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Eckert Seamans to Merge with Hendrickson & Long [Video]

From LawCrossing.com: The law firms of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC and Hendrickson & Long, PLLC announced they will combine their practices at the beginning of 2009. All 12 attorneys from Charleston, South Carolina-based Hendrickson…

Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years

An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004, after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting “to engage in an oral sexual act” with what he thought…

New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis

New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis

Sean Patrick Maloney, the first deputy secretary to New York Governor David Paterson, resigned this week, effective at the end of the year. Maloney, who is openly gay, was a…

Boutique to Cut Client Billing Rates in 2009

Boutique to Cut Client Billing Rates in 2009

Austin, Texas-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend is reducing its billing rates in current hourly-fee cases by 10% on January 1st. Douglas Alexander, a partner in the 13-lawyer…

Morning News Roundup for New Year’s Eve

Morning News Roundup for New Year’s Eve

Our top stories: Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will review admissions procedures, after a student used a bogus undergraduate degree to enter the program… Drinker Biddle & Reath’s DC office…

Canadian Law School to Boot Student With Fake Undergrad Degree

Canadian Law School to Boot Student With Fake Undergrad Degree

Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will review admissions procedures, after The Toronto Star discovered a third-year student had used a bogus undergraduate degree to enter the program. According…

Lawyer of the Day: P’Ta Mon

Lawyer of the Day: P’Ta Mon

I discovered this ad via Digg, and immediately decided to see if it was legit. It is. P’Ta Mon (pronounced “peeta mon”) is a real attorney [UPDATE: I'm not sure…

Drinker Biddle & Reath Gets Six Thelen Lawyers

I really don’t think we can post enough “former Thelen lawyers find jobs” stories. Drinker Biddle & Reath’s Washington, DC office has added six former Thelen lawyers to its labor…

Law Firms Provide Safe Rides for New Year’s Revelers

Law Firms Provide Safe Rides for New Year’s Revelers

Law firms across the nation are starting a  New Year’s tradition — sponsoring cab rides for intoxicated revelers. Woods & Woods in Evansville, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama’s Johnson Law Firm; and…

Former Patent Czar Joins Whiteford Taylor

Former Patent Czar Joins Whiteford Taylor

The Clinton-era head of the US Patent & Trademark Office has joined Baltimore’s Whiteford, Taylor & Preston. Bruce A. Lehman, previously of counsel to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld,…

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