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October 17, 2011 |

Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun

After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.
9 minute read
August 02, 1999 |

Associates: Desktop Decorating

What's an expressive attorney to do? Once he was limited to wearing plaid ties and paisley suspenders. Now he can set loose flying toasters on his screen or rolling sushi on his desktop.An associate may have no control over the halls, but his office is his castle. A National Law Journal survey has uncovered a scary array of ways to personalize one's desk.
5 minute read
April 27, 2001 |

The Art of the Deal

George W. Bush's judge-pickers are fast realizing how difficult the Senate confirmation process can be. The team is pushing to take advantage of the Republicans' 51-50 edge in the Senate while negotiating treacherous territory. The sticking point has been consultation with senators from a potential nominee's home state -- a practice that, if ignored or mishandled, can severely hamper a nominee's chances.
7 minute read
April 19, 2011 |

After Donte Stallworth case, attorney Chris Lyons shifted practice to sports celebrities

The sports world took notice when Miami criminal defense attorney Chris Lyons negotiated a plea deal that got NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth less than a month in jail for drunken-driving manslaughter.
8 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read
September 16, 2005 |

Ebbers' Lawyer: White-Collar Bar 'Rolled Over'

Government power over corporate America no longer benefits the public interest it portended to protect after recent corporate scandals, according to white-collar defense counsel Reid Weingarten, who recently represented WorldCom ex-CEO Bernie Ebbers. The Steptoe & Johnson partner told a group of general counsel Wednesday that the "white-collar defense bar has capitulated and rolled over." He said he wants to see more cases go to trial rather than end in deferred prosecution agreements.
4 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

30 minute read
July 19, 1999 |

Venturing Into The Unknown

Northern Virginia's blooming 'dot.com' sector is roiling the already competitive Washington area legal market. New businesses are drawing Silicon Valley law firms with a track record for representing emerging companies. Many firms are already finding it difficult to attract and hold on to the best and the brightest young lawyers.
8 minute read
May 24, 2007 |

McElroy Deutsch Buys Its Own Minority Firm

One of New Jersey's largest firms, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, has created a minority-owned subsidiary in an effort to attract business from Fortune 500 corporations eager to put diversity in their lists of outside counsel. Managing partner Edward Deutsch says his 230-lawyer firm is the first to acquire an ownership stake in a minority firm. The National Minority Supplier Development Council cautions that the goal should be to build true minority firms, not to enrich white majority firms.
8 minute read
October 05, 2009 |

Lockheed Rival Seeks to Toss $37 Million Verdict

A Texas defense contractor found by an Atlanta federal jury last spring to have misappropriated trade secrets from Lockheed Martin has accused Lockheed of intentionally withholding evidence critical to its defense. Attorneys for L-3 Communications Integrated Systems made the allegations four months after the jury awarded Lockheed $37 million in damages and legal fees that could total more than $16 million. L-3 Comm has asked a federal judge to toss the verdict and either dismiss Lockheed's claims or order a new trial.
5 minute read

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