Where Roebothan McKay Marshall stood on Friday is now a pile of rubble with a lovely view of the waterfront. But the destruction of its offices in St. John’s, Newfoundland, over the weekend is an inconvenience rather than a tragedy, partner Steve Marshall tells the St. John’s Telegram in a written statement today. No one [...]
Some associates in Atlanta are benefiting as their law firms detect hints of a turnaround and increased business. Some examples, reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips gave its associates a $10,000 pay raise, citing business from companies seeking advice on labor issues and defending labor lawsuits. Morris, Manning [...]
The former chief operating officer for the now-shuttered Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm has pleaded guilty to a federal money-laundering conspiracy charge and said she helped her ex-boss, now-disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein, because she feared potential Mafia repercussions if she didn’t. Initially, Debra Villegas told U.S. District Judge William Zloch, she agreed to prepare fake [...]
It is undisputed that a partner of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz had an affair with the wife of a client and longtime friend while representing the fired bank executive in a wrongful termination suit. But without a showing that the affair adversely affected the representation the situation doesn’t establish a breach of fiduciary [...]
It may not be legal for a private law firm to accept a recent law graduate’s offer to work for free to gain some much-needed experience. But a newly minted legal eagle with the drive to pursue the dream of a high-flying solo career need not hesitate to do so right away, advises the New [...]
In a labor market glutted with would-be legal eagles, hiring a recent law graduate to work for free can be a tempting idea. But law firms should beware of doing so, practitioners advise. If the intern is displacing a regular paid employee, chances are the arrangement is illegal, reports Lawyers USA. “There are very few [...]
A fire alarm activated a year ago on the third floor of Parker McCay’s offices has left the New Jersey law firm still dealing with a super-heated situation. The day after the June 2, 2009 incident, law librarian Sheila Ciemniecki was called into a Parker McCay conference room, where she was fired by the firm’s [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission nixed a newspaper’s Freedom of Information Act request for the names of some 33 employees and contractors–many of them attorneys–determined by an Office of Inspector General report to have been watching porn on their government computers, on government time. But now a Colorado lawyer has taken the issue to federal [...]
When Greg Bufithis created his “posse list” in 2002, the Washington, D.C.-based lawyer would e-mail frequent news updates and work opportunities to a handful of contract attorneys on local legal projects. However, what began as a simple e-mail newsletter has since morphed into an internationally recognized website devoted to upcoming projects, industry news and e-discovery [...]
Did you know there were Green Crimes? When I hear about crime rates in various cities, I would never think of law breakers as being environmental movement proponents. I was shocked to find out that some of them are. Crimes of passion; passion about going green and saving the earth. But “Green” crimes, though they [...]