A former Heller Ehrman partner who spearheaded a project to retain women lawyers has been doing some thinking about why law firms dissolve. Patricia Gillette, an employment lawyer, leaped to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last October for what she describes as “cultural reasons.” At Heller, she founded the Opt-In Project…
A new magazine focused on women lawyers and their practices “Sue: For Women in Litigation” is set to debut in January. The legal tabloid Above the Law first blogged about the magazine in August when it got hold of some of the publication’s early focus group data. Back then, the…
Solo practitioners who pump up their practices by using the word “associates” in their firm names may be running afoul of ethics rules, at least in Connecticut. A report in the Connecticut Law Tribune equates such a practice to embellishing a resume. The paper cites the case of Joseph Moniz,…
Experts interviewed by two different publications foresee troubles ahead for East Coast law firms. Ward Bower of legal consulting firm Altman Weil predicts the worst for some law firms. “I would anticipate that we would see more dissolutions, and I think they will be East Coast firms,” he told the…
The partnerships of Powell Goldstein and Bryan Cave have voted to merge the two law firms, giving Bryan Cave a presence in the southeast and the Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein an international platform. Powell Goldstein’s name will be retained only in the merged firm’s Atlanta office, and only temporarily, according to…
Your September cover story, “Midcareer Malaise,” hit me right between the eyes. I have been an attorney for almost 20 years and have found myself struggling to stay interested in my career. Last spring, in an effort to fight this condition, I studied for and took the Louisiana bar exam. I am glad I did so because I found myself returning to things I was once very interested in.
As a lawyer, CNN legal analyst and author of the best-selling The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin has no shortage of opinions about the third branch of government. With the release of a new paperback edition of Toobin’s book—which won an ABA Silver Gavel Award this year—ABA Journal U.S. Supreme Court editor Richard Brust asked him about what the court might look like during a McCain or Obama administration:
Updated: A lawyer’s remark during oral arguments that appeared to suggest only women wash and dry clothes apparently didn’t go over too well with Judge Richard Posner of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The lawyer, Clinton Krislov of Krislov & Associates in Chicago, was representing plaintiffs in…
