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Baker & McKenzie Adds Ricardo S. Martinez to Latin American Finance and Transactional Practice

Baker & McKenzie Adds Ricardo S. Martinez to Latin American Finance and Transactional Practice

In recent days, the law firm of Baker & McKenzie announced that Ricardo S. Martinez joined the firm as a partner in the Latin American finance and transactional practice in…

Boyd M. Johnson, III, Deputy U.S. Attorney for SDNY Joins WilmerHale

Boyd M. Johnson, III, Deputy U.S. Attorney for SDNY Joins WilmerHale

The law firm of WilmerHale recently announced that Boyd M. Johnson III, current Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), will join its trial litigation and…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, August 17th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories. Andrew J., “A.J.” Thomas joined Jenner & Block’s L.A. office as partner… A Greenberg Traurig…

Kobre & Kim LLP Set to Open Office in Hong Kong

Kobre & Kim LLP Set to Open Office in Hong Kong

Morgan Stanley’s William McGovern has joined New York based Kobre & Kim LLP to head a new Hong Kong office targeting Asian clients in disputes with U.S. regulators or global…

Legal Fees Accumulate in Madoff Bankruptcy

Legal Fees Accumulate in Madoff Bankruptcy

A court-appointed trustee and a Manhattan law firm, who have been working to unravel Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud, have rung up another $22.1 million in legal fees. A judge approved…

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Gary Hnath (not a typo) joins Mayer Brown as a partner from Bingham McCutchen, in the intellectual property and government/global trade practice…

Another Bad Lawyer Steals from Clients

Um, what is up with lawyers nowadays? This guy steals from escrow funds, this one held on to settlement funds, these guys bribed clients. And then there’s Bernie and Marc.…

Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web

Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web

A former lawyer, who was disbarred in the 1980s taking client escrow funds, has been charged with defrauding investors of out of millions of dollars as a hedge fund manager.…

Paul Weiss Enjoys Solid 2008

Am Law 100 firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had a solid 2008, with both revenue and profits on the rise. Gross revenue reached $692 million, up 6.3% from…

ATL Asks: Is It Okay to Kill Bernie Madoff?

Amazingly, The American Lawyer is asking if it would be okay to apply the death penalty to Bernie Madoff. The enormous fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff has some U.S. commentators…

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