Bankruptcy law may not sound like the sort of legal work that many aspirational lawyers would necessarily seek out as a way to achieve legal stardom, but for Kirkland & Ellis partner it is a combination of litigation and commerce that provides challenge and excitement for Christine Okike. Christine Okike has recently managed a $1 […]
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Karen Dunn is one of the leading litigators in the United States with a raft of awards and as a partner with Paul Weiss she has at a relatively young age created an impressive career of achievement and accolades from a variety of leading legal media outlets.
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Wayne Denniston may not have taken the high profile role in the now celebrated defamation win for Johnny Depp but an interview with Law.com revealed the factors that lead to his current success as a key player at Brown Rudnick. The following interview was published by Brown Rudnick. Partner Wayne Dennison, who played a critical role
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The raid by the FBI on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home has focused the spotlight once again on Trump’s legal situation, but who is his lawyer? His former lawyer, the eccentric and apparently fading former luminary Rudy Giuliani is no longer acting but it will be Evan Corcoran, the Corcoran represented Steve Bannon, Trump’s former
Preet Bharara, the prosecutor dumped by Donald Trump when President has taken job with WilmerHale in New York, continuing a job with work on internal investigations, government matters, congressional investigations, compliance and risk assessments, crisis management and pro bono cases The former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York was dismissed from his
The Johnny Depp trial centered on the allegedly aggrieved former wife Amber Heard and has been one of the highest profile #MeToo cases to have gone to trial, but it has ironically also been a case that has elevated women attorneys into the forefront of trial law, particularly with the emergence of Depp’s key defense
LegalTech company Legl has picked up $18 million in a funding round for its SaaS platform designed to ease the way for law firms to mitigate risk for their clients. Legl has inked deals with over 170 law firms in the past two years as its system drives workflow driven payments and automates business processes
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The death by suicide of a high profile litigator in the US has once again highlighted the law profession’s mental health issues faced by the law profession generally. Philadelphia lawyer Slade McLaughlin, who co-founded McLaughlin & Lauricella and a ‘Super Lawyer’ among other accolades he achieved, had handled claims for sex abuse victims and reportedly
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But here ‘get your f….g ass up and work’ comment has created a Will Smith-style apology to women in business Kardashians’ star Kim Kardashian has more than a passion for fashion and celebrity, she also has passion for criminal justice with a desire for a legal career to follow her father, who shot to his
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Former Miss USA and attorney Cheslie Kryst’s death has left obvious sadness, but has also served to further highlight the issues of lawyers’ mental health – an issue that has affected lawyers everywhere. Kryst died last Sunday after she jumped from the 60 story Orion building in New York and had shortly before the jump
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