JD Journal » railroad law http://www.jdjournal.com Legal Industry News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:34:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Jones Day Brings on Partners http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/06/08/jones-day-brings-on-partners/ http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/06/08/jones-day-brings-on-partners/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:43:25 +0000 Erik Even http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=13430 Jones DayJones Day, which last month brought on seven bankruptcy lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis, has hired two laterals.

Partner Ronald Johnson joins from Akin Gump. He represents railroads in litigation and regulatory matters.

Lily Claffee joins as a partner from the Commerce Department, where she was general counsel. She will work in Jones Day’s government regulation practice.

Jones Day is an international law firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1893 by Judge Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice. Jones Day is the 8th largest law firm in the world by revenue. It is currently the second largest law firm in the United States, with approximately 2,400 lawyers and gross annual revenue in excess of US$1.5 billion.
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Chapman, 66, was a Madison County circuit judge from 1979 to 1988, when he has elected to the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon.

Following his retirement from the bench in 2001, Chapman has been engaged in a trial practice as an attorney associated with the Lakin Law Firm.

The firm will be divided into seven practice areas: maritime law, railroad law, class action, nursing home abuse, workers compensation, personal injury and appellate law.

In October, Tom Lakin, founder of the Lakin Law Firm, was sentenced to six years in prison for drug charges. Lakin pleaded guilty to drug charges of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine, distributing cocaine to a person under 21 and maintaining a drug house.

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