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September 01, 2010 |

Askew protge leaves K&S for Ballard Spahr

Intellectual property litigator Katrina M. Quicker has left a partnership at King Spalding for one at Ballard Spahr, which acquired local intellectual property boutique Needle Rosenberg two years ago.Quicker joined Ballard Spahr two weeks ago, leaving behind her mentor, Anthony B. Askew, whom she said she'd worked with since she started practicing law at Kilpatrick Stockton in 2000.
5 minute read
September 07, 2007 |

Bankruptcy Trustee Wins $991K for Malpractice in Wrongful Death Case

A lawyer and an insurance defense firm that didn't talk to their client before a wrongful death trial have been hit with a $991,950 legal malpractice verdict. But one of the plaintiffs lawyers who won that verdict says jurors should have awarded at least $1.7 million, the amount of the verdict against the former client. That wrongful death verdict forced the client into bankruptcy, and it was the bankruptcy trustee who pursued the malpractice suit -- meaning the former client won't see any of the $991,950.
6 minute read
August 03, 2011 |

Settlement ends bus wreck case

After what one attorney termed two days of "shuttle diplomacy" as lawyers and plaintiffs met with a mediator at a Columbus, Ohio, convention center, the last of three insurers for Bluffton University agreed to pay $11 million to the families and survivors of the 2007 wreck of a bus carrying a college baseball team that killed seven people and injured 28 others.
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June 10, 2004 |

Legal Aid Teams With Hospitals to Help Poor

Meredith [email protected] Atlanta Legal Aid Society has an unlikely new partner: doctors.Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has agreed to allow lawyers to work out of its two hospitals, Children's at Scottish Rite and Children's at Egleston, to help patients whose health problems stem from poverty. For instance, a child might be admitted with severe asthma caused by living in a mold-infested apartment.
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February 19, 2008 |

Verdicts & Settlements: Case closed, but location of Mitchell papers unknown

A case involving the ownership of a cache of documents relating to "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell and her brother, Stephens Mitchell, has been quietly settled, but the whereabouts and ultimate destination of the disputed papers remains a mystery.The documents were uncovered by a Canton man, Philip Battles, who inherited an old filing cabinet his father had bought along with a load of abandoned furniture in the mid-'70s.
4 minute read
June 17, 2002 |

Calling it quits

Linda KercherSpecial to the Daily ReportAs country singer Kenny Rogers said, "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em."He was describing a card game, but the advice applies to lawyers reviewing their client rosters to determine who's profitable to work for, and who's a drain on resources.
9 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

Cobb judge enjoys the evolution of the law

Cobb County state Court Judge Melodie H. Clayton was a clerk in the office of then-Cobb County District Attorney Thomas J. Charron in 1977, supporting assistant prosecutors. She liked the work and thought, "If these guys can be a lawyer, I can, too."She was right. So she could work during the day, Clayton attended night classes at Woodrow Wilson Law School in Atlanta, graduating in 1980.
4 minute read
February 04, 2003 |

Bowers, Son Join Ex-Perdue Aide To Create 'Insider' Lobbying Firm

Julia D. [email protected] the four years since he left public office, former Georgia Attorney General Michael J. Bowers had remade himself into the ultimate outsider, suing state and local government with considerable success.But, with the ascent of Republicans to positions of state power, the Democrat-turned-Republican is now very much a political insider.
4 minute read
March 31, 2009 |

Legal opinions: What was the trial of the century

We asked some Georgia lawyers-and a few high-profile spoilers from out-of-town, too-to give us their vote for trial of the century. If you think of a trial they've missed, e-mail me at [email protected]."I'm 54 years old. I can't talk about the famous trials from years ago, so it's got to be something in my lifetime or something I can remember to get my vote.
4 minute read
January 07, 2009 |

In The Trenches: Taylor Busch prepares for more growth

The new year has finalized a split that started this fall at Taylor Busch Slipakoff Duma in reaction to the firm's rapid growth. The Taylor Busch firm has renamed itself Taylor English Duma, after the departure of its two founders to start another, smaller firm. It has also brought in law firm futurist Michael H.
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