How good are law firms REALLY when it comes to associate development? The practices vary widely, whether you’re an associate in a US, UK, Australian firm or otherwise. And according to a recent report in AbovetheLaw, which indicated how associates can easily get overlooked when it comes to courtroom experience. The issue arose over oral […]
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Melbourne police are hunting the contract killers of a Melbourne lawyer, who acted for a number of gangland figures. Joe “Pino” Acquaro was a well known criminal lawyer in Melbourne who had a $500,000 contract on his head and was shot early Tuesday morning after leaving his ice cream cafe. Mr Acquaro had strong ties
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Lawyers sit at Number 2 on the “Best Paid” list in the United States. So who do you think might be sitting at top position? Doctors, would be the correct answer, in a survey of the 25 highest paying jobs in America for 2016 undertaken by Glassdoor.com. Lawyers trail only doctors on a list of
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Why is Austin Burdick, an Alabama family law attorney, suing each of the five Supreme Court justices who favor same sex marriage? Do we need to ask? It’s because Mr Burdick, a Republican and Mormon lawyer, is anti gay marriage and he’s claiming in his suit that he has suffered – to the tune of
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Robot lawyers may seem a little scary . . but for a 19 year old student he has a robot lawyer that has already appealed $3 million in parking tickets. The saving in costs for such an appeal – estimated to be from $400 – $900 – is massive. And Joshua Browder, a Stanford University student,
Who said lawyers were not inventive when it comes to protecting the “rights” of their clients – even if it involves shooting a neighbor’s girl? Florida man Harold Lanham accidently shot the 14-year-old girl when using his backyard shooting range, as you do. The girl said she heard the gunshots and tried to move her
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Personal injury attorney Terry Crouppen, half of the Missouri firm Brown and Crouppen has used a Super Bowl ad to slam Rams owner, billionaire Stan Kroenke. The 30 second ad is to air during Super Bowl 50 and the attorney provides some advice to “Silent Stan” Kroenke and defends the loyal Rams fans, telling Kroenke that they
A hot jailhouse romance in Florida – where else? – well, maybe California or Mexico – has landed a lawyer in a heap of trouble with the local bar. The story goes that a deputy walked into a jail interview between attorney Jessica Mishali, 35, and her client, Ysreal Granda, 26. The pair appeared to
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Anyone who has watched “Making a Murderer” – all three of you – will know that Steven Avery served 18 years in prison before being released after DNA evidence proved his innocence. He was then rre-arrested and convicted of the murder of photograher Teresa Halbach. And he’s appealing again, using a smart lawyer named Kathleen
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Cherie Blair has promoted pop star James Blunt’s wife Sofia to the board of her law firm, creating another high-profile glamorous rival to the other London glamor lawyer, Mrs George Clooney. But Sofia and Amal Clooney may cross swords too as Cherie Blair’s law firm, Omnia Strategy, represents some high profile bad guys – various
