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Farnese Joins Phillie’s Archer & Greiner

Pennsylvania Democratic State Senator Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. has joined the Philadelphia office of Archer & Greiner as of counsel.…

Herbert Smith’s Top Earner Took Home $2 Million

London-based Herbert Smith’s highest-paid fee earner took home almost £1.4 million (US $1.95 million) last year, the firm’s LLP accounts…

Locke Lord Absorbs Bulk of Morgan & Finnegan Partners

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, of Dallas and Chicago, has extended offers to the bulk of the partnership at New…

Goodwin Procter Expands Financial Group

Boston's Goodwin Procter today added two nationally-recognized attorneys to its Financial Services Group. Robert M. Kurucza joins as co-chair, bringing…

Seyfarth Shaw Brings on Los Angeles IP Team

Chicago's Seyfarth Shaw has added a team of three patent litigation attorneys to the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the…

Accountant Stole $1.6 Million from Law Firm

A law firm accountant was arrested on charges that he stole $1.6 million from his employer, according to the Pinellas…

Lawyer Forgot She Was Suspended, Argued Before CA Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court has removed Cynthia Thomas from the death penalty case of Charles Moore, and referred her to…

Paul Weiss Enjoys Solid 2008

Am Law 100 firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had a solid 2008, with both revenue and profits on…

Lawyer: Don’t Accept Clients Via Email! Everyone Else: Duh!

Via Texas Lawyer, the story of a lawyer who fell for an email scheme: Houston lawyer Richard T. Howell Jr.,…

More Notable Lawyers Involved in More Ponzi Schemes

What is it nowadays with notable lawyers and their Ponzi schemes? Two well-known Fort Lauderdale, Florida attorneys have been indicted…

Law Firm Accuses Suge Knight Of “Gangster-Style” Business

New York litigation firm Kaye Scholer, representing the trustee in hip hop entrepreneur Marion "Suge" Knight's bankruptcy case, is requesting…

GOP “Golden Boy” Joins Bracewell & Giuliani

Kevin J. O'Connor, the former US associate attorney general (the third-highest job in the Justice Department), is joining Houston's Bracewell…