The signs of a retired lawyer’s decline were subtle at first. Sometimes he was at a loss for words. His “dad jokes,” delivered as a volunteer at a Veterans Affairs medical center, started sounding rehearsed. His behavior changed.
Increases in law firm revenue—up 11.4% in the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period last year—are one indication of a strong year, according to a report by the Citi Global Wealth at Work law firm group.
The former chief financial officer of the now-collapsed Girardi Keese law firm in Los Angeles asked his former fiancee to flee to the Bahamas with him in 2022, she testified Tuesday in the embezzlement trial of disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi.
Updated: A partner at Clifford Chance and his wife are among six people confirmed dead after a superyacht sank off the Sicily coast during a storm Monday.
A Connecticut lawyer has resigned from the bar after he was accused of telling ethics investigators that their trust account inquiries weren’t a priority, and he had been enjoying a fishing trip while they pressed for information.
Updated: Vice President Kamala Harris would be the second modern president with a law degree from a school outside the top 14 if she is elected in November.
Updated: A neurology professor testified last week that disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi has such a small brain hippocampus that 98% of people likely have a larger one.
A former bankruptcy judge has been sanctioned for trying to avoid a deposition by submitting to an unauthorized off-the-record interview with the law firm that employed his romantic partner.
The Thomson Reuters Institute is introducing a new metric that measures how well lawyers are generating fees and collecting them by comparing them to their peers.
A revelation that a prosecutor sent nude photos to a federal judge has led to an allegation that a U.S. attorney’s office tried to use the situation to force recusal.
Midsize law firm Bass, Berry & Sims is pushing back the start date for its 22 incoming associates from September to January. The delay is a “professional development strategy” intended to give current junior associates more experience in transactional matters amid an uptick in such work, said Kerry Price, the…
