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Morris Manning Slashes Salaries

Erik Even — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Atlanta’s Morris Manning, which recently canceled its 2010 Summer Associate Program, is slashing salaries based on how much work a particular practice group is bringing in.

The real estate, commercial lending, and general corporate practice groups are taking 15% salary cuts. All other groups will see 10% cuts.

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, is 175-lawyer firm with offices in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Duluth and Savannah, Georgia; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Washington DC; Beijing and Taipei.

Virtual Law Partners Hires Four Attorneys

Erik Even — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:07:57 +0000

Virtual Law Partners, which hired five new partners four weeks ago, has this week brought on four new partners for its commercial lending and intellectual property practices.

David Lawson joins from Troutman Sanders, where he was a partner, to chair Virtual Law’s commercial lending practice. He earned his JD from the University of Southern California Law Center.

Janyce Mitchell joins from Strategic Patent Group, where she was a vice president. She received her JD from the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, and her MS and C. Phil in Physics from the University of California, San Diego.

Stephen Sullivan also joins from Strategic Patent, where he was president. He will focus on patent prosecution for software companies. His JD is from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

David Roise joins from Ropes & Gray, where he was an associate. He is a former assistant professor of biochemistry and cellular biology at UC San Diego. He specializes in patent law. He earned his Ph.D in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his JD from Stanford Law School.

Founded in 2008, Virtual Law Partners is a distributed, web-based law firm that goes beyond the constraints of brick & mortar law firms to provide legal services at rates lower than those of conventional law firms. Powered by a digital infrastructure, VLP eliminates costly physical offices and minimizes environmental impact, while significantly lowering administrative costs and overhead.

Stradley Ronon Hires Two Wolf Block Partners

Erik Even — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:48:26 +0000

Stradley Ronon has hired two finance partners from dissolving Wolf Block.

Richard Zucker, chairperson of Wolf Block’s financial services practice and the head of its commercial lending group, is joining Stradley Ronon’s finance and restructuring practice group.

Gretchen M. Santamour, chairperson of Wolf Block’s bankruptcy and creditor’s rights practice, is joining Stradley Ronon bankruptcy group.

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has offices in Philadelphia, Malvern and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and Washington, DC.