As might be expected, there are few Biglaw firms providing legal aid – pro bono services generally being their preferred contributor to such matters, but there are still a handful of larger firms on the list. The largest Biglaw earners (rounded figures): Morrison Kent – $853,000 Kensington Swan – $138,000 Tompkins Wake – $138,000 Chapman […]
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Congratulations to Partner Stacey Shortall, named Social Mobility Lawyer of the Year at the inaugural Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: Asia-Pacific 2020 announced in Mumbai, India last night. The Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards celebrate in-house legal teams and law firms who are furthering the advancement of diversity and inclusion, both within the legal profession and
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The Legal Aid Power List [adrotate banner=”91″] The Power List is Sponsored by Staedtler Pens – The Pens Top Lawyers Use The Legal Aid Veterans – Legal Aid Suppliers Who Have Gone the Distance The 2020 LawFuel Power List The Million Dollar Legal Aid Earners [adrotate banner=”76″][adrotate banner=”87″] The Top 10 Legal Aid Earners Under
Aside from the million dollar legal aid earners, the top 20 legal aid earners under the million mark had Wellington ACC specialists John Miller Law at the top. The full top 10 include: (Earnings rounded to nearest 000) 1. John Miller Law 972,000 2. Phoenix Law 947,000 3. Victoria Law 964,000 4. Thomas Dewar Sziranyi
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The law firms making the most from legal aid in the last reported year. Top national legal aid recipients 2018/19 New Zealand’s legal aid bill last year was almost $180 million. A total of 1247 legal aid providers were funded in the last reported year in New Zealand, with 0.6 per cent taking $1 million or
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The stayers in the legal aid stakes are taken from figures 12 years ago where we compared the ‘veteran’ earners, headed by all-star legal aid lawyer Sonja Cooper, who received $1.5 million in the 2006/07 year and $1.7 million in the last year reported. Ironically perhaps, Sonja Cooper’s firm makes its principal income from suing
Former Black Cap Andrew Penn has returned to his home town Wanganui after spending 12 years working as Executive Legal Counsel at AMP Capital Partners. He has joined Treadwell Gordon. He has played five one day internationals for New Zealand as a Black Cap and toured overseas three times with the team. He was described
Former lawyer Andrew Neill Simpson has been sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty on 27 November 2019 to 13 charges of money laundering under section 243(2) of the Crimes Act 1961. Mr Simpson surrendered his practising certificate upon his guilty plea. In his 25 February 2020 sentencing notes (R v Daniels and
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Tompkins Wake has added five new lawyers across three of their four offices, further bolstering the firm’s capability across a broad range of legal sectors. Senior Solicitors Jasmine Findlater and Michelle Urquhart will be based in the Rotorua office, Solicitor Charlotte Lunt, and Associate Wendy Embling in Hamilton, and Senior Associate Juliet Short in Auckland.
Victoria Hudgins*The mountain of emails greeting a lawyer when they start their work day can be a daunting task. Add in a steady avalanche of emails throughout the day, and a lawyer can easily feel besieged and stressed. Being inundated with emails was one of various work stressors that the “Friend or Foe: Tech and
