MIAMI – January 8, 2007 – Holland & Knight LLP announced today that the firm has significantly expanded its Securities and M&A practices in South Florida with the addition of a group of three partners, Kara L. MacCullough, Laurie Green and Esther L. Moreno. All were formerly shareholders at Akerman Senterfitt, where MacCullough chaired that […]

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Luis O. Rivera, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendant, David Ellis Klingelsmith, Sr., of Stuart, Florida, was sentenced on January 5, 2007 by United States District Court Judge Donald Graham to sixteen (16)

LAWFUEL – British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stated that he believes the manner of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s execution was completely wrong and he would make a statement on the issue next week, his office said on Sunday. Chancellor Gordon Brown, who is expected to succeed Blair as Prime Minister later this year, on

Four Partners Elected and 10 Counsel Promoted for 2007 NEW YORK, January 8, 2007 – On January 1, 2007, four new partners were admitted to Kaye Scholer and 10 attorneys were promoted to counsel. Newly Elected Partners Laurie Abramowitz (Tax, New York) handles all aspects of tax work for corporations, partnerships and high-net-worth individuals. Her

Lawfuel.com’s lead story reports from The Times that Prince William and Prince Harry called yesterday for the inquest into the death of their mother to be not only fair and open but swift. The princes’ call, backed by the sisters and brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was revealed by Baroness Butler-Sloss as

Focuses on Complex Commercial and Corporate Litigation,Including Patent Litigation Wilmington, DE – January 8, 2007 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Edmond D. (“Ted”) Johnson, an experienced lawyer concentrating in complex commercial and corporate litigation, including patent litigation, has joined the firm as a partner resident in the Wilmington office. “Ted is a great addition

DENVER – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Jeffrey Copp, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced that a federal grand jury in Denver has returned an indictment charging JOSE FRANCISCO FRANCO-RODRIGUEZ, age 23, of Mexico, with transporting unlawfully

US LAW – LAWFUEL – A couple whose escaped exotic cat was killed in suburban Ventura County both pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges related to housing of their collection of animals. The couple was moving their exotic cats from San Diego County to their new residence in Moorpark in early 2005 when a

DALLAS – Nina Cortell -LAWFUEL – a Haynes and Boone, LLP partner widely recognized for her expertise handling complex appeals — has been elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The academy was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and to promote improvement of appellate advocacy and appellate court administration. Academy members