A man who murdered a judge and others in a Georgia courthouse killing spree has been sentenced to life in prison rather than the death penalty that prosecutors sought.
Struggling in a difficult economy, Thacher Proffitt & Wood is seeking a merger partner and could see about half of its lawyers acquired by King & Spalding.
Layoffs sweeping through many law firms as a result of the current financial crisis could open the door for bolstering efforts to provide civil legal services to poor people, ABA…
Nearly four years after her husband was gunned down by an angry defendant in his Georgia courtroom, Claudia Barnes, who has attended the trial of Brian Nichols almost every day…
After six weeks of testimony, an expensive and controversial Georgia murder case against a defendant who allegedly shot to death a Fulton County judge and court reporter, among other victims,…
As a partner at Hunton & Williams, James Meadows billed his time at $650 per hour. Since moving on Oct. 1 to the no-frills law firm of FSB Legal Counsel,…
A man upset over a law firm’s representation of his son in a bitter property dispute repeatedly rammed his fuel-packed SUV into a North Georgia law firm on Friday before…
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