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By Roy Strom | June 22, 2017
A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Chicago recently approved payments to Kirkland, Jones Day and Proskauer Rose in the Chapter 11 case of casino and hotel giant Caesars Entertainment. The bankruptcy, winding down after nearly two years of proceedings, has brought more than $125 million collectively into those three firms' coffers.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 22, 2017
Welcome to the 2017 Professional Excellence supplement. This year we honored three notable attorneys, one attorney for lifetime achievement, Distinguished Leaders and Lawyers on the Fast Track.
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By Katelyn Polantz | June 22, 2017
Tax specialist Marc Gerson will take over as chairman of the 105-lawyer Washington firm, which recently moved to new offices and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 22, 2017
Georgia Court of Appeals Judge John Ellington has confirmed that he plans to run for a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court next year and has organized a campaign and plans to announce his candidacy Thursday.
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By Joni Berner | June 21, 2017
It's unfair to be too critical of lawyers who are quick to throw up their hands at preliminary junctures of civil disputes and repeat the oh-so-common mantra, "See you in court!" After all, we were trained in law school to be zealous advocates and the judicial system is geared to reward steadfast—sometimes just plain obstinate—adherence to a "strong" legal position. Consistently pounding the law, even when connection to the facts is tenuous, often results in victory and, in most situations, at least produces even odds of success.
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By Jason Grant | June 21, 2017
In a retrial that allowed additional plaintiff-side expert testimony, a Manhattan jury has awarded $14 million to a former New York Times interior designer…
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 21, 2017
Despite an invitation shared on social media for the investiture ceremony installing Judge Stephen Dillard as chief of the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday, the outgoing chief judge confessed she was afraid it wouldn't happen.
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By David Gialanella | June 21, 2017
A joint opinion by three New Jersey Supreme Court committees has blacklisted three web-based services that match litigants with attorneys.
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By Katelyn Polantz | June 21, 2017
After David Higbee unexpectedly resigned to join Shearman & Sterling—taking four other antitrust partners with him—Hunton & Williams named Wendell Taylor to replace him as head of its Washington office.
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By Meghan Tribe | June 21, 2017
Abdi Shayesteh, a former King & Spalding associate who held several Big Law and in-house roles, has created an online platform called AltaClaro that links lawyers to top legal professionals that provide mentorship and counseling necessary to advance their legal careers.
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