The LawFuel Mother’s Day Lawyers List Mother’s Day sees us look at some leading lawyers who are also mothers and have had to address that perceived conflict between being a mother and being a successful lawyer. Many reports and surveys indicate that women lawyers who are also mothers are advancing more slowly than their male
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A senior Chapman Tripp litigator sees fewer disputes being resolved on a lawyer-to-lawyer basis and heading directly to an overcrowded court system. Chapman Tripp partner Justin Graham, who oversees a team of about 80 litigation says that courts are currently so backlogged that it’s taking more than two years to bring cases to trial, which
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The Tabloid Villain’s Nice Guy Lawyer Tom Borman, LawFuel ‘Law Star’ writer and legal contributor Representing Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer who became the focus of the #Metoo movement’s most egregious observations about sexual harassment, may not be the most popular client for most lawyers but for Arthur Aidala his appellate win freeing Weinstein
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Paul Weiss is mourning the death of litigator Michael Gertzman whose practice included a wide array of complex criminal, regulatory, and civil matters. He received wide recognition for his handling of high-profile cases, including his early collaboration with Arthur Liman in defending Michael Milken during high-stakes proceedings involving the Department of Justice and the SEC.
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Matt Whineray Heads Another Multi-Billion Dollar Operation LawFuel Power Lawyer Matt Whineray has moved from one multi-billion dollar fund management group to another that has yet to be formed, in a new role. The former manager of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, valued at $70 billion, he is to head a merger of three finance
International Criminal Law Star International criminal law specialist Blerina Jasari, who worked on the prosecution of Ratko Mladic and who last contributed an article for LawFuel on cryptocurrency fraud has been selected to this year’s Washington DC Rising Star list, a distinction awarded to the top 2.5 percent of DC lawyers. After receiving her law
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UK High Court Upholds Accidental Divorce Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor The finality of divorce was made crystal clear by the UK High Court in a recent decision involving high profile divorce lawyers Vardags who were refused an application to annul a final divorce decree made via an online divorce tool. The application resulted from
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Mike McNamara’s New Role at Baretz+Brunelle Mike McNamara helped build Dentons into a global, legal powerhouse and has not become the inaugural CEO of a legal consultancy that is working to help law firms navigate the evolving legal playing field. Dentons has become the world’s largest law firm. He held the position of CEO from
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Transgender Judge Leaves Bench Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor Pioneeering transgender High Court Master Victoria McCloud, 54, has resigned her legal role to avoid politicising the judiciary. The Times reported that she told the senior judiciary that she is quitting because “I am now political every time I choose where to pee” and that she
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The Easha Anand Supreme Court File Tom Borman, LawFuel ‘Law Star’ writer and legal contributor Described by leading legal commentator David Lat as a ‘Rising Star of the Supreme Court’, Easha Anand switched from a career as a potentially brilliant mathematician to journalism before switching to law – where she has become more than merely
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