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Meet Spitzer’s Lead Lawyer, Michele Hirshman of Paul Weiss

Updated: A former top aide to embattled New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, back in the day when he was state attorney general, now reportedly has a new job as Spitzer’s legal counsel. Litigation partner Michele Hirshman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison got a call from her old boss…

Mar 11, 2008 4:39 PM CDT

Spitzer Likely to Resign, Maybe Today, Newspaper Says

Updated: Eliot Spitzer, the embattled New York governor and former hard-charging state attorney general, likely will resign in the wake of claims that he hired a high-class prostitute in Washington, D.C., last month at a cost of $4,300, major newspapers are saying. Citing an unnamed “person close to” the governor,…

Mar 11, 2008 3:57 PM CDT

Tax Probe Led to Spitzer Prostitution Allegations

Updated: The investigation that led to this week’s shocking revelations about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the respected former state attorney general who reportedly linked up with a high-priced prostitute, was all about taxes. The probe began when IRS agents were doing a routine investigation of suspicious transactions reported by…

Mar 11, 2008 10:50 AM CDT

N.Y. Governor Said to Be Involved in Prostitution Ring

Updated: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer made a statement today acknowledging that he had violated his obligations to his family without saying specifically whether he was associated with an alleged high-priced prostitution ring known as Emperors Club VIP. A wiretap had captured Spitzer arranging to meet a woman employed by…

Mar 10, 2008 6:17 PM CDT

AG Now Seeking Lawyer-Pay Info from 700-Plus N.Y. School Districts

An ongoing probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into the way school districts pay their lawyers has now expanded to request information from all of the more than 700 school districts in the state. It has also expanded to seek information not only about the way the districts…

Mar 6, 2008 9:35 PM CST

Nice Perk for N.Y. School Lawyer: Lifetime Medical Coverage

Updated: A 71-year-old retired lawyer in New York had a part-time school district job during his final few years of practice that many attorneys might find appealing. Jerome Ehrlich was not only paid a $60,000 annual salary for his part-time employment in 2005 and 2006 but is to receive lifetime…

Mar 6, 2008 7:46 PM CST

3 Lawyers’ New Gigs: Headmistress, Concrete Worker, Rap Artist

For lawyers unhappy in their current jobs, three recent reports of career changes by successful attorneys might offer some food for thought. Pinney Allen, 54, a top female partner at Alston & Bird, is leaving the firm July 1 to run the Atlanta Girls’ School, according to a Daily Report…

Mar 6, 2008 5:39 PM CST

Client Sues McGuireWoods re Ex-Partner’s Claimed $17M Trading Scheme

A former client has sued McGuireWoods for malpractice over claimed illegal trading of the client’s stock by a law firm partner acting as issuer’s counsel. He allegedly made more than $17 million from selling stock of the plaintiff, Alternative Energy Sources Inc., and at least six other ethanol companies, but…

Mar 5, 2008 9:00 PM CST

Judith Regan, Would-Be O.J. Book Publisher, Sued by Former Counsel

Last year, the Dreier and Redniss and Associates law firms were representing high-profile publisher Judith Regan, perhaps best known for her controversial attempt to publish the O.J. Simpson book If I Did It in a much-publicized $100 million lawsuit. This year, they are suing her, contending that she stiffed them…

Mar 4, 2008 4:40 PM CST

N.Y. AG’s Lawyer-Pay Probe Expands to 172 School Districts

An ongoing New York state probe of double-dipping by private lawyers representing school districts in Long Island has been expanded to Westchester County. After previously asking all 124 Long Island school districts to provide information about the way they have paid their lawyers, the state attorney general’s office is now…

Feb 29, 2008 6:53 PM CST

Judge Refuses Kidd Accuser’s Request for Anonymity

A federal judge has refused to allow an aspiring model to shield her identity in her sexual battery suit against basketball player Jason Kidd. Judge Carol Edmead ruled that the plaintiff’s desire to avoid embarrassment isn’t enough to overcome the public’s right of access to judicial proceedings, the New York…

Feb 29, 2008 1:32 PM CST

Milberg Weiss Probe Touches Other Firms

Federal prosecutors claim in court documents that several plaintiffs class action law firms secretly paid an expert witness on a contingency basis, giving him an incentive to inflate shareholders’ damages. John B. Torkelsen, 62, agreed to plead guilty today in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to a single count of…

Feb 28, 2008 11:11 PM CST

Associate Who Settled Gay Bias Suit Buys $1.5M Penthouse Condo

The New York associate who filed a gay bias suit against Sullivan & Cromwell has apparently landed on his feet, and he’ll be using them to take the elevator to his new $1.5 million penthouse condo. Charney settled the suit last October for an undisclosed sum. Property records indicate that…

Feb 28, 2008 2:40 PM CST

Judge Allows Suit Blaming NBC News Show for Prosecutor’s Suicide

A federal judge in New York has refused to dismiss a $105 million lawsuit against Dateline NBC that blames a Texas prosecutor’s suicide on the show’s series about child predators. The suit was filed by Patricia Conradt, whose brother, Louis Conradt Jr., shot himself as television cameras waited to tape…

Feb 27, 2008 2:28 PM CST

Lawyer Charged for Advising Nurses Who Quit Their Jobs

A New York lawyer who told 10 nurses that they were free to quit their jobs at a nursing home has been charged (PDF) with endangering the welfare of patients there. Felix Vinluan says he simply told the nurses, who had been recruited from the Philippines, that the facility had…

Feb 27, 2008 12:04 PM CST

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