Christine Simmons

April 16, 2012 | Law.com

Entertainment lawyer Marc Simon's latest film, Unraveled, focuses on the fall of attorney Marc Dreier, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after bilking investors of more than $400 million in a Ponzi scheme. In this Q&A, Simon talks about his professional pursuit of both filmmaking and the law and how the two interests influence each other.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

July 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A nonequity partner's claims for salary and commissions could be calculated "from his own origination billings without the need for a full accounting" of the dissolved firm, the court held. The claims of an equity partner, however, were dismissed as premature.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Weighing an issue of first impression, a unanimous panel of the Second Circuit said that a defendant must be resentenced, because his incorrect classification as a career criminal was so serious that it did not matter that his counsel did not challenge the deficiencies in a Probation Department report.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

September 13, 2013 | Law.com

Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy, law firms are still wrangling with insurance carriers over denied coverage for loss of business. While some are are sticking with negotiations, several have turned to litigation.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

October 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Two prominent civil rights firms in New York are accused by a three-lawyer Washington, D.C., firm of cheating it out of a significant fee as part of a $3.75 million settlement in a wrongful death case.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

September 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The new chair of the board of Lawyers Without Borders discusses her own work in Liberia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, along with the organization's training programs on legal concepts and human rights in developing countries.

By Christine Simmons

13 minute read

November 21, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a speech the night before and spurring a 14-hour scare about his health.A Justice Department spokeswoman blamed the 67-year-old's dramatic and public fall on a fainting spell.

By LARA JAKES JORDAN and CHRISTINE SIMMONS

4 minute read

July 05, 2012 | Law.com

A discrimination suit filed by a black resident can go forward against the legendary Manhattan co-op where John Lennon was murdered, a state appellate court has ruled.

By Brendan Pierson and Christine Simmons

5 minute read

June 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The size of the state's largest law firms has remained steady over the last year, while growth in several regional firms has been significant, according to an analysis of the number of attorneys in the 100 largest law firms in the state.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

July 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The managing partner of Clyde & Co.'s New York office said the firm's evidence in the defamation suit includes "an email and photograph of a naked woman that Plaintiff circulated to certain female employees while working at Clyde," an allegation the former senior counsel denied, saying the firm was "grasping at straws."

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read