Recent Updates
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Ulmer & Berne Elects 7 New Partners
Law Firm News 01/06/2008Ulmer & Berne LLP, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2008, announced today the election of seven attorneys to the partnership. Attorneys include John M. Alten, Christopher D. Cathey, Paul J. Cosgrove, Rebecca B. Jacobs, Eric M. Robbin...
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Broward Sheriff Questions Law Firm's Audit
Law Firm News 01/06/2008The Broward Sheriff's Office paid more than $1.3 million to a law firm with close ties to ex-sheriff Ken Jenne to do an audit of the agency's mishandling of its crime statistics -- but the firm never submitted a final report because BSO never asked f...
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Foley & Lardner Get the OK to Practice in China
Law Firm News 01/06/2008Foley & Lardner LLP, a law firm with a practice in Detroit specializing in the automotive sector, has received permission from the Chinese government to open an office in Shanghai. A few years ago, the firm began to sense a need to open a branch ...
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Jim Cooney & Mike Barnhill to Work Sheriff Controversy
Law Firm News 01/05/2008Mecklenburg County officials, fearing a lawsuit over the controversy-filled effort to select a new sheriff, have hired a high-powered law firm and one of the state's highest-profile litigators to defend them. Parks Helms, vice chairman of the county ...
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Fred Gray Sr. Speaks of Progress, Challenges
Law Firm News 01/05/2008Civil rights pioneer attorney Fred Gray Sr. says black youth in the United States are at a crisis. "The future of our next generation, while influenced by the past, must be defined by the actions of the present," Gray said. "... The time is now and t...
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Stephen Abraham Argues Against Tribunals
Law Firm News 01/05/2008Stephen Abraham, a Newport Beach lawyer and lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, hardly seemed like whistle-blower material. A decorated intelligence officer, he served after 9/11 as lead counter-terrorism analyst at the Joint Intelligence Center...
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Britney Spears too Much for Trope & Trope
Law Firm News 01/04/2008The law firm representing Britney Spears in her custody battle over her two kids has quit, claiming the pop star was "impossible" to work with. The law firm Trope and Trope was Spear's third legal team in her battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline, w...
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GOLDBERG KOHN NAMES THREE NEW PRINCIPALS
Law Firm News 01/04/2008The law firm of Goldberg Kohn recently announced the promotion of Anne Marie Pisano, 34, Brian D. Fagel, 38, and Jeremy M. Downs, 32 from associate to principal. Anne Marie Pisano is a principal in the firm’s Commercial Finance Group. Her practice fo...
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Bonovitz Steps Down as Duane Morris Chairman
Law Firm News 01/04/2008Sheldon Bonovitz is stepping down as chairman of Duane Morris after a 10-year run in which he tripled the size of the law firm, opened numerous domestic and international offices and doubled partner profitability, the firm announced Thursday. He will...
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Mark D. Pierce Adds Expertise to Slack & Davis
Law Firm News 01/04/2008While the attorneys of Slack & Davis, L.L.P. bring years of legal experience to each personal injury case, the firm’s range of aviation expertise is what sets it apart. With the addition of attorney Mark D. Pierce, that range just got a little wi...
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McGuire Woods Elects 15 Partners to Firm
Law Firm News 01/04/2008McGuireWoods LLP is pleased to announce that 15 associates have been elected partners of the firm, effective January 1, 2008. The newly elected partners for McGuireWoods include: Lisa A. Atty, Real Estate Department, Los Angeles Office Ilene A. Baile...
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Husch Blackwell Sanders Merger in KC
Law Firm News 01/04/2008The law firms of Blackwell Sanders & Husch Eppenberger will be known as Husch Blackwell Sanders following their merger in a few weeks. The name was decided by a coin toss “because we felt that in a true merger of equals this was the most fair way...