Law Firm News

---

Law Firm News

Firm Name

News Title

News

News Date

25383 matches |  11747-11753 displayed

1  1676 1677 1678 1679 1680  3627

---

Adams & Reese LLP

Adams and Reese Named Among "Best Places to Work in Mississippi”
For the second year in a row, the Jackson office of Adams and Reese has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Mississippi” by the Mississippi Business Journal. The firm was honored at a luncheon on January 17, 2007, during the annual Mississippi Business and Technology Expo.

“At Adams and Reese, we try to be more than just a firm—we strive to be a family,” says Jerry Sheldon, Partner in Charge of the Jackson office. “All of us have a deep respect for one another and are concerned with one another’s well-being. Our employees' pleasant and productive attitudes greatly enhance our workplace and contribute greatly to the overall success of the firm. This award is well-deserved recognition for an outstanding, hardworking and compassionate group of individuals that I, personally, am proud to be associated with.”

Adams and Reese, ranked among the medium-sized companies, was selected because of its employees’ sense of satisfaction, empowerment and loyalty. Additionally, employees noted that the office environment is challenging, rewarding and positive, and that the firm greatly contributes to the betterment of the community, as well as the economic growth of the city and state.

In 2006, Adams and Reese offices in New Orleans and Birmingham also received “Best Places to Work” recognition. Aside from the results of an employee survey, factors that influenced the firm's ranking were such benefits as competitive salaries, maternity and day-care options, health benefits, 401(k) and profit sharing plans and employee recognition programs. The opportunity to participate in the firm’s award-winning corporate philanthropy program, HUGS, as well as its official pro bono program, CA&RE, also weighed in heavily to make Adams and Reese one the top employer-friendly companies.

Adams and Reese proudly embraces a supportive, nurturing and family-like environment among its employees, while maintaining a high standard of professionalism and client service.

01-17-2007

---

Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

WilmerHale Recognized in Inaugural Edition of Chambers Europe
The inaugural edition of Chambers Europe recognizes WilmerHale in six practice areas and names thirteen of its lawyers as “Leaders in their Field.” Chambers bases its rankings on the market research that helps determine the level of client service, commercial awareness, technical legal ability, professional conduct, commitment, and diligence as well as additional qualities in which clients deem relevant.

Chambers Europe 2007 acknowledges the following WilmerHale practices for exceptional standing in the region listed alongside the practice area: Competition/Antitrust (Belgium and Germany); Competition/European Law (London); Dispute Resolution: General (Pan-European); Regulatory: Telecommunications Media & Technology (Pan-European); Telecommunications Media & Technology (Belgium); and WTO/International Trade (Pan-European).

The following list of WilmerHale lawyers – organized by the practice area(s) and the country in which he/she was recommended – are ranked as “Leaders in Their Field”:

Competition/Antitrust

(Belgium) Christian Duvernoy, Thomas Mueller, John Ratliff, Sven Volcker

(Germany) Jan Heithecker, Ulrich Quack

Competition/Antitrust WTO/International Trade

(Belgium) Marco Bronckers, Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, Natalie McNelis

Competition/European Law

(UK) Suyong Kim

Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration

(UK) Gary B. Born, Steven Finizio

Regulatory: Telecommunications Media & Technology

(Belgium) Yves E. Van Gerven

Chambers Europe’s research covers all major jurisdictions throughout Europe. The leading international law firms and leading individuals are ranked in the principal areas of law in each country. Chambers Europe 2007 results, including rankings and editorial, will be launched in hard copy and on the Chambers & Partners website in April 2007.

01-17-2007

---

Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner, LLP

Recently-Merged Firm Picks Up Five
Like an enriched professional baseball team wooing free agents, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner is adding to its lineup on the strength of an operating budget inflated by a December merger.

The firm recently brought in five attorneys to its technology and outsourcing practice, including the first three such lawyers to be headquartered in its Hartford office.

Richard L. Green, who started his legal career at Brown Raysman in 1996 before leaving, has been hired back as a partner in the Hartford office. Joining him in the move are associates Betsy A. Golden and Katarzyna K. “Kasia” Lessard. Attorneys Craig J. Conte and Ieuan Jolly joined the firm’s New York office.

01-17-2007

---

Schiff Hardin LLP

THIRTY-EIGHT SCHIFF HARDIN ATTORNEYS NAMED 2007 ILLINOIS SUPER LAWYERS IN CHICAGO MAGAZINE AND ONE SCHIFF HARDIN ATTORNEY NAMED TO TOP 50 WOMEN LAWYERS
The February 2006 edition of Chicago Magazine named 38 Schiff Hardin attorneys as 2007 Super Lawyers. One Schiff Hardin attorney was named to this ranking of "Top 50 Women Lawyers." Attorneys are selected for this honor by balloting among Illinois attorneys who were asked to name the best lawyers they had personally observed in action. Super Lawyers are those attorneys who were in the top five percent of this selection process. These are the Schiff Hardin attorneys named 2007 Super Lawyers and their categories of selection are:

Thomas W. Abendroth — "Estate Planning & Probate"
Barry S. Alberts — "Civil Litigation Defense"
Scott Bieber — "Estate Planning & Probate"
Max G. Brittain Jr. — "Employment & Labor"
Stephen J. Dragich — "Business/Corporate"
Michael W. Drumke — "Class Action/Mass Torts"
Marci A. Eisentsein — "Class Action/Mass Torts"
Peter V. Fazio Jr. — "Securities & Corporate Finance"
J. Mark Fisher — "Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights"
Mark C. Friedlander — "Construction Litigation"
Stuart L. Goodman — "Business/Corporate"
David A. Grossberg — "Real Estate"
Michael J. Hanahan — "Construction Litigation"
William M. Hannay — "Antitrust Litigation"
David R. Hodgman — "Estate Planning & Probate"
Patricia B. Holmes — "General Litigation"
Allan Horwich — "Securities Litigation"
Richard J. Hoskins — "Intellectual Property Litigation"
Janet M. Johnson — "Real Estate"
Paul M. Lurie — "Construction Litigation"
Michael L. Meyer - "Securities & Corporate Finance"
Paula J. Morency — "Franchise/Dealership"
Ralph A. Morris — "Employment & Labor"
Joseph J. O'Hara Jr. — "General Litigation"
Roger Pascal — "General Litigation"
Scott E. Pickens — "Securities & Corporate Finance"
Thomas B. Quinn — "Business Litigation"
Kenneth M. Roberts — "Construction/Surety"
Gabriel M. Rodriguez — "Environmental"
Ronald S. Safer — "Criminal Defense: White Collar"
Patricia C. Slovak — "Employment & Labor" (also named to "Top 50 Women Lawyers" ranking)
Edward Spacapan Jr. — "Employee Benefits/ERISA"
David M. Spector — "Insurance Coverage"
Frederick J. Sperling — "General Litigation"
Linda K. Stevens — "Intellectual Property Litigation"
Thomas R. Wechter — "Tax"
Mark C. Zaander — "Securities & Corporate Finance"
Sheldon A. Zabel — "Environmental"

01-17-2007

---

Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP

Merril Hirsh Testifies Before The Senate Judiciary Committee On Paying Off Generics To Prevent Competition With Brand Name Drugs
Merril Hirsh, a partner in the Washington, DC office of Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the proposed Preserve Access to the Affordable Generics Act. The topic of the hearing was “Paying Off Generics to Prevent Competition with Brand Name Drugs: Should it Be Prohibited?”

Hirsh told the panel that “a bright line rule preventing reverse payment settlements is the simplest, most efficient and fairest solution to the patent lawsuit issue raised by the Hatch-Waxman Act and promotes the central purposes of the Hatch-Waxman Act to foster both drug innovation and reasonable prices. If reverse payment settlements are permitted, brand and generic drug companies face a powerful – indeed, in some cases, overwhelming – incentive to use the huge monopoly rent earned by the exclusive rights to sell some of the most profitable drugs in history to buy off competition and to avoid challenges to weak patent positions. The proposed legislation would instead create an incentive to achieve a result that fairly reflects the power of the patent position.”

Bloomberg News reported on Mr. Hirsh’s testimony, which has been covered in the Winston-Salem Journal among others.

Bloomberg news reported that, “Such payments ‘are not the only way to settle a case,’ Merril Hirsh, an antitrust lawyer who has represented consumer groups in challenging the settlements, told the panel. ‘A delay in some of these drugs involves a million dollars a day in sales for each day a generic is excluded from the market.

01-17-2007

---

Ober & Kaler, P.C.

Twenty-two Ober|Kaler Attorneys Named Maryland Super Lawyers
Twenty-two Ober|Kaler attorneys have been selected for the Maryland Super Lawyers 2007 issue, published in January. The selections span 11 categories with Ober|Kaler lawyers dominating four out of six Construction Litigation slots and six out of eight Health Care slots. Ober|Kaler principal Kevin Dunne has an exclusive spot in the Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products category.

Ober|Kaler CEO and chair John Wolf, Don Mering, and Pam White are listed in the "Top 50" Super Lawyers section. Ms. White also appears in the "Top 25 Women" Super Lawyers section.

01-17-2007

---

Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Jeralyn L. Lawrence to Speak At 2007 Family Law Symposium
Jeralyn L. Lawrence, a member of the law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., will speak at the 2007 Family Law Symposium sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on Saturday, January 27, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Sheraton in Woodbridge. This year's Symposium will focus on recent changes to the Child Support Guidelines. As part of a panel of experts, Lawrence will discuss what these changes mean to attorneys and their clients.

For more information or to register, contact Eileen O'Connor, Esq., Seminar Director of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education at oconnormassa@yahoo.org or visit their web site at www.njicle.com.

A resident of Watchung, Lawrence devotes her practice to the litigation and mediation of matrimonial and family law matters, including custody, parenting time, divorce and adoption.

Lawrence has been qualified for certification as a Matrimonial Law Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Attorney Certification, and is a Family/Divorce Mediator. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and Chair of the New Jersey Matrimonial Young Lawyers Committee of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She is also a member of the Somerset County (Chair, Family Law Committee) and Essex County Bar Associations, the New Jersey Supreme Court Office of Attorney Ethics, District XIII Attorney Ethics Committee, and an attorney volunteer at the Somerset County Resource Center for Women and Their Families. Lawrence has also been selected by her peers as one of 10 Attorneys Under 40 in Family Law.
Lawrence received her J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, summa cum laude. At Seton Hall, she was awarded the New Jersey Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer’s Award, and served as Student Director of the Seton Hall University School of Law, Family Law Clinic. After law school, Lawrence served a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Herbert S. Glickman, Essex County, Chancery Division, Family Part.

01-17-2007

---

25383 matches |  11747-11753 displayed

1  1676 1677 1678 1679 1680  3627