The American Lawyer midlevel associate survey saw those associates at third-to-five years giving their firms the best composite scores the survey has seen in a decade. But the women are less than happy. While law jobs have declined and the profession has seen major challenges in the wake of the GFC, those who have retained […]
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First Law Firm to Establish an Outpost In Miami’s Wynwood Art District, a Rising Center for Innovation for U.S. and International Entrepreneurs [wp_ad_camp_2] MIAMI, Aug. 28, 2013 LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire — Akerman Senterfitt, a leading U.S. law firm, today announced that it has embedded itself into one of the country’s most promising
Katherine Doorley is an associate with Weil law firm and wrote on August 26, 2013, published in the Bankruptcy Blog · Preference actions have been a frequent topic here at the Bankruptcy Blog. In the past, we have discussed releases that saved creditors from preference actions, whether assumption and assignment of an executory contract
Geoffrey R. Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, was the school’s dean from 1987 to 1993 and was the provost of the university from 1993 to 2002. This column appeared in the New York Times. There is nothing inevitable about the three-year program of legal study, any more than there is
LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire – Jones Day is pleased to announce that 222 of its lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC). These lawyers are located in each of the Firm’s 16 U.S. offices and received recognition
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Lawfuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire – Firm Partner Elnardo Webster and golf pro Derek Ernst addressed over 400 children at The Barclay’s PGA Tour’s Kids’ Clinic at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City on Aug. 20th. [wp_ad_camp_3] The Meet and Greet was sponsored and hosted by Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster, working with The
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Bradley Manning has already created an uproar with his WikiLeaks case, but he may be headed for another legal showdown over his request to serve his time as a woman following hormone treatment. Current Pentagon policy dictates that transgender soldiers are not allowed to serve, and Manning won’t be discharged until being released from prison
LawFuel.com – Texas Lawyer reports on the top litigation departments in the State, using two criteria: general litigation and specialist litigation with an award open to any Texas law firm. Here’s the Texas Lawyer categorization: The general litigation award was categorized by firm size: small, midsize and large. The specialty-litigation practice groups were: intellectual property,
LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire Service – Presented by Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and Gray Plant Mooty Social media allows businesses and organizations to engage in a dynamic interactive dialogue with customers and clients as never before. As businesses and organizations increasingly recognize the power of social media as an important
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LawFuel.com – Best Law Marketing and Newswire Service – The Ohio State Bar Association opened its paralegal certification program in 2007 and has seen over 220 paralegals certified, the GetParalegalCertification reports. As with many states, only lawyers are permitted to practice law in Ohio and paralegal work has to be handled under legal supervision. “In
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