Atlanta’s Hawkins & Parnell is opening its doors in Austin with the help of several partners from Brown McCarroll, according to a tipster. Long-time partners Todd Wade, Kay Andrews, Bill Fountain, Taylor Smith, and Chris Ege, along with numerous associates and legal assistants are making the move. Todd Wade and Kay Andrews were members of the management committee [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Alston & Bird has hired a developer to explore constructing a potential new office building in Atlanta, Georgia. The Law Firm would be the anchor tenant o the building. Daniel Corporation is the development company investigating the project. Last year Alston & Bird said it wanted to downsize from its current 420,000 square feet to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Ten former law clerks at Thompson Hine have all been elevated to associates. They are Leonard Lescosky of the firm’s Atlanta office; Kyla Baker, Jessica Groza, Barbara Lum, Tom Ritzert and Jana Shearer of Cleveland; Terrance Mebane of Columbus; Angela Ceccarelli of Dayton; Keith Binder of New York; and Jaelyn Edwards of Washington D.C. “We are [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Atlanta-based firm Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore has elected Nicole Iannarone and Lisa Strauss as partners with the firm. Strauss previously served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Her practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in business disputes. Iannarone represents both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Atlanta’s Rogers & Hardin has a new partner. Lori Gelchion, a corporate lawyer with a practice focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions and securities law has been made a partner. Gelchion received her JD from the University of Georgia Law School, where she was on the editorial board of the law review. Rogers & Hardin [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
Atlanta based Sutherland is joining the rush to abandon lockstep compensation and is moving to a merit based system similar to the one other top firms have adopted or are planning to adopt. Associates will be classified as junior, mid-level and senior, with the levels roughly corresponding to their time in the firm. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Alston & Bird is changing the way it computes overtime for its secretaries. Up until now, Alston & Bird has paid overtime starting at 37.5 hours per week, slightly more generous than is required by law. Now the firm is revising its overtime policy to match what is required by state and federal [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 1, 2009
Three shareholders, Susan Spencer, Terresa Tarpley and James Walker IV and one associate, Shellie Hammock, have made the move from Morris, Manning & Martin to Carlton Fields in Atlanta. The four are corporate lawyers and were attracted by Carlton Fields’ larger size and broader array of practice areas. Carlton Fields, which is based in Tampa, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
Back in March, we told you that Alston Bird was deferring its incoming class of new associates. With so many firms doing this, it hardly seems like news anymore. Now, however, the same group of new associates have been deferred again, and this time the deferral is indefinite. This does not bode well for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
The ides of September are nearly upon us, and Alston & Bird still haven’t decided who they want to keep. Not to worry, says the firm, offers are forthcoming, just as soon as they get it all figured out. The firm has decided to coordinate offers as a firm this year, but decision [...]
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