NJ Firms
New Jersey M&As Fall Again in 2010, Continuing a Four-Year Downturn
New Jersey Summer Programs Wither As Demand for Permanent Hires Slows
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N.J. Firms Becoming Partner-Heavy
The ratio of lawyers to partners at the largest New Jersey firms has been dropping for the past three years, an indication that firms are putting more reliance on partners as billing engines.
Censure Urged for Lawyer Who Hung Sign With Suspended Partner's Name
Failure to remove a suspended lawyer?s name from a law office shingle, along with other omissions, warrants a censure for the firm?s remaining partner, the Disciplinary Review Board says.
LeClairRyan to Merge With N.J.'s Seiden Wayne
LeClairRyan, a fast-growing Richmond, Va., firm that has gained toeholds in Boston and New York, is moving into New Jersey by merging with 45-lawyer Seiden Wayne.
Three Plead Guilty to Orchestrating False Insurance Claims for Law Firm
A month after a West Orange, N.J., personal injury firm and one of its partners pleaded guilty to using runners to concoct fraudulent insurance claims, three other people have admitted complicity.
Tobacco Settlement Proves a Money Maker for the N.J. Bond Bar
New Jersey is among the states that have obtained immediate cash for their share of the $4.5 billion to $9 billion a year that states are to receive over time under the 1998 master agreement that settled litigation with the four major tobacco companies.
Stark & Stark Acquires Two Pa. Firms
New Jersey is among the states that have obtained immediate cash for their share of the $4.5 billion to $9 billion a year that states are to receive over time under the 1998 master agreement that settled litigation with the four major tobacco companies.
Mortgage Lenders and Their Lawyers Accused of Foreclosure Overcharges
Two of New Jersey's busiest firms for mortgage lenders are defending themselves against charges that they submitted inflated bills to homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure.
Firm Recruiting Videos Add a Touch of Humor
Law firms continue experimenting with technology and new summer associate program models to enhance recruitment, and an edgy new recruitment Web site adds entertainment to the mix.
Tobacco Settlement Proves a Money Maker for the Bond Bar
New Jersey is among the states that have obtained immediate cash for their share of the $4.5 billion to $9 billion a year that states are to receive over time under the 1998 master agreement that settled litigation with the four major tobacco companies.
Sills Cummis Reprimanded for Employing Unlicensed Attorney
The New Jersey Supreme Court has reprimanded Newark?s Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross ? but no individual partners ? for allowing an associate not admitted in New Jersey to do transactional work here for seven years.
Value, Service Give Small Firms An Edge With Big Companies
Many solos and small-firm practitioners are proving that they can compete with the big law firms when it comes to representing large companies.
Reusing Presigned Certifications Gets Creditors' Firm Fined $125,000
A federal judge has upheld a $125,000 fine against a creditors' law firm for reusing the same presigned certification in 250 bankruptcy cases.
Crisis Experts Give Cole, Schotz Mostly Good Marks for Response
Cole, Schotz's apology and package of self-sanctions were part of a good but not perfect response from a public relations perspective, say three consultants on crisis management for businesses.
Firms Hiring Diversity Officers To Improve Multicultural Image
Law firms serious about attracting and retaining minority lawyers are appointing special officers to help put a stamp of diversity on their firms for their clients, their employees and the world to see.
Warming Up to Wellness Programs
More New Jersey law firms are offering health education, medical monitoring and diet/exercise programs to improve employee vitality and, hopefully, reduce health insurance costs.
N.J. Firms Hike First-Year Pay, Bulk Up on New Hires
New Jersey's large firms are hiring larger classes of new associates and boosting first-year salaries by more than 10 percent, a New Jersey Law Journal survey finds.
Firm Gives Pro Bono Work the Tech Edge
One of the most difficult challenges of managing the pro bono practice of Winston & Strawn's national, multi-office firm is organizing and distributing current information to our 800 U.S. attorneys about available opportunities.
PI Boutique on Growth Spurt Acquires A Newark Firm and a Newark Presence
As of April 1, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks & Zarin of Springfield will acquire Sinins and Bross of Newark. The merger gives the firm - now at 15 lawyers - an ideal Newark location.
Former N.J. Attorney General Farmer Leaves K&L Gates for Arsenault Firm
Less than two years after joining 1,400-lawyer Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, former state Attorney General John Farmer Jr. has left for smaller but greener pastures.
Lobbyists Post Big Gains in 2007
With a new administration in Trenton, New Jersey's registered lobbyists saw a dramatic 20 percent hike in revenues in 2006, and the law firms among them shared in the bounty.
Buchanan's N.J. Bankruptcy Group Moves to Greenberg Traurig
Four bankruptcy lawyers have broken camp at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Princeton branch and pitched their tents at Greenberg Traurig in Florham Park.
Gibbons Hopes Spartan Look of Its New Digs Sends Clients a Message
The Gibbons firm unveiled its new headquarters last week: four and a half floors of economy-sized offices and function-specific public areas all designed to put on display a core value: frugality.
Northern New Jersey Firms Are Among Most 'Leveraged' in U.S.
Northern New Jersey firms are among the most bottom-heavy with associates in the nation, with a higher lawyer-to-partner ratio than any region except New York City and San Jose, Calif., a recent survey shows.
'Eat What You Kill' Firm Splits Over Attempt To Institute Fee Sharing
Nagel Rice & Mazie, whose record of winning multimillion dollar personal injury and class action cases has been matched by few New Jersey firms, is splitting in half because of personality clashes and disagreements about compensation among the name partners.
Gibbons ? in Big Letters ? To Take Its Place Atop Newark Skyscraper
The name Gibbons connotes in other realms a natural foods guru or a simian species, but in New Jersey it's the new name of an 80-year-old law firm ? and it will soon be emblazoned atop one of Newark's tallest towers.
Law Firm Held Vicariously Liable For Client's Investment Losses
An appeals court holds a Morristown firm vicariously liable for $198,340 that a client sank into a failed restaurant franchise at a partner's urging.
