Christine Simmons

July 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The demise of Napoli Bern has been a messy affair.

By Christine Simmons

15 minute read

July 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The largest law firms in New York showed wide disparity in attorney head count growth, and gains at some firms were outweighed by deep drops at others.

By Christine Simmons

52 minute read

July 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the wake of five police officers being shot to death in Dallas Thursday night and two years worth of mounting outrage and social unrest over the deaths of black civilians at the hands of police, attorneys with law enforcement backgrounds expressed dismay and sadness at recent events, lamented it could get worse after the Dallas shootings, and chalked up many of the deaths to a combination of stress, blind spots in training and for some, racial bias.

By Mark Hamblett, Christine Simmons and Rebecca Baker

20 minute read

July 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Arthur Olick, a longtime chair of Anderson Kill's bankruptcy and restructuring practice who advised parties in several law firm dissolutions, died Saturday from multiple sclerosis.

By Christine Simmons

14 minute read

July 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Harvey Newkirk, a former Bryan Cave counsel who was sentenced to six months in prison for wire fraud, was suspended from the practice of law Tuesday.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

July 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state judge in Manhattan has directed former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis to pay Citibank nearly $400,000 that his attorney said served as a capital contribution to the failed law firm.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

July 01, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Discussions between a law firm's attorneys and the firm's general counsel about ethical obligations in representing a client can be withheld from the client based on attorney-client privilege, a Manhattan appeals court ruled Thursday.

By Christine Simmons

51 minute read

June 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Discussions between a law firm's attorneys and the firm's general counsel about ethical obligations in representing a client can be withheld from the client based on attorney-client privilege, a Manhattan appeals court ruled Thursday.

By Christine Simmons

31 minute read

June 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

By Christine Simmons

31 minute read

June 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Wrestling with expert testimony on eyewitness identification, the state's top court in a 4-3 opinion said a Rochester judge did not abuse his discretion when he precluded an expert during a murder trial.

By Christine Simmons

12 minute read