The Special Prosecutor appointed to oversee the investigation into Donald Trump has a background of prosecuting ‘sensitive’ issues ranging from corruption to genocide. Now he has Donald Trump. Smith is to be in charge of supervising the criminal investigation into whether or not an individual or entity interfered with the transfer of power after the […]
Last Year – 48 Handling clients like both All Blacks coach Ian Foster and potential AB coach Scott Robertson (pictured below) is testament to Warren Alcock’s influence within New Zealand’s premier team and sport generally – not to mention representation of such rugby stars as Ritchie McCaw and Dan Carter. The growing influence and power
Last Year – 49 A long time Bar leader and one of the country’s most experienced and capable litigators, Jim Farmer KC continues to live a busy professional life that would put paid to many litigators half his age. Suggestions of taking things quietly are readily refuted with a busy caseload, albeit perhaps more measured
Can a Democrat \’Hero\’ Land a Knockout Blow To The Resilient Republican Former President? The civil fraud lawsuit issued against most of Donald Trump\’s family this week has garnered headlines and underscored the animosity between a Democrat Attorney General and the Trump family. Letitia James filed the lawsuit against the entire Trump family, excluding just
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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
