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March 18, 2019 | Daily Business Review

'All Our Clients Are Gone': How South Florida Lawyers Hit Big Tobacco With Bittersweet $37M Verdict

"There's really no more cutting-edge and important industry to hold accountable for misdeeds than the tobacco industry," said Jonathan Gdanski of the Schlesinger Law Offices, who worked with Brittany Chambers and Steven Hammer to land a $37 million victory against cigarette-makers R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
6 minute read
March 11, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh Lawyer Named President-Elect of National LGBT Bar

The National LGBT Bar Association named Wesley Bizzell and Jesse Loffler to new leadership positions.
3 minute read
March 11, 2019 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyers Land Bruising $37 Million Verdict Against Cigarette Makers

Attorneys at the Schlesinger Law Offices convinced a Broward County jury to award $25 million in punitive and $12 million in compensatory damages to the family of Rita Mahfuz, who died of lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris cigarettes.
3 minute read
March 05, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

LGBT Bar Names Altria In-House Counsel Wesley Bizzell as Board President

The National LGBT Bar Association named Wesley Bizzell and Jesse Loffler to new leadership positions.
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February 26, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief

Kavanaugh's Big Tobacco Recusals | A Narrow Ruling in Public Forum Case? | Justices End Posthumous Appeals Voting

What's behind Justice Brett Kavanaugh's recusals in a slew of tobacco cases from Florida? Plus: Will the justices issue a narrow ruling in the "public forum" First Amendment case? And the court says no to posthumous voting on appeals courts. Thanks for reading Supreme Court Brief!
6 minute read
February 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Broward Judge Disqualified From 12 Engle Progeny Cases Over Ex Parte Conversation

The Fourth District Court of Appeal granted a petition by tobacco defendants in 12 cases to have Broward Circuit Judge William W. Haury disqualified after he disclosed ex parte communication with a plaintiffs lawyer.
4 minute read
January 28, 2019 | Law.com

Why SCOTUS Star Lisa Blatt Left Arnold & Porter for Williams & Connolly

“Williams & Connolly is where I started my career, and it will be where I end it,” says Blatt, who has argued 37 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court—more than any other woman—and won 33 of them (two decisions are pending).
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January 28, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Why Supreme Court Star Lisa Blatt Left Arnold & Porter for Williams & Connolly

“Williams & Connolly is where I started my career, and it will be where I end it,” says Blatt, who has argued 37 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court--more than any other woman.--and won 33, with two cases pending.
6 minute read
January 22, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Longtime Smoker Awarded $225,000 After COPD Diagnosis

The jury found the smoker 70 percent liable for her illness.
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January 07, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Judge Sanctions Heiress' Husband for Bugging Wife's Phone During Divorce

It was the second time that a judge has hit Crocker Coulson, who is locked in a bitter divorce with Anne Resnik in state court, with spoliation sanctions for destroying evidence of bugging Resnik's phone.
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