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June 14, 1999 |

Why Errant Attorneys Often Avoid Prosecution

Few lawyers accused of embezzling a client's money face criminal sanctions, despite prosecutors' insistence that they consider lawyer theft as serious a crime as taking another person's wallet. "You can steal more with a briefcase than you can with a gun," one attorney mused. How do they get away with it? Sometimes lawyers take the money and run, and sometimes allegations are examined and deemed civil rather than criminal. So, theft cases involving lawyers rarely make it to a DA's office.
18 minute read
May 27, 2003 |

PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHARITY RUN

Placement Company Score
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May 04, 2000 |

Making Gains, But Still Far to Go

As recently as the 1970s, African-American lawyers were routinely mistaken for messengers by co-workers. Into the 1980s, women lawyers were asked to fetch coffee for male counterparts. The dozen or so minority and woman lawyers who were among the first to reach partnership status in Washington, D.C law firms all have stories like these to tell. Today, minorities account for 3.3 percent of partners in major firms in the District and women make up just over 15 percent of the city's partners.
10 minute read
July 01, 1999 |

Panitch, Akin Gump Merge to Expand IP Practice

Philadelphia-based iIntellectual property boutique Panitch Schwarze Jacobs & Nadel announced yesterday that it would merge into Washington, D.C. giant Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, effective today. The 28-attorney Panitch firm will join forces with Akin Gump's five attorneys in a Philadelphia office that leaders of both firms plan to expand under the Akin Gump name.
4 minute read
May 03, 2000 |

Salaries vs. Profits: Salaries Are Winning

Just like the stock market, there seems to be no limit on the going rate for first-year associates. And just as few anticipated the Dow would ever break 10,000, most D.C. managing partners never expected to be paying starting salaries in the six figures. Well, it's happened.
6 minute read
October 10, 2011 |

Commentary: 10 Ways to Make It Easy for Clients to Find You

Two immutable facts: You want clients and you are in the service business. Stacy West Clark, president of a firm that helps law firms grow their businesses, says that, in spite of these two well-known facts, she is constantly shocked at how hard firms and lawyers make it for clients to reach them. She offers some ideas on how to change that situation.
4 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

30 minute read
April 30, 2013 |

After Boston, Security is Every Company's Business

The attack in Boston will no doubt be examined for a long time to come. Sponsors and organizers of large public events will have to take notice of the results of that analysis and adjust security procedures accordingly.
6 minute read
July 11, 2005 |

General Assignment Order

Notice to the bar.
10 minute read
March 04, 2013 |

Taking a bite out of cybercrime

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced recently that the U.S. government would continue to make investigations and prosecutions of intellectual property crimes a top priority for the Department of Justice.
4 minute read

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