went the way of Elvis. Just two years after its most profitable year ever,
New Partners Practice In Diverse Areas Ranging from Intellectual Property to Syndication January 26, 2009 (New York, NY – LAWFUEL) – International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has elected seven attorneys to its partnership. The new partners practice in diverse areas representing all four of the firm’s departments (business, intellectual property, litigation and real estate).
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In John Grisham’s classic legal thriller “The Firm,” published in 1991, ambitious young lawyer Mitch McDeere signs on with a prestigious law firm only to find himself caught in a world of deception and danger. In “The Associate” (his 22d book), Grisham entertainingly returns to the theme of a young lawyer seemingly in over his
At Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast Philadelphia, Pa. (LAWFUEL) – January 23, 2009 – The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia honored James T. Giles, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and now of counsel to Pepper Hamilton LLP, at its annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
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Skadden. The name, terse and uncompromising, symbolizes the most rarefied levels of corporate law, where clients throw platoons of attorneys at a problem and barely blink at the resulting $50,000-an-hour bills. With 1,700 attorneys and $2.2 billion in fees last year, New York’s Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is the biggest U.S. law firm
Two Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attorneys indicted in a nearly $1 billion Ponzi scheme known as Mutual Benefits are anything but fly-by-night hucksters known to be associated with the worn pyramid con. Michael McNerney and Anthony Livoti Jr. are well-respected advocates and have been fixtures in the legal community for decades. McNerney served as chairman of
