LawFuel.com- the Law Firm Newswire Service – WilmerHale announced today that Jonathan R. Yarowsky will be joining as a partner in the law firm’s Washington DC office. Yarowsky will serve as chair of WilmerHale’s Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Practice, part of the Strategic Response and Counseling Group, further expanding the firm’s public policy and […]
The Asiana Air crash at San Francisco Airport has seen aviation law specialists at Condon & Forsyth representing the Korean airline in a crash that killed two people and injured many others. Condon & Forsyth has offices in New York and Los Angeles and has significant aviation law expertise, including representing American Airlines after the
London partners Michael Hatchard, Karyl Nairn QC (pictured)and Scott Simpson have been included in the inaugural “Chambers 100,” the U.K.’s top 100 lawyers. Skadden is one of only two U.S. firms with as many as three partners ranked. Additionally, Mr. Simpson is the only U.S.-qualified transactional lawyer on the list, which is based on the attorneys’
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RIVERSIDE, California – An Upland attorney surrendered this morning after being charged with stealing approximately $129,795 in social security benefits. Audrey Owens, 60, a deputy public defender for Riverside County, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court on June 10 with theft of government property in a scheme that spanned 12 years.
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Manhattan lawyer Ronny Buni attempted to collect fees from his client, but received a major reversal of fortunes when the fees, described as “frivolous”, were not only overlooked by the Court but Buni was ordered to pay his clients $21,000. Buni’s fees for “legal research” amounted more to Law 101 said Manhattan civil court judge
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LONDON (July 8, 2013) Lawfuel.com – UK Law News Daily — International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Ziva Robertson has joined as a partner in its International Private Client Practice Group, based in the Firm’s London office. Ziva specialises in complex cross-jurisdictional trust issues advising trustees, beneficiaries, settlors and protectors on
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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
Clifford Chance may have suffered from a fall in partnership profits, but it hasn’t prevented the partners taking home £1 million each. Their profits are not quite what some of the Magic Circle firm’s rivals are making, with Linklaters partners taking more than £1.3 million in the financial year, and Freshfields partners taking home an
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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
