Christine Simmons

June 11, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The move to a corporate environment of prominent criminal defense attorney Gerald Shargel, who has operated his own firm for about 40 years, reflects the growing interest of large firms to expand white-collar criminal defense practices and bolster the ranks of lawyers with defense trial experience, several practitioners said.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

October 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Power flickered off at Manhattan firms at block after block below 34th Street, while many neighborhoods flooded. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, attorneys faced conditions Tuesday that could keep many away from their offices for the entire week. But that didn't stop them from working.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

May 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Despite the frustrations of working temporarily in offices that are half of the size of its downtown outpost, partners and associates of Fragomen said the move has prompted camaraderie, discipline and mentorship.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

April 12, 2013 | New York Law Journal

You don't see them in court or their names in pleadings, but nearly all large firms have managing attorneys and clerks who work behind the scenes to make sure firms meet court deadlines, keep records of litigation and advise attorneys. They are the "lawyers to the lawyers," notes Henry Kennedy, president of a new nonprofit, Managing Attorneys and Clerks Association Inc.

By Christine Simmons

15 minute read

June 10, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Veteran litigator Stanley Arkin "cannot avoid personal liability simply because his consent to such (sublease) provisions may now seem ill advised," Acting Supreme Court Justice O. Peter Sherwood said, addressing a major issue in the contentious breakup of Arkin Kaplan Rice.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

February 27, 2013 | New York Law Journal

For more than a decade, the provenance of white-collar defense work has been shifting away from boutiques to large corporate firms that have wooed prominent former prosecutors and built strong practices. Nevertheless, boutiques continue to form, prompting many in the defense bar to ask whether there's enough white-collar work to go around.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

November 02, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The New York State Bar Association will host a conference call 11 a.m. Friday among representatives of several bar groups to discuss how to help victims of the storm and how firms whose offices were damaged by the storm can restore their practices.

By John Caher, Tania Karas, Andy Keshner, Brendan Pierson, Christine Simmons and Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

December 07, 2012 | Law.com

Western District Judge David Larimer examined the fee requests of Leclair Korona Giordano Cole in Rochester; Scheper Kim & Harris in Los Angeles; Kobre & Kim in Manhattan; and Hiscock & Barclay in Syracuse and Buffalo, particularly comparing the amount of work and rates of Scheper Kim with those of Leclair Korona, which served as local Rochester counsel.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

November 26, 2012 | Law.com

Surrogate John Czygier's ruling involved the sole beneficiary to a multimillion-dollar estate who argued the contingency fee she paid to attorney James Spiess was excessive as he only spent six hours negotiating the settlement.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

March 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A parolee living in an apartment provided by a drug treatment program cannot be evicted without recourse to the protections and procedures afforded tenants under state law, a Bronx Housing Court judge has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read