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Wealth Management Group Leaving Wilson for Regional Firm
The Recorder
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati wealth management partner Peter LaBoskey is leaving the firm after nearly three decades, and taking his group of five attorneys to midsize regional shop Hopkins & Carley on March 1. That firm is opening an office in Palo Alto, Calif., to accommodate the new group. Managing partner William Klein said his firm had been looking to grow its 15-lawyer family wealth and tax planning department for several years, and added that the new group won't need to lower its rates.
2 Family Law Leaders at Schnader Harrison Start Own Firm
The Legal Intelligencer
Two of the three co-chairmen of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis' family law department have left to start a Philadelphia boutique. Mark Momjian and Stephen Anderer opened Momjian Anderer on Monday. Momjian said he and Anderer have worked together to create a unique mix of family and mental health law. Momjian's father, Albert Momjian, will remain at Schnader Harrison and continue to lead the family law practice there. The two departing attorneys indicate they plan to continue a relationship with their old firm.
Pending Malpractice Suit Against Firm Doesn't Excuse Paying Fees, N.J. Court Rules
New Jersey Law Journal
A family court order requiring a divorce litigant to pay a law firm $50,000 in fees, even though he had a malpractice case pending against the firm, has been upheld on appeal. A New Jersey court ruled there was no error in ordering and enforcing the fee award, because the client neither asked the family court for a stay nor sought to consolidate the malpractice and matrimonial cases. The court also noted the lower court "expressly carved out the malpractice issue from its decision, and made no findings on those allegations."
Federal Judge Blasts Attorneys for 'Bad Faith'
Fulton County Daily Report
In a damning order, a federal judge has found that attorneys Cary Ichter and Guy H. Weiss, the law firm of Adorno & Yoss and their former client "blatantly misrepresented" the law, acted with "dishonesty" and in "bad faith," and, in Ichter's case, "violated the integrity of the judicial system." As a result, a federal magistrate has recommended that the attorneys and their client, the plaintiff in a highly contested trade dress action, pay nearly $312,000 in attorney fees, costs and expenses to the defendants.
White-Collar Lawyer Leaves Jones Day for Solo Practice
The Recorder
John Cline, a San Francisco white-collar defense lawyer who has made headlines for work in national security cases and has represented clients such as Oliver North and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is leaving Jones Day to start his own firm. Cline cited a desire to focus solely on individuals charged with crimes. He said he decided late last year the time was ripe to try and build a firm from scratch. "I really am moving in a somewhat different direction than Jones Day or any big firm would want to go," Cline said.
Brach Eichler Decides to Stay on Their Own
The Legal Intelligencer
When Wolf Block dissolved, the 60 attorneys in the Roseland, N.J., office became a stand-alone firm, Brach Eichler. Managing partner John Fanburg says that after examining year-end financials, he and his partners think they can flourish together instead of splintering or merging with a larger operation. To help the firm succeed, Fanburg has made partners more accountable, for instance by preventing partners who don't meet deadlines for sending monthly bills from receiving their draws for the next month.
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