Akerman Expands Litigation Practice Group With Addition of Federal Public Defender

Powered by LawFuel.com -Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Litigation Practice Group with former Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Sowmya Bharathi as a partner in Fort Lauderdale. Bharathi brings first-chair trial experience to a team of more than 350 litigators nationally, with a focus on civil […]

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Law Star Kevin Downey – Elizabeth Holmes’ Lawyer

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Kevin Downey, a partner at the Washington law firm Williams & Connolly, is the lead lawyer for Holmes. Robert Leach, an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of California, will lead the prosecution for the government, along with other prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office. Holmes, a Stanford University dropout who founded Theranos

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New Zealand’s Top Criminal Barristers . . According to NZ Herald . . And The Missing Criminal Power Lawyers

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The NZ Herald has named the ‘top criminal lawyers’ in the country, with an addendum of 11 after-thought barristers who the dear old newspaper thinks might be worthy of inclusion, including outgoing NZ Law Society president Tiana Epati, who some may think would struggle to enter those ranks notwithstanding her lofty legal role. A number

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The Message For Jacinda’s Government From Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Michael Bassett*  It was hard not to be moved by the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu last week. The tributes to him captured the essentials of the man: his extraordinary energy, his infectious laugh, his unwavering message of equal rights for all people, his unfailing opposition to racial segregation in all its forms. He visited

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Biglaw Lateral Moves Continue As Cravath’s Lose Senior Lawyer

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As biglaw firms move increasingly away from the lockstep compensation system, the ongoing lateral law firm movements  between them continues with one of the latest, high profile hires being Cravath Swaine & Moore partner Jennifer Conway who has moved to Davis, Polk & Wardwell. We recently reported about the lockstep compensation system being on its

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