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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:18:10 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, July 9th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Clifford Chance was the highest grossing firm among UK firms…

Sonnenschein added a veteran Exxon Lawyer to its Energy Practice…

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan added two partners to its IP team…

A survey of nearly 700 women law firm partners revealed an “intense dissatisfaction” with the compensation gap between men and women…

A former Texas representative joined Greenberg Traurig’s Austin office as an of counsel in the governmental affairs practice group…

A shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa office, was appointed chairman of the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education…

Morvillo Abramowitz was recognized by Chambers & Partners for the 7th consecutive year…

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan Adds To IP Team

joshua — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:15:55 +0000

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, one of the nation’s largest minority-owned law firms, has added two partners to its intellectual property practice. They are Neil P. Calvin, formerly of Microsoft, and Albert S. Michalik.

Calvin is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent/intellectual property licensing. Calvin was Associate General Counsel and Director of Patent Licensing at Microsoft Corp. for nearly nine years. In addition to supporting patent/IP issues for Windows, he formed and led Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Team and focused on IP issues in the areas of standards, open source software, outbound patent licenses, cross licenses, OEM software licensing, and joint development deals.

Michalik is a registered patent attorney with experience in all aspects of intellectual property law and a special emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of software and hardware-related patent applications. Michalik’s prior legal experience includes founding and growing his own law firm, where he represented Microsoft, among other clients. Prior to that, Michalik worked as a patent attorney in the Chicago office of Leydig, Voit and Mayer, Ltd.

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP is a nationwide law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices located in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, Washington D.C., and Wayne, New Jersey.

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:23:40 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, June 24th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan opened an office in Atlanta, the fifteenth for the firm…

DLA Piper announced the expansion of its Venture Pipeline Service and online resource center for entrepreneurs….

Cooley’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice earned top honors at last week’s Turnaround Atlas Awards…

Sonnenschein added a former U.S. Treasury tax counsel as a partner in its taxation practice…

Jones Day cut staff in Cleveland…

Bowman & Brooke launched a blog for women executives in law and other fields…

The former co-chair of Mayer Brown’s litigation practice joined Buckley Sandler…

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan Opens Office No. 15

joshua — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:18:16 +0000

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, one of the nation’s largest minority-owned law firms, has continued to extend its national presence with the opening of an office in Atlanta’s, the firm’s 15^th.

Three attorneys are slated to take residence in the new office after bolting from the Atlanta office of Adorno & Yoss. They are partners Tracey Walker and Stephen Lowe and associate Roxann Sherri Smithers.

“My colleagues and I are so pleased to join such a talented group of lawyers,” said Walker. “This firm works together as one team to provide our clients with expert representation on a full range of commercial litigation, labor employment and other legal matters. And when it comes to minority and women ownership and leadership, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan is the real deal – it’s who we are.”

Walker’s practice focuses on litigation of commercial, construction tort, and general commercial liability matters ranging from simple disputes to multi-million dollar claims. She has tried cases in state and federal courts across the country and in Puerto Rico.

Lowe’s practice focuses on commercial litigation of complex disputes in state and federal courts nationwide. He has represented owners, general contractors, designers and sureties in the construction industry on projects such as sports arenas, hotels, power plants, schools and office buildings in disputes involving delay and impact claims, as well as design and construction defects.

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP a nationwide law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices located in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, Washington D.C., and Wayne, New Jersey.

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:45:55 +0000

Good Morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 6, and here’s a look back at the last few days.

Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan opened its 13th office…

Goodwin Procter laid off 21 of its second year associates…

Hogan & Hartson picked up a former government regulator…

Dickstein Shapiro laid off more attorneys and staff…

and same sex marriage has been defeated at the polls in Maine…

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan Announce Nashville Office

todd — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:34:10 +0000

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP revealed today that they will be opening an office in Nashville, bringing in Nashville attorneys Natasha L. Blackshear and Dennis Nunez.

This will become the 13^th office nationwide for the firm, which is well known for being one of the country’s largest minority-owned law firms.

“I am pleased to join forces with such a respected minority-owned law firm,” said Blackshear. “Gonzalez Saggio & Harland brings the considerable resources of a nationwide law firm to bear on public and corporate finance matters in Nashville, Memphis and across the state of Tennessee.”

Blackshear worked as a venture capitalist at Council Ventures LP for five years and as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Corporate Valuation Consulting division.

Registered patent attorney Dennis Nunez brings four years of experience in intellectual property law to the firm. Nunez graduated with honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, specializing in intellectual property law.

Report: Law Firm Mergers Up 33% in Q1

Erik Even — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:41:34 +0000

Legal management consultancy Altman Weil reports that law firm mergers and acquisitions increased by 33% during Q1.

Altman Weil says 24 law firm mergers were reported in the first three months of 2009, up from the 18 mergers reported in the first quarter of 2008.

Examples include Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan’s merger with Atkins & Evans, and K&L Gates absorption of Bell Boyd & Lloyd.

Newton Square, Pennsylvania’s Altman Weil provides management consulting services exclusively to legal organizations. Their clients include law firms, corporate law departments, government legal offices and legal vendors of all sizes and types throughout North America, Latin America, the UK and Europe.

Gonzalez Saggio Expands into Phoenix, LA

Erik Even — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:48:10 +0000

Milwaukee’s Gonzalez Saggio, a minority-owned law firm, is opening offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, California.

Gonzalez Saggio represents AIG, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. Yikes. No wonder they’re expanding.

The Phoenix office will be run by Charles Hamilton Houston III, who previously headed his own Phoenix law firm.

The California office will bring nine attorneys from LA’s Atkins & Evans. Their clients include Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Ford and Honda North America.

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP has 90 attorneys nationwide and nine other offices, including Chicago, Las Vegas and New York.