Today Hogan & Hartson LLP publicly stated that Susan J. Court has become part of their Washington, D.C. office. She will join the energy practice group as a partner. Court was formerly the Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement, or FERC. While at FERC, she was in charge of 170 lawyers, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Brunswick Group LLC today announced that Michele Davis, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs and Director of Policy Planning, has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as Partner. Also today, Brunswick announced that Julie Andreeff Jensen, who most recently served as Pennsylvania’s Get-Out-the-Vote Director for Barack Obama, has joined the firm as [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Microsoft will soon be releasing its new operating system, Windows 7. To handle any regulatory issues that may arise with the release of the software, Microsoft is looking to hire an experienced antitrust lawyer. According to an ad placed at a Washington state job bank, the company seeks an attorney that can to “analyze and address [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Williams Mullen announces it will host the North Carolina Bar Association’s annual 4ALL Phone-In for the second year in a row. Attorney volunteers will gather in the firm’s Wilmington, North Carolina office on March 6, 2009 to provide free legal information to callers from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Volunteer attorneys will take questions regarding [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
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 global economic meltdown. After years of aggressively lobbying for raises in their salaries, chief justices and court administrators in five states are backing off as unprecedented [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The announcement of Obama’s administration is helping abortion rights supporters feel optimistic, while unnerving “pro-lifers.” Thursday is the 36th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Pro-choice groups see President Barack Obama as an ally of the Democratic leadership in Congress, and feel that they will likely ease restrictions on federal funding, broaden [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The transitioning bipartisan firm, BGR Group, with a history of powerful Republican clients, partied into the late hours Tuesday during the Obama inauguration. The BGR Group hosted a Blue Ball for over 200 invited guests at its new Homer Building office in Washington, DC. The firm patriotically primped its office floor with star lights projected on [...]
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
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