Month: January 2009

GC Goes to Work for Firm That “Saved” Her Daughter’s Life

Via Fulton County Daily Report, the story of a lawyer who has gone to work for the company she says…

A federal judge, citing excessive hours and unreasonably high rates, ordered a 20% reduction in fees for a law firm…

Am Law has announced their Litigation Boutique of the Year Winner: Chicago's Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP. No…

The San Diego Business Journal reports that lawyers in "America's Finest City" saved Christmas for a group of sick kids.…

A murder defendant who has been denied legal representation for eight months is suing the head of the Georgia public…

The top stories on JDJournal: Evan R. Chesler of Cravath, Swaine & Moore has made a bold suggestion in January’s Forbes…

Shelbyville, Indiana's McNeely, Stephenson, Thopy & Harrold has opened its first satellite office in New Albany. The office was established…

In the Los Angeles Times, a feature on law firms creating specialized practices for the video games industry: A year…

An insurance company's unusual "pyramid scheme" has raised siginificant funds for global human rights organizations. The legal department at Swiss…

Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman has chosen Rodney Smolla, dean of Virginia's Washington & Lee School of Law, to represent her in…

Four lawyers, including two with ties to the US attorney's office in Birmingham, have applied to become the next top…

Evan R. Chesler, a Presiding Partner at New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, has made a bold suggestion in…