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Lawyers Raise $200,000 for Human Rights

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

For “Times” Suit, Iseman Taps Lawyer Who Wrote the Book

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

Lawyers Vie for Top Fed Prosecutor Slot

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

Cravath Lawyer: Kill the Billable Hour

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

State Senator Joins Lathrop & Gage

Republican Missouri State Senator Jack Goodman has joined the Springfield office of Kansas City's Lathrop & Gage LC. Goodman is…

Roberts: Federal Judges Need Pay Raises

Despite calls throughout the nation for state and federal employees to take pay cuts or involuntary furloughs to save tax…

Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years

An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004, after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting "to…

New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis

Sean Patrick Maloney, the first deputy secretary to New York Governor David Paterson, resigned this week, effective at the end…

Boutique to Cut Client Billing Rates in 2009

Austin, Texas-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend is reducing its billing rates in current hourly-fee cases by 10%…

Lawyer of the Day: P’Ta Mon

I discovered this ad via Digg, and immediately decided to see if it was legit. It is. P'Ta Mon (pronounced…

Drinker Biddle & Reath Gets Six Thelen Lawyers

I really don't think we can post enough "former Thelen lawyers find jobs" stories. Drinker Biddle & Reath's Washington, DC…

Former Patent Czar Joins Whiteford Taylor

The Clinton-era head of the US Patent & Trademark Office has joined Baltimore's Whiteford, Taylor & Preston. Bruce A. Lehman,…