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The D. C. Metro Area's Largest law Offices
From the 150 biggest players in the Washington legal market, ranked by head count.D.C. Metro Area's Largest Law Offices
The Legal Times 150 provides a snapshot of the size of the D.C.-area legal community in 2005 by listing the number of lawyers in the largest law offices in the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland.Energy Crisis: DOE Nominee Faces Charged Environment
With George W. Bush's secretary of labor designee shot down in flames and his nominees for attorney general and secretary of the interior drawing fire, Spencer Abraham, tapped for secretary of energy, is slipping through unscathed. But Abraham's toughest fight may come after confirmation, as he takes the reins of the unruly Department of Energy and a pile of urgent, complex, politically unpalatable agency business.GOP Gains Could Revive Class Action Reform
Civil justice reform and reauthorization of parts of the USA Patriot Act are among key issues the GOP-strengthened Congress is expected to tackle. Most likely to pass: legislation that would move class actions from state to federal courts, where they're less likely to be certified. Says Stanton Anderson, head of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, "Putting them into federal court would allow a broader view from perhaps a more sophisticated judge looking at the issue of certification."Firm Takes a Scientific Approach to Practicing
As Keller and Heckman has grown from a one-shop operation in Washington to a 62-attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, Brussels and Shanghai, China, it's added in-house scientists who assist attorneys in regulatory law, litigation and business transactions. "It's a lot easier than having to call somebody across town," says partner Joan Sylvain Baughan. The arrangement is unusual but one that other law firms may follow as legal work in patent law, biotechnology and environmental law increases.Trending Stories
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