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Georgia Pulse
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From Prosecutor To Firm Owner, Attys Start From Scratch
Starting your own firm is a gamble for any lawyer, but it can feel particularly daunting for federal prosecutors, for whom leaving a job in the U.S. attorney's office can often feel like starting over completely.
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Davis Wright's Managing Partner Steps Down From Post
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's firmwide managing partner Scott MacCormack is stepping down after nearly three years at the helm, and the firm is appointing its Seattle office leader as an interim leader to guide the transition, the firm confirmed Wednesday.
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Ex-Alston & Bird Aide Should Arbitrate Vax Suit, Judge Says
A former Alston & Bird LLP aide fired for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 should have to take her discrimination claims against the firm to arbitration, a Georgia magistrate judge recommended Wednesday.
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New Seyfarth Role To Help Firm And Clients Steer ESG
Seyfarth Shaw LLP said Wednesday that it is creating a new impact and sustainability partner role to help both the firm and its clients develop business practices centered on "the increasingly regulated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape."
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How State Courts Are Improving Virtual Hearings
State courts are improving virtual hearings by leveraging new technology, redesigning courtrooms, offering technical training to staff and improving case practices through the National Center for State Courts' Hybrid Hearings Improvement Initiative, according to a report it released this week.
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Womble Bond Adds Parker Hudson Corporate Pros In Atlanta
Womble Bond Dickinson has strengthened its corporate capabilities by adding two former Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP attorneys in Atlanta, including a former Womble Bond partner who is returning to the firm.
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Davis Wright's Revenue Grows, Partners Reach $1M Mark
As the firm expands beyond its Seattle roots, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has continued a decade-long streak of income growth with a 9% increase in revenue last year.
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Ga. Judge Tosses 6 Counts In Trump Indictment
A Georgia judge on Wednesday threw out six counts of the indictment charging former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants with solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, saying the state didn't provide enough detail in the charges to allow the defendants to properly defend themselves.
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Atty Chided For Gun Confiscation Bid In Trump Defamation Row
A Philadelphia attorney handling a Pennsylvania election worker's defamation case against Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and two Delaware County poll watchers improperly couched a bid to confiscate the poll watchers' guns, among other things, as a discovery motion, a state judge ruled Tuesday.
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Firms Trimmed Entry-Level Hiring Amid Demand Shifts In 2023
As the legal market adjusted from the post-pandemic hiring surge, law firms across the U.S. scaled back their recruitment efforts for entry-level associates last year, a result of firms realigning talent strategies to better serve clients' demands over the long term, a report Tuesday from the National Association for Law Placement found.
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Anatomy Of Attrition: A Look At Law's Biggest Mergers
After a law firm announces it's adding 100 or more lawyers via a merger, what does that then look like a year, two years or more later? How many lawyers stay with the merged firm? How many leave?
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Civil Cases On The Rise In Federal Courts
The number of civil cases filed in the federal courts jumped significantly in fiscal 2023, led by disputes between multiple states' citizens and personal injury suits, after a decrease in civil filings the year before, the federal judiciary said Tuesday.
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Ga. Judge Says Lin Wood Did Defame Ex-Colleagues
A Georgia federal judge handed a win to former colleagues of former attorney L. Lin Wood in their defamation suit on Tuesday, ruling that Wood falsely accused them of criminal extortion.
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Ga. Attys Face Sanctions Bid Over 'Factually Impossible' Suit
Companies operating vessels in a Georgia port have fired off a request to sanction a Peach State law firm that pursued claims that the businesses failed to protect a worker against COVID-19, saying the attorneys brought a "factually impossible" suit that was dismissed by a federal court last month.
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Ga. Panel Finds $43M Trust Not On Hook For Legal Fees
The Georgia Court of Appeals rejected a request from beneficiaries of a $43 million furniture fortune, finding on Monday that the trust's ex-trustees should not be saddled with attorney fees and litigation costs while the trust's beneficiaries sued them for allegedly mishandling the trust and overpaying themselves.
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PulteGroup GC's Comp Fell For 2nd Straight Year To $2.6M
The top legal leader for Atlanta-based PulteGroup saw his overall compensation decrease 15% last year, earning $2.6 million in 2023 compared to $3.1 million in 2022, as the homebuilder saw record home sales amid higher building costs and interest rates for buyers, according to a recent securities filing.
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With Rising State AG Action, BigLaw Responds By Beefing Up
This year Covington & Burling LLP formalized its government litigation practice group, following others in what appears to be a race by large law firms to formalize, market and grow their state attorney general practices as the nature of the office has shifted in recent years.
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After COVID Office Cuts, Firms Will Do 'More With Less'
Things are settling back into place in the legal office space market after the great upheavals caused by COVID-19, with most law firms now focused on making the best use of their existing space after a round of pandemic-era downsizing, according to a new survey.
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Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week
Mitchell Law PLLC, Gessler Blue LLC and Dhillon Law Group Inc. lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that states can't bar former president Donald Trump from running for reelection this year based on a 14th Amendment provision.
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Nelson Mullins Grows In Atlanta With New Corporate Partners
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has expanded its Atlanta office, adding two seasoned corporate attorneys, one from Thompson Hine LLP and the other from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
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Legal Industry Adds 2,700 Jobs In February
Employment in the U.S. legal sector rebounded in February, showing a slight increase following a decline at the beginning of the year, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Greenberg Traurig Settles ADA Claims From Ex-Legal Aide
Greenberg Traurig LLP has reached a settlement to end disability discrimination claims from a former legal assistant who alleged she was fired after she needed to work remotely to manage chronic pancreatitis, according to an order filed in the Georgia federal lawsuit.
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Greenberg Traurig, Attys Face Music Exec's Malpractice Suit
A music producer has alleged in a Georgia malpractice suit that his former legal team — Greenberg Traurig LLP and a now-Barnes & Thornburg LLP attorney — actively worked against him, causing him to lose a $2.1 million deal with Warner Music Group Corp.
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By The Numbers: Why Associates Stay At Their Firms
After a flood of associates left their firms in search of greener pastures as part of the "talent wars" of the early 2020s, the National Association for Law Placement wanted to know what made other early-career attorneys decide instead to stay put. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a look at how compensation, work-life balance, and a dozen other factors helped play a role.
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Scientific Games Makes Changes As CLO Set To Retire
Scientific Games will soon say goodbye to its retiring chief legal officer amid moves by the lottery technology business to consolidate its legal and public policy departments, according to a company announcement.