Provides an opportunity to gain trial experience and assist the City of Houston (Houston – LAWFUEL) – Five Andrews Kurth litigation associates will begin participation in the City of Houston’s Volunteer Prosecutor Program today. While the associates are on loan to the City of Houston, they will gain trial experience as well as help to […]

PHOENIX – Dennis D. Cope, 56, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Cope pleaded guilty in December 2007 to one count each of conspiracy and securities fraud. Cope was also ordered to pay restitution to numerous victims for a total of $3,949,947.

(Washington, DC – LAWFUEL) – Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that David M. “Max” Williamson has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as Counsel in the Environmental section. Mr. Williamson’s experience spans project development, real estate, climate change, Clean Air Act, transportation planning, toxic tort, Clean Water Act and wetlands, OSHA, Superfund and

Washington, D.C., April 20, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Philadelphia-area investment adviser and its principal with misappropriating millions of dollars in client assets, and obtained an emergency court order freezing their assets. The SEC alleges that through a commingled brokerage account, Donald Anthony Walker Young of Coatesville, Pa., and

International law firm Eversheds is ranked by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100 within the top 15 worldwide. (LAWFUEL) – Eversheds’ International Arbitration Group has been ranked in the world’s top 15 international arbitration practices by the leading international arbitration journal Global Arbitration Review (GAR). Each year the GAR conducts a survey of international arbitration

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Mark Randall Rayborn, age 56, of Lafayette, Colorado, was sentenced last Friday by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 4 years probation for making false threats aboard an aircraft, Acting United States Attorney David Gaouette and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis announced. Rayborn had stated that he

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Noted Dallas attorney Charla Aldous, founder of the Aldous Law Firm, has earned a spot on D Magazine’s listing of the “Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas 2009.” Ms. Aldous has been selected by her peers as one of the best personal injury attorneys in the city. To compile the “Best Lawyers” list,

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Mike McCurley, Richard Orsinger and Mary Jo McCurley, name partners in the Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., each have earned spots on D Magazine’s listing of the “Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas 2009.” This marks Mr. McCurley’s sixth consecutive selection among D Magazine’s top lawyers. It

LawFuel.com – Riyhad – Naji Law Firm in association with DLA Piper has been instructed by the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to draft its consumer protection regulations. The new regulations will include provisions and rules for determining the relationship between all parties dealing in the Saudi air transport market and will

CHICAGO, April 13, 2009 ― LawFuel.com – Legal Announcements – Kirkland & Ellis LLP has moved its Chicago office from the Aon Center at 200 East Randolph Drive to a newly constructed building at 300 North LaSalle. Kirkland will occupy 26 floors of the 60-story high-rise. The building office space measures more than 1,267,331 square