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Amanda O'brien

Amanda O'brien

October 16, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Bar Passage Rates Increase for July 2023 Test

This summer marked the third time the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners administered the new Universal Bar Examination.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read

October 16, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Weir Greenblatt Claims Former Partner Owes Firm Nearly $300,000

Gina Stowe sued the firm earlier this month, seeking the return of her $50,000 capital contribution.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

October 13, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Weir Greenblatt Partner Looks to Sue Firm Over Unreturned $50K Capital Contribution

Gina Stowe said the firm and managing partner Walter Weir did not respond to her request to return the funds nor to an American Arbitration Association offer to arbitrate the dispute.

By Amanda O'Brien

2 minute read

October 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Firms Continue Diversity Efforts With Mansfield Certification

"We have some really long-standing relationships with Philly firms," said Diversity Lab chief inclusion and equity officer Lisa Kirby. "[They were] some of our earliest adopters."

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

October 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Troutman Pepper Launches Corporate Espionage Response Team

Legacy firms Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton both had similar capabilities in the area, according to partner Will Taylor, one of the two founders of the group.

By Amanda O'Brien

6 minute read

October 11, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Looking to Downsize Because of Hybrid Work

With its lease at 1500 Market St. expiring in the next year, the firm is looking to shrink from 80,000 square feet over four floors to 50,000 square feet spread over two.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

October 09, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Art School Is the Next Stop for Morgan Lewis' Pioneering E-Data Practice Founder

Tess Blair retired from the firm at the start of October. At Temple University's Tyler School of Art, she's exploring painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and glassblowing.

By Amanda O'Brien

4 minute read

October 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Feldman Shepherd Lands 3 Laterals to Fortify Core Practices

Philadelphia Board of Education President Reginald Streater, formerly of Berger Montague, Daniel Klaproth of Murray, Stone & Wilson and Samuel Mukiibi of Grant & Eisenhofer will also continue their individual niches in civil rights and nursing home neglect cases.

By Amanda O'Brien

5 minute read

October 05, 2023 | The American Lawyer

This Litigation Funder Has Loaned Money To a Growing List of Troubled Firms

When Philadelphia-based Sacks Weston declared bankruptcy in August, it became the latest firm to do business with Virage Capital and then hit the skids.

By Amanda O'Brien

11 minute read

October 03, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Litigator David Pittinsky Dies at 81

Pittinsky became the second Black partner at Dilworth Paxson before joining Ballard in 1992. His clients included Frank Sinatra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

By Amanda O'Brien

3 minute read