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May 04, 2007 |

McCalla Raymer's practice splits in two

A LARGE CHUNK of the real estate firm McCalla Raymer has broken off to form a new firm, Dickenson Gilroy, led by Jennifer L. Dickenson and Monica K. Gilroy. The two were joined by 15 other lawyers and 80 support staffers who left McCalla Raymer on May 1 to form the new firm. It will handle residential and commercial real estate closings and litigation, said Dickenson, who headed the closing practice at McCalla Raymer.
4 minute read
November 27, 2006 |

Employment Litigator Returns to Paul Hastings After 17 Years

After a 17-year hiatus, employment litigator John F. Wymer III has returned to Paul Hastings. He joined the firm as a partner last week from King & Spalding, where he had practiced since 2000. Paul Hastings' Atlanta managing partner, Philip J. Marzetti, said the firm had been trying to persuade Wymer to return for at least three years. Wymer said he finally decided to return in part due to Paul Hastings' "magnificent footprint" -- especially in California, where employment trends generally originate.
2 minute read
May 26, 2000 |

L.A. Confidential

When Los Angeles's Board of Police Commissioners proclaimed "a new era" in 1998, claiming to have implemented drastic reforms urged by the Christopher Commission in response to the Rodney King beating, many people had doubts. Now, with Los Angeles facing the Rampart scandal, the police commission is on the defensive. The Christopher Commission, which was headed by big-firm lawyers, had entrusted the Police Commission, led by big-firm lawyers, to carry through the reforms intended to prevent major scandals.
21 minute read
December 04, 2007 |

Jones Day Taps Long-Timer to Head Atlanta Office

Lizanne Thomas will become the new leader of Jones Day's Atlanta office. She will replace George T. Manning, the partner-in-charge for Atlanta since 2000, who is moving to Dallas to run the firm's office there. "I view my mission as, primarily, vision and growth," says Thomas, who joins a very small group of women in Atlanta running offices of major law firms. She forecasts that finance and restructuring practitioners will be in hot demand over the next few years.
5 minute read
June 25, 2010 |

Lawyer Combines Two Passions by Penning Book About Cats Who Play Golf

How does a high-level business litigator get the idea to write a book about cats that play golf? "I guess I'm just crazy," said John L. Watkins, a shareholder at Chorey, Taylor & Feil in Buckhead, Ga. "Lawyers do crazy things." The main character in "A Golfer's Tail: The Quest for the Double Slam," is Roscoe, based on a real cat who lived with Watkins and his wife for 19 years. Watkins said he lived vicariously through the book's Roscoe. "Roscoe dominated the cat division in golf. I have limited abilities."
5 minute read
September 23, 2010 |

Litigation Partner, Associate Jump Down the BigLaw Ladder

Trial lawyer R. Matthew Martin has left Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker for McKenna Long & Aldridge.
2 minute read
May 09, 2007 |

Dickenson Gilroy Formed As McCalla Raymer's Practice Splits

A large chunk of the real estate firm McCalla Raymer has broken off to form a new firm, Dickenson Gilroy, led by Jennifer L. Dickenson and Monica K. Gilroy.
4 minute read
November 23, 1999 |

NEW OUTSIDER IN JONES, DAY

1 minute read
February 23, 2009 |

New Partners 2009: Reflections on Making Partner

1952John IzardRetired partner, King Spalding University of Virginia School of LawWhen John Izard entered the doors of King Spalding as an associate in 1949, the venerable law firm was roughly one-eightieth its current size."When I joined, I made 11 attorneys working at the firm. Just two of us were associates," Izard, 85, recalls.
14 minute read
May 07, 2007 |

Small Atlanta Firm's Practice Splits in Two

A large chunk of the real estate firm McCalla Raymer has broken off to form a new firm, Dickenson Gilroy, led by Jennifer Dickenson and Monica Gilroy, who were joined by 15 other lawyers and 80 support staffers. Dickenson Gilroy will handle residential and commercial real estate closings and litigation. The two founders say that Dickenson Gilroy is one of the largest -- if not the largest -- female-led law firm in Georgia. "Hopefully, we'll be an encouragement to other women," Gilroy says.
4 minute read

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