Lawfuel – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Catherine M. Amirfar, Erica Berthou, Sean Hecker, Nicole Levin Mesard, Jordan C. Murray and Karolos Seeger will become partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2008. Ms. Amirfar, Ms. Berthou, Mr. Hecker, Ms. Mesard and Mr. Murray are resident in the New York office, […]

Austin (April 21, 2008) — Pete Winstead, a founding shareholder of Texas law firm Winstead PC, will be awarded the prestigious W. Neal Kocurek Legacy Award in recognition of his tremendous contributions to the civic and business communities of central Texas. The award is given by Envision Central Texas, a regional non-profit planning organization created

Dallas (April 21, 2008)Lawfuel — Brian Short, a real estate finance attorney, has joined Texas law firm Winstead PC as a shareholder. He will be located in the firm’s Dallas office, working with the Real Estate Structured Finance Practice Group in the Business & Transactions Department. Short returns to Winstead after a short tenure at

DALLAS/HOUSTON/AUSTIN (Lawfuel) – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is being recognized for the fifth consecutive year among the top law firms in Texas in Chambers USA’s annual listing of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.” Additionally, 19 of the firm’s partners are recognized as being among the best in their individual fields. Published annually by London-based Chambers

Jayne Fleming with 2008 John Minor Wisdom AWARD For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027 (Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008) — LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Jayne E. Fleming, Pro Bono Counsel at Reed Smith LLP, has today received the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s 2008 “John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism

LAWFUEL – A former employee of the Northrop Grumman Corporation and his wife pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to a scheme in which they caused the defense contractor to pay approximately $2.5 million for materials that were never delivered. Michael Crabtree, 48, of Buckeye, Arizona, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering in

Jones Day Welcomes H. Stephen Harris, Jr. as Antitrust Partner WASHINGTON & ATLANTA–LAWFUEL – Law Newswire –The international law firm Jones Day today announced that H. Stephen Harris, Jr. has joined the Firm as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Law Practice in the Atlanta and Washington offices. He has been widely recognized as

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 21, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The decline of Citigroup’s fixed income hedge funds has led to investor claims and an investigation of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C), according to a four-law firm legal team with nationally recognized securities law experience. But the brokers who sold the hedge funds are not targets of investor claims,

Washington, D.C., April 21, 2008 (Lawfuel) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Michael J. Halloran, Counselor to the Chairman and Deputy Chief of Staff, will leave the agency in May, with plans to return to the private sector. “Mike has had an enormous impact during his time at the agency, and will

NEW YORK, April 21, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP (www.pomerantzlaw.com) (“Pomerantz”) has Commenced an antitrust class action against various investment banks including, Bank of America, N.A., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Piper Jaffray & Co., UBS AG, and Wachovia Bank N.A., concerning municipal derivatives. A municipal derivative is one of