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Christine Simmons writes about the New York legal community and the business of law. Email her at [email protected] and find her on Twitter @chlsimmons
October 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal
While law firms are still underprepared, some recent initiatives may help prepare them for a world in which lawyers are practicing later and later into old age.
By Christine Simmons
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October 23, 2018 | The American Lawyer
As a rising tide of Alzheimer's and other dementia diagnoses grips aging law firm partnerships, neither firms nor their lawyers have learned how to cope.
By Christine Simmons
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October 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Lawyers for Kristina Armstrong are seeking $33 million in damages against Blank Rome, arguing the firm failed to disclose its ties to her ex-husband's employer, Morgan Stanley.
By Christine Simmons
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October 18, 2018 | The American Lawyer
In a year punctuated by prominent partner departures, John Quinn says his firm's bare-bones management structure remains a virtue—and succession planning is for suckers.
By Christine Simmons
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October 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Berry Appleman's leader said the firm had been looking to launch in New York for several years, but the Deloitte deal, announced in June, provided another nudge.
By Christine Simmons
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October 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal
The New York-based health care practice was looking for a firm "where our practice was mainstream," its leader said.
By Christine Simmons
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October 15, 2018 | The Recorder
Reichman Jorgensen, with offices in Silicon Valley, Atlanta and New York, is promising to eschew hourly billing and to pay associates on a scale higher than Cravath's.
By Christine Simmons | Xiumei Dong
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October 10, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Prosecutors said former Hunton & Williams and Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner Keila Ravelo defrauded her law firms and client MasterCard out of $7.8 million to fuel a lavish lifestyle.
By Christine Simmons
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October 9, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lawyers for Keila Ravelo, a former Hunton & Williams and Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner who pleaded guilty last year to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, said she is "a true shell of her former self."
By Charles Toutant | Christine Simmons
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October 8, 2018 | New York Law Journal
The recent decisions show that courts are continuing to enforce recruiter contracts with firms, even if they are oral or do not include a signature.
By Christine Simmons
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