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Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer Dies in Uganda Car Crash

San Francisco environmental justice lawyer Luke Cole has died in a car crash while vacationing with his wife in Uganda. Cole was 46, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. His wife, Nancy Shelby, was injured in the accident and flown to Amsterdam for an eye operation. Cole pioneered the field of…

Jun 9, 2009 11:53 AM CDT

JPMorgan Signals Focus on Legal Lending in Hire of Ex-Citigroup Exec

JPMorgan Chase plans to increase its focus on legal lending with the hire of Lester Pataki, the former head of Citigroup’s law firm group. Pataki left Citi in March, the Am Law Daily reports. He had headed its law firm group since 2004. Citi is generally believed to be the…

Jun 9, 2009 11:38 AM CDT

Are We Closing the Book on Work-Life Balance?

Jordan Furlong wonders in a recent post at Law21 if “we’ll soon be closing the book on one of the legal profession’s most-used and least-understood phrases of the last decade: ‘work-life balance.’ “ With 10,000 law firm jobs lost in 2009, not to mention waves of announcements of pay cuts…

Jun 8, 2009 10:24 PM CDT

Climbing Everest Also Tested Lawyer’s Practice Management Skills

It wasn’t easy for attorney Brian Strange to take two months away from his Los Angeles class action practice. But with the help of e-mail and a satellite telephone he has had for several years, Strange found the time to climb Mount Everest with his 17-year-old son, Johnny, this spring.…

Jun 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT

Layoffs’ Toll: At White & Case, a ‘Melancholy Pall’ and Fear of Sick Days

Layoffs are taking a heavy toll on law firm jobs, but the aftermath also leaves psychological scars on the people who remain on the job in an atmosphere of fear and ambiguity. The New York Times highlights White & Case as something of a case study. The firm has laid…

Jun 8, 2009 1:05 PM CDT

Free Podcast, Other Resources Offer Job-Hunting Help to Laid-Off Lawyers

Sometimes, lawyers and staff laid off from their jobs at major law firms are provided outplacement help including career counseling by their soon-to-be former employers. But for those who aren’t, a growing library of Internet career offerings for legal professionals makes similar resources available for free. Among the latest additions…

Jun 8, 2009 1:05 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Anita Hill Talks About Sotomayor and Her Own Clarence Thomas Testimony” ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Used ‘Wise Latina’ Line More than Once” Associated Press: “GOP Leader Not Ruling Out Blocking Sotomayor” Blog of Legal Times: “GW Prof to Advise Cornyn on Sotomayor Nomination” Christian Science Monitor: “Sotomayor a racist? Hardly, South…

Jun 5, 2009 10:26 PM CDT

Attorneys Among Thrifty Shoppers Who Recycle Gently Used Suits, Wedding Dress

Anyone can spend a lot of money to purchase expensive clothes. But some attorneys are among a seemingly increasing group of thrifty shoppers who see no reason to spend more when they can get the same pre-worn merchandise for less—or sometimes even for free. And, on the other side of…

Jun 5, 2009 7:51 PM CDT

Squire Sanders Mulls Possible Merger With Denton Wilde Sapte

Merger talks reportedly may be under way between Squire Sanders & Dempsey and Denton Wilde Sapte. Still in the early stages, the conversations could achieve a transatlantic engagement as soon as this fall if they go well, reports Legal Week. The article relies on unidentified sources; Howard Morris, who is…

Jun 5, 2009 7:12 PM CDT

Kilpatrick Stockton Cuts Associate Salaries by 10 Percent

Kilpatrick Stockton is cutting associate salaries by 10 percent in the United States beginning July 1. The cut puts pay for new associates at $130,000 in the firm’s offices in Atlanta and North Carolina, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. The new salary for beginning associates in New York…

Jun 5, 2009 12:20 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor App Shows White House Called Days Before Souter Announced Retirement” ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Described as Intense, Chain-Smoking, Caffeinated Prosecutor” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (opinion): “‘Racist’ isn’t term to use lightly” Christian Science Monitor: “Sotomayor on Tape: What She Said in Firefighter Race Case” CQPolitics: “Sotomayor Completes Questionnaire; Leahy Calls for Prompt…

Jun 4, 2009 11:57 PM CDT

Sotomayor App Shows White House Called Days Before Souter Announced Retirement

A fast-track approach to the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the nation’s highest court continued today, as the White House provided a large compilation of documents, opinions and financial disclosures to the Senate Judiciary Committee “bragging that it was delivering the information … faster than [for]…

Jun 4, 2009 11:28 PM CDT

Expert Explains 3-Step Plan for Lawyers Seeking a Career Change

Laid-off lawyers can follow a three-step process to replace a job they may not have enjoyed all that much with one they like a lot better, a career coach told about 45 attorneys at a recent lunch seminar sponsored by the State Bar of Georgia. The process involves answering three…

Jun 4, 2009 8:55 PM CDT

New Sedgwick Policy Offers Lavish Vacation Time, But Some See a Downside

A new discretionary vacation policy went into effect in the United States offices of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold last month. It potentially offers associates and counsel lavish amounts of vacation time, at least in theory. They can take as much as four consecutive weeks of vacation, according to an…

Jun 4, 2009 8:21 PM CDT

How a ‘Pampered Generation’ Can Cope When Office Perks Are Pulled

Lawyers whose law firms are scaling back on perks such as expensive lunches and high-priced outings may be experiencing the typical reaction. First comes the fear, the Wall Street Journal reports. Workers worry that a perks pullback is an indication that layoffs are on the horizon. Initially they will work…

Jun 4, 2009 6:44 PM CDT

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