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December 17, 1999 |

Associates: Why Lawyers Ain't Leaving Las Vegas

There is no neon in Vegas law offices. No piped-in music. No Wayne Newton. But Vegas firms are different. Lionel Sawyer & Collins, the town's leading firm with about 80 lawyers, has more firm lore than your local monolith. This, after all, is the firm that defended Circus Circus when it fired Kelbi the Living Doll for punching out a customer.
4 minute read
August 01, 2005 |

Betting on Vegas

Tall, handsome, and corporate, Patrick Byrne is not the Las Vegas lawyer of lore. He's not famous like Oscar Goodman, who, according to his official biography, showed up in the mid-sixties with $87 and a University of Pennsylvania law degree, and proceeded, according to his unofficial biography, to become counsel to Meyer Lansky and Tony the Ant Spilotro, before getting elected mayor. Nor is he infamous like the fictional Tom Hagen, who moved to Vegas on behalf of his one and only client who wanted to
18 minute read
August 16, 2005 |

Law Firms Place Bets on Vegas

If legal markets went through life stages, Las Vegas would be an adolescent. Ten years ago Nevada did not have a law school. Five years ago it had the most restrictive rules on multijurisdictional practice in the country. And for decades Las Vegas' legal community was a tiny pool of lawyers at insular firms, handling local matters for hotels, casinos and mining companies. Today, all that is changing, and local firms are slowly making way for outsiders. But are the arrivistes late to the party?
16 minute read
December 07, 2009 |

Movers

Melvin Malone, managing partner of Miller & Martin?s Nash�ville, Tenn., office, has been named chairman of the firm. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
March 06, 2012 |

Wynn Resorts Lawyers Accidentally Divulge Info in SEC Filing

Lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom took the blame for an accidental SEC filing that disclosed details about Steve Wynn's planned lease for a new resort in the offshore Asian gambling hub of Macau.
3 minute read
September 30, 2002 |

Practicing in ... Las Vegas

If you're looking for an exciting place to make use of your new J.D., don't fear or loathe Las Vegas. The nation's fastest-growing metropolitan area has plenty of legal work connected to construction, banking and bankruptcy, plus it's still plenty seedy enough to keep DAs hopping. Firm-wise, Vegas' biggest shop employs some 85 lawyers, and the local firm culture is correspondingly sane. All this, and nightlife too!
4 minute read
April 09, 2007 |

K Street Monitor

Highlights of recent registrations filed by lobbyists with the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. A database of registrations is available to Influence subscribers.
3 minute read
August 12, 2004 |

Video Game Gamblers' Bid for Class Fails

The cards came up lucky for dozens of casino owners this week when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied class status to video poker players who claimed their electronic cards were marked - by computer programmers.
3 minute read
November 16, 2005 |

The Forecast for EDD

When law firms go looking for e-discovery help, they may find more than they bargained for. Among developing trends, the market -- with up to 500 vendors -- is ready for consolidation. Also developing: Best practices will come in line with amended rules of civil procedure as more intelligent EDD tools evolve. Go to EDD Trends of 2006.
7 minute read
October 08, 2007 |

A new dean braces to build a law school

Erwin Chemerinsky has a busy year ahead of him. As the founding dean of the University of California, Irvine Donald Bren School of Law, Chemerinsky plans to hire about a half-dozen law professors and several academic administrators while tackling tuition decisions and rounding up financial donors � all before he officially takes the post on July 1, 2008.
8 minute read

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