The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce the addition of partners Brian A. Ochs and Martin D. (Marty) Teckler, and associates Marc T. Foster, Anthony T. (Tony) Pavel, Jr., and Lori G. Galletto to its Washington, DC office. With these arrivals, K&L’s Washington office has 138 lawyers. Ochs, […]

The former owner and operator of an Orange County-based correspondence school called Columbia State University has agreed to plead guilty to all nine counts of mail fraud that were alleged against him by a federal grand jury last year. Ronald Pellar, 75, is scheduled to plead guilty to the nine felony counts at 2:30 this

Appleby Spurling & Kempe and Hunter & Hunter announced today that the two law firms will unite their business operations on April 1, 2004, creating the first law firm with a major presence in both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands — two of the world’s leading offshore business centres. The combined group, to be known

Eleven Attorneys in Five Different Practice Groups Join Pryor Cashman *** NEW YORK, January 13, 2004 – Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, one of New York’s premier mid-size law firms, starts out the new year with strategic acquisitions, augmenting its labor and employment, employee benefits, white collar defense, and investment funds practices, and establishing

Holland & Knight LLP announced today 27 attorneys who were recently elected to the partnership, according to Howell W. Melton, Jr., the firm’s managing partner. Of those named, 19 were associates and eight were senior counsel in various offices of the firm’s locations nationwide. The attorneys elevated to partnership are: Bethesda Associates elevated to partnership:

In the first case of its kind filed in the United States, federal authorities today arrested two Canyon County residents on federal charges of conspiring to perform female genital mutilation on two minors. Todd Cameron Bertrang, 41 , and his companion, Robyn Faulkinbury, 24, were arrested at their residence early this morning by special agents

Global law firm Clifford Chance has taken the number one slots in the European and UK end of year M&A league tables for announced deals published by Thomson Financial. The firm was also ranked 2nd for worldwide M&A. Clifford Chance also took the number one slot in Mergermarket’s Pan-European M&A league table for announced deals.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that John F. O’Connor, Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov and Thomas J. Trendl have been elected partners of the firm in its DC office, and Bennett Evan Cooper has been elected partner of the firm in the Phoenix, AZ office. Catherine M. Giovannoni, Paul R. Hurst, Gregory S. McCue, Patrick

Leading commercial law firm Phillips Fox has welcomed the Australian Government’s written submission this week to the draft Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Sydney IT and ecommerce partner, Matthew Hall said the Government’s submission demonstrates its commitment to ensuring the participation of people with disabilities in all levels of society. A significant

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised PetroChina on its recent landmark gas sales agreement with Shanghai Natural Gas Pipeline, to begin supplying natural gas to Shanghai through its West-East Gas Pipeline project. The agreement was signed between the parties on January 1, 2004. Baker & McKenzie advised PetroChina on all aspects of this