At one of his first meetings as a member of a state housing board, Dallas attorney Paul Braden voted to approve renovations on a low-income apartment complex in a small town southeast of Houston. When the project was finalized, his law firm earned $70,000 for doing legal work on the […]
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New Report Reveals Companies Still Don’t Trust Their Own Lawyers
The Corporate Legal Operations Global Institute kicks off tomorrow and just in time, Onit released its new Enterprise Legal Reputation Report (compiled by Provoke Insights) to “spotlight opportunities for corporate legal teams to help enterprise organizations improve organizational efficiency and materially impact their businesses.” Or, maybe more simply, to find […]
Women-Owned Law Firms Seek ‘Seat at Table’ Via Certifications
Manhattan trial lawyers Lisa Bentley and Anna Aguilar quickly realized that repeat business would be crucial when the pair launched a boutique legal practice eight years ago. “As litigators, pretty much everything has a finite limit,” said Bentley, who along with Aguilar started her career at Big Law firm Willkie […]
Longtime lawyer to run for Staten Island Civil Court judgeship
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island native with nearly 30 years experience practicing law, Matt Santamauro is throwing his hat in the ring as a Democratic candidate for the New York City Civil Court in the 2022 election. After graduating from Hofstra University School of Law in 1995, Santamauro […]
K&L Gates Adds Maritime Lawyer in Houston | News & Events
Houston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Felisa Sanchez as of counsel in the maritime and finance practices. She joins the firm’s Houston office from Foley & Lardner LLP. Sanchez focuses her practice on a wide variety of corporate, finance, and commercial matters for domestic and international […]
Patent Tribunal Judges Urge Firms to Send Women, Diverse Lawyers
Judges at an administrative patent tribunal want to see younger, more diverse attorneys arguing before them, and they’re pushing firms to take advantage of a program designed to make that happen. Not enough firms are using the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program, also known as […]
BigLaw ‘Super Rich’ club expands; one firm had $8.4M in profits per equity partner
Home Daily News BigLaw ‘Super Rich’ club expands; one… Law Firms BigLaw ‘Super Rich’ club expands; one firm had $8.4M in profits per equity partner By Debra Cassens Weiss April 28, 2022, 9:13 am CDT Image from Shutterstock. Nine more BigLaw firms have joined the American Lawyer’s “Super Rich” list, […]
As Muslim Lawyers Mark the Close of Ramadan, Diversity in Focus
Muslims around the globe mark Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan today. And Muslim bar associations starting last month marked their first Ramadan in three years where they were able to gather members and the greater legal community in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Making up for lost time […]
Anheuser-Busch Taps Big Law Partner to Return in Top Deals Post
Anheuser-Busch has brought back former in-house lawyer James “Jamie” Mathis, a corporate partner at Husch Blackwell, to be its top transactional attorney. Mathis, who was chair of the law firm’s alcoholic beverage practice group, rejoined the company in mid-April. He succeeds Thomas Larson, who led a team responsible for U.S. […]
Big Law Hiring Spree Lifts Diversity in Mostly White Industry
After nearly six years at Cantor Colburn, Atlanta lawyer Daniel Mitchell decided it was time to expand his horizons beyond patent prosecution. Mitchell joined the intellectual property boutique’s Georgia office after graduating law school in 2016 because he knew he would get a lot of experience and hands-on work, like […]