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Four Labor Lawyers at K&L Gates Jump to Schuyler Roche

A group of four labor lawyers led by shareholder James Daley is jumping from K&L Gates to Schuyler, Roche & Crisham. The group also includes partners David Novak and Edward Graham, and associate James Thomas, according to a press release. Daley says in the release that midsize firm Schuyler Roche…

May 22, 2012 6:37 PM CDT

Rutgers at Camden Law Dean Defends Marketing Pitch Touting Salaries of $130K for ‘Many Top Students’

A marketing pitch sent to prospective students by Rutgers University School of Law at Camden touted a 90 percent employment rate in the legal field for its employed graduates and top private-practice salaries in excess of $130,000 for “many top students.” Now law dean Rayman Solomon is defending those claims…

May 22, 2012 5:13 PM CDT

Mass. Bar Task Force: Legal Education Could Take a Page from Medical Education’s Book

The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Task Force on the Law, the Economy and Underemployment released a report last week exploring the causes of and solutions for underemployment of law school graduates. The task force, made up of 12 licensed lawyers, one law student and one university pre-law adviser devoted six months…

May 21, 2012 9:30 PM CDT

Meet Andrew Ness, Who Lost His Capital Contributions at Three Failed Law Firms

Lawyers who work at multiple failed law firms face a big financial hit. These lawyers may lose their capital contributions at the failed firm at the same time they have to pony up capital at their new firm, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req. ) reports. Andrew Ness is all…

May 21, 2012 12:19 PM CDT

California Supreme Court Considers Whether to Grant Law License to Illegal Immigrant

The California Supreme Court is considering whether to grant a law license to an illegal immigrant, a paralegal who came to the United States as a young child. The immigrant, Sergio Garcia, came to the United States from Mexico with his parents when he was 17 months old, the Los…

May 17, 2012 11:42 AM CDT

How to Slay Your Meeting Killers: One Executive Battled Hot Air with Cold Air

Everyone knows the meeting killers. There is “the dominator,” the Wall Street Journal notes in an interactive graphic. This person greatly overestimates the value of his or her personal views, disrupts discussion and “induces information overkill.” Then there is the “naysayer,” who waits to make major objections until after consensus…

May 17, 2012 10:30 AM CDT

Given Choice Between Law School and Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Grad Bids Goodbye to Football

Given the choice between a football career and the law, an Ohio State University graduate has nixed a chance to try out for the Cleveland Browns. Former linebacker Andrew Sweat tweeted that he didn’t want to take a chance of suffering a severe concussion in the National Football League, the…

May 16, 2012 7:52 PM CDT

Ex-Skadden Lawyer Loses Bias Suit Appeal; Court Cites Misuse of Car Service

Updated: A former litigation counsel accused of misusing the car service at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has lost a bid to reinstate her age and sex discrimination suit against the law firm. Rita Gordon’s suit had claimed the firm cited her liberal use of the car service as…

May 16, 2012 3:18 PM CDT

Final Member of Dewey’s Four-Lawyer Management Team Heads to a New Firm

The fourth and final lawyer who was managing Dewey & LeBoeuf has left the law firm. Charles Landgraf joined Arnold & Porter on Wednesday, where he will be a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, the Hill reports. An insurance lobbyist, Landgraf told the publication that Arnold & Porter…

May 16, 2012 2:35 PM CDT

BigLaw Associate Wrote Novel in Early Mornings Before Law Practice

A lawyer’s BigLaw workload can be daunting, but it didn’t stop Cristina Alger from tackling a second project. When she was an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Alger worked on a novel at the same time, the Careerist reports. She tells the blog she woke up early…

May 16, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

Dewey’s Demise Is Bad News for Job-Hunting Lawyers

As lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf flood the job market, there are fewer positions available for others in the job hunt. The New York Law Journal interviewed recruiters about the impact. One spoke of a “massive disruption” in the lawyer job market in New York. Firms sorting through Dewey lawyers…

May 15, 2012 11:59 AM CDT

Give Me the Moon: Texas Lawyer Pursues Ordinary Folks and World Leaders for NASA’s Lunar Rock Gifts

Joe Gutheinz retired more than a decade ago from his job as a senior agent for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s office of inspector general. But the Houston attorney hasn’t had any trouble keeping busy. In addition to teaching a college class on investigative techniques, he devotes his time…

May 14, 2012 6:29 PM CDT

Suit by Jobless Harvard Law Grad Says False Plagiarism Accusation Caused BigLaw Disinterest

A lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School in 2009 claims the school falsely accused her of plagiarism after she handed in a draft of a law review article that was incomplete because her laptop had been hit with a computer virus. The suit by Megon Walker says one law…

May 14, 2012 3:26 PM CDT

Are BigLaw Expansions Unsustainable? Lawyer Representing Howrey Creditors Predicts Dissolutions

Howrey and Dewey & LeBoeuf are among several law firms that rapidly expanded in the 2000s. The Washington Post sets the scene and asks whether other firms will also crash and burn. “In its final years, Howrey snapped up large practice groups and entire firms at a breakneck pace, going…

May 14, 2012 2:39 PM CDT

Payback by Demoted Duo at Dewey; Partner Comp Ranged from $300K to $10M

When he led LeBoeuf & Lamb before its 2007 merger with Dewey Ballantine, Steven Davis had to confront a threat to his leadership. The co-chairs of LeBoeuf’s corporate department, Alexander Dye and John Schwolsky, were making a bid to replace Davis after he became convinced the firm needed to merge…

May 14, 2012 12:57 PM CDT