LawFuel.com – Women in Law – Akerman Senterfitt today announced that Samantha Feuer, a lawyer with the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Practice Groups in West Palm Beach has been honored with the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL) 2013 Annual Justice Barbara Pariente Award for her support in advancing women in the legal […]
LawFuel.com – Law Firm News & Marketing – Adams and Reese is saddened to announce that our Partner, Henry Evans Simpson, passed away earlier today, July 8, 2013. Henry was an accomplished banking and finance litigator practicing in the firm’s Birmingham office and a leader of our Banking and Finance Team. Henry practiced law for
MOSCOW, July 8, 2013: Morgan Lewis announced today that a group of eight lawyers from the international law firm of Gide Loyrette Nouell will join its Business and Finance Practice, resident in Moscow. The group is led by partners Grigory Marinichev—the former head of the Banking and Finance and Restructuring Practices at Gide—and Konstantin Kochetkov,
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Part-time law work may pay well for some,but for members of New York’s State Legislature it can earn people like Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (pictured) up to $450,000 a year. According to financial dislosure filings released this week under the state’s new ethics law, part time work with law firms has been a major earner
In a complaint that reads at times like a legal thriller with allegations of gross unethical conduct, a former associate of law firm Brayton Purcell has been filed by a former associate of the firm, Christopher Andreas. The 45 page complaint was filed in the California Superior Court and makes the allegations against the firm’s
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They’re not the greatest of friends and in fact the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key denied ever knowing about the most famous member of his own electorate, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. But all that changed with last year’s raid by New Zealand authorities on the Kim Dotcom mansion, made at the behest of the
Lawyer Wendy Musielak was given the prestigious honor as 2013 Lawyer of the Year by the (DCBA). Ms. Musielak was recognized for her commitment to her community and area legal associations. Ms. Musielak is dedicated to her memberships to the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers (DAWL) and the DCBA. She was bestowed with her Lawyer
LawFuel.com – The Law Firm Newswire – Global, 1 July 2013 – Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced the election of 71 new partners across the Firm worldwide. The promotions, which take effect today, will bring the total number of partners in the Firm to 1,450. Regionally, 27% of the promotions are in Asia-Pacific;
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What’s a blue-blooded law firm doing mixing with white collar criminal lawyers? How is Wall Street, the arena for M&A work, cross-border currency trades and multi-tiered financing deals, doing having lawyers who handle crime in their midst? The reason, quite simply, is the rise in white collar criminal work. And it’s not to be sneezed
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The legal profession has always been a tough nut to crack when it comes to women ruling the roost. In a highly competitive environment, women taking senior roles in business or the law have always attracted some sideways glances. What are they giving up? Are they too tough to be feminine? Why would they even
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