As of 2005, some 62 percent of attorneys in private practice work as solo or small-firm practitioners, according to the most recent data available from the American Bar Association. Those…
An attorney discipline count has been filed against an Illinois immigration lawyer for allegedly lying about an ad for a legal secretary that he posted in the “Adult Gigs” section…
Partner Cary Ichter and three other Adorno & Yoss attorneys have left to form their own Atlanta litigation boutique, which will be known as Ichter Thomas.
Her former career selling Mary Kay cosmetics and driving the pink Cadillac that is awarded for doing so successfully helped launch her law practice, a Florida lawyer says.
Two lawyers in a Washington, D.C., firm already were facing a $10 million malpractice claim over a tax shelter matter when their situation changed for the worse.
In one of the few decisions that addresses the proper handling of legal fees paid up front by the client before they are earned, the District of Columbia Court of…
Even students at the nation’s top law schools are getting fewer on-campus interviews, leading one career official to predict that more graduates will end up going solo or entering alternative…
A high-school dropout with two children who went on to get her general educational development certificate, graduate from college and earn a juris doctor degree so that she could represent…
A 58-year-old South Carolina criminal defense attorney has been charged with solicitation of a felony for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill another attorney with whom he…
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