http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T17:27:14-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_former_female_partner_settles_ropes_gray_age_and_gender_discriminatio/ A fired female intellectual property partner has settled her federal employment discrimination suit against Ropes & Gray on undisclosed terms. Patricia Martone, who was 63 when she was fired by the firm in 2010, lost out on lucrative retirement benefits to which she would have been entitled at age 65… Careers, Women in the Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:34 -0500 44236.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/love_of_classics_led_to_second_career_for_retired_dewey_partner/ When Jack Kaufmann retired from law practice in 2002, his firm was known as Dewey Ballantine. Today Kaufmann is 71 years old and back at work, but his employer is the elite Hewitt School in Manhattan, the New York Times reports. Kaufmann took college classes after… Careers, Law Firms, Partners Thu, 16 May 2013 06:35:00 -0500 44199.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_who_didnt_notify_insurance_carrier_of_nuisance_case_lose_coverage/ Husband-and-wife West Virginia lawyers who practiced together in the same Charleston firm initially didn't report to their insurance carrier what they subsequently described as a pro se "nuisance case" over a $290,000 check that the plaintiff said was wrongfully issued to one of the firm's attorneys. But after the plaintiff,… Appellate Practice, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Contracts, Insurance Law, Law Firms, Partners, Solos/Small Firms, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, West Virginia Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:56 -0500 44152.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_dewey_partner_settles_lawsuit_against_citibank_over_capital_loan/ A federal judge in New York issued a brief order Thursday dismissing without explanation all claims and counterclaims in a lawsuit concerning a capital loan for a little over $200,000 made by Citibank to a former partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf, reports Reuters. After Citibank sued ex-partner Steven… Banking Law, Business of Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 10 May 2013 11:29:59 -0500 44125.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jones_day_opens_new_office_in_miami_its_first_in_florida/ Jones Day has opened a new office in Miami, its first in Florida, in a move that is expected to expand its Latin American practice. Bankruptcy partner Pedro A. Jimenez, who is a native of the city. will head the office, which the the 16th in the U.S. and the… International Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Central America, International, South America, States, Florida Thu, 09 May 2013 11:05:39 -0500 44105.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wiley_rein_co-founder_says_hes_not_sure_he_would_form_firm_today_with_fewer/ A lawyer who helped form Wiley Rein 30 years ago isn’t sure he would do the same thing today. The reason? Today’s economic climate. Wiley Rein now has about 275 lawyers, but it was formed 30 years ago with only 37 lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and two from the… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Partners Thu, 09 May 2013 06:50:38 -0500 44099.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bankruptcy_co-chairs_leap_from_cadwalader_to_omelveny_along_with_another_pa/ Three bankruptcy partners from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, including the co-chairs of the practice group, are headed to O'Melveny & Myers. In a Tuesday announcement, O'Melveny said that co-chairs John J. Rapisarsdi and George A. Davis would serve in the same role at their new firm, working out… Bankruptcy Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, International, Europe, United Kingdom, States, New York, Washington Tue, 07 May 2013 15:29:39 -0500 44076.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/6_more_ogletree_lawyers_are_headed_to_littler/ After an unusual high-profile dispute between a former partner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart and the firm, another six lawyers are expected to leave the international labor and employment boutique Monday to join competitor Littler Mendelson, their new firm has announced. Within the last two weeks, another seven… Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Partners Mon, 06 May 2013 11:15:55 -0500 44037.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/partner_profits_rise_as_law_firms_cut_equity_partners_statistics_confirm/ A decade of statistics confirm that America’s top law firms are shrinking their proportion of equity partners relative to overall lawyers, and the cuts are often improving profits per partner. The American Lawyer analyzed the numbers for 97 law firms in the top 100 for 2012 that… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Mon, 06 May 2013 08:34:01 -0500 44041.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dla_charters_cruise_ship_for_partner_meeting/ DLA Piper’s partners are meeting in style this month on a chartered cruise ship sailing from Barcelona to Nice. DLA Piper is the world's largest law firm, by revenue and lawyers. Its four-night partner excursion will take place on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, the Washingtonian reports… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Mon, 06 May 2013 05:40:08 -0500 44026.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/criminal_defense_lawyer_says_clients_can_pay_him_in_bitcoins/ A Houston criminal defense lawyer has announced that he will accept bitcoins from clients in payment of legal bills, saying that he is one of the first attorneys in the state of Texas to do so. However, being willing to accept cash alternatives in payment of legal fees is standard… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Criminal Justice, Law Firms, Partners, Solos/Small Firms, States, Texas Wed, 01 May 2013 15:52:00 -0500 43997.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_dewey_chairman_may_not_have_to_pay_entire_511k_settlement_it_depends/ Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis is getting some leeway in a proposed $511,000 settlement related to the law firm’s collapse. The proposed agreement to settle a mismanagement claim gives Davis six years to pay the money, and it’s contingent on his earnings, the… Bankruptcy Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements Wed, 01 May 2013 08:43:55 -0500 43986.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/partner_sent_email_complaint_to_colleagues_and_clients/ Updated: In a highly unusual public criticism of his now-former law firm, a partner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart complained to colleagues and clients in an email as he exited in March about what he called a "completely unacceptable" response to a female shareholder's complaint that she had… Contracts, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Wed, 01 May 2013 08:32:32 -0500 43981.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/katten_muchin_opens_new_houston_office_with_pillsbury_enviro_leader_hires_7/ The leader of the environmental practice group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is leaving the firm to open a new Houston office for Katten Muchin Rosenman. Mark Farley will be in charge of a five-lawyer Houston office, serve as a co-chair of his new firm's environmental practice and lead its… Business of Law, Energy Law, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Partners, States, Texas Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:19:56 -0500 43963.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/am_law_100_make_modest_gains_revenue_and_profits_is_the_market_recovering/ Am Law 100 law firms overall had low single-digit year-over-year increases in all major metrics, the American Lawyer magazine reported in its annual survey. Gross revenue was up 3.4 percent, average revenue per lawyer was up 2.6 percent, and average profits per partner were up 4.2 percent, Business of Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:38:45 -0500 43929.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plan_to_have_kaye_scholer_give_up_1.5m_in_fees_to_settle_disclosure_case_is/ A planned settlement of a case over lack of disclosure by a law firm and others in a corporate bankruptcy case has been withdrawn without explanation by the feds. The settlement would have required Kaye Scholer to forgo $1.5 million in attorney fees in a Chapter 11 case and have… Bankruptcy Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:58:24 -0500 43916.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/major_chinese_firm_zhong_lun_opens_office_in_new_york/ One of China's largest law firms has opened an office in New York. The Zhong Lun Law Firm announced in a press release Tuesday that its new midtown office expects to help both U.S. clients investing or doing business in China and… Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, International, Asia, China, States, New York Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:05:02 -0500 43899.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-ogletree_vp_said_to_be_working_at_littler_6_other_ogletree_partners/ Earlier this month, Reuters published an article announcing that a former vice president had resigned from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and planned to take a group of lawyers from the national labor and employment boutique to another law firm. Now it appears that Don Prophete is actually in… Careers, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, States, Missouri Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:49:02 -0500 43866.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_2_attorneys_sued_by_fdic_accused_of_helping_now-defunct_bank_make_/ The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued a Florida law firm and two of its attorneys, contending that they failed to take note of “glaring red flags” when representing Orion Bank in making $82 million in illegal loans in 2009. Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce, as well as a… Banking Law, Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, Law Firms, Associates, Midsize Firm, Partners, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, 11th Circuit Court, States, Florida Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:42:08 -0500 43815.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bar_cites_email_from_missing_lawyer_in_emergency_suspension_case_over_missi/ Email messages sent by a missing Florida attorney who has been accused of taking up to $6 million from his law firm were revealed Tuesday in a state bar application for an emergency suspension of his law license. “You are all victims of my very bad business decisions,” Timothy McCabe… Law Firms, Partners, Solos/Small Firms, Legal Ethics, Real Estate & Property Law, States, Florida Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:40:08 -0500 43766.abajournal.com