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Ruden McClosky Lays Off 2 Lawyers, 18 Staff

Ruden McClosky Lays Off 2 Lawyers, 18 Staff

Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Ruden McClosky has laid off two lawyers and at least 18 secretaries and paralegals. Last Fall, the firm cut one lawyer and 15 staffers. At year’s end,…

Stearns Weaver Opens New Office in Florida

Stearns Weaver Opens New Office in Florida

Stearns Weaver has launched a new office in Tallahassee, Florida. The attorneys practicing in the new office will focus on regulatory and general commercial law. Florida’s Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler…

Florida’s Kluger Kaplan to Dissolve

Florida’s Kluger Kaplan to Dissolve

Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, a 40-lawyer firm with offices in Miami and Boca Raton, Florida, is dissolving as two name partners, Howard Berlin and Steven Peretz, jump ship. Berlin…

Ruling on Lawyer Fees Causes Debate In Florida

Ruling on Lawyer Fees Causes Debate In Florida

A ruling from Florida’s Supreme Court regarding the rates lawyers can charge on workers comp cases will pit attorney’s and workers’ rights advocates against business and insurers. The ruling, handed…

Revenue, Profits Down at Stroock & Stroock

The Am Law 100′s Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, a firm with about 75% of its 750 lawyers in New York, saw profits per partner drop by 8.6%, to $1,185,000…

Bilzin Sumberg Cuts Attorneys, Staff

Miami’s Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod has cut some attorney and staff positions. The firm, founded in 1998, declined to say exactly how many positions were cut. Sources say…

Roetzel & Andress “Regretfully Releases” 13 Associates

Roetzel & Andress has “regretfully released” 13 associates and 18 non-lawyers, firm President Jeffrey Casto has announced. Three of the lawyers were at its headquarters in Akron, Ohio, and three…

Judges Begrudgingly Accept Pay Freezes

The National Law Journal writes that judges, who have been pushing for years for pay raises, are now backing off, and begrudgingly accepting pay freezes in the shadow of the…

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.…

Rosenbaum to Take Over at Greenberg Traurig

Rosenbaum to Take Over at Greenberg Traurig

Miami’s Greenberg Traurig has announced that CEO Cesar Alvarez will hand over the reins to President Richard A. Rosenbaum next year, after 12 years as head honcho of the 1,800-plus…