Christine Simmons

November 01, 2012 | New York Law Journal

For thousands of lawyers across the United States, Election Day isn't just about casting ballots for their preferred candidates. It's also about making sure that the system under which Americans vote works as it's supposed to. With the presidential race too close to call and candidates scrambling for every vote, that will be a particularly important this year.

By Tom Huddleston Jr. and Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 27, 2013 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten found that because a nonequity partner became a minority equity partner after Marya Lenn Yee's death, intellectual property boutique Donovan & Yee did not dissolve, but a question remains whether the firm owes Yee's estate any money.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

July 03, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Linda Grant Williams, who practiced at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Greenberg Traurig, claims Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs conspired to block a new bond structure she developed, and the banks' threats led the two law firms to fire her.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

April 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

New York City firms raised their attorney billing rates on average by 12 percent in the last few years, the second highest change in rates among lawyers in various U.S. cities, according to a new report, which also shows that a lawyer's billing rate is determined more by law firm size and location than by status, experience or practice area.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

October 15, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Only four months after settling in at 600 Lexington Ave., sublessee Grant + Appelbaum, a four-attorney matrimonial firm, was told by 35-year-old law firm Gersten Savage that it was defaulting on its lease, its partners were departing and the subtenants would have to leave or be evicted, according to a lawsuit against Gersten Savage.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read