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August 06, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Carrollton law firm may have to pay $325,000 for failing to file a medical malpractice suit on behalf of an inmate who died in prison. A Carroll County jury awarded the damages to the inmate's widow last month and found that the law firm of Johnson, Beckham Dangle, name partner William P.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

February 06, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected]. George E. "Sonny" Perdue III has tapped three lawyers for the 15-member task force that will review Georgia's telecommunications policy. King Spalding partner Joseph R. Bankoff, David N. Baker, vice president for law and public policy at Earthlink Inc., and W. Jeff Lukken, mayor of LaGrange and owner of Lukken Chevrolet Oldsmobile, will help review telecom policy in Georgia.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

October 24, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Mullins Riley Scarborough has settled a case brought by 15 offshore investors for whom the firm served as an escrow agent. The group sued the Columbia, S.C.-based firm last year alleging that it breached its ficuciary duty by allowing funds to be transferred to a private company. The plaintiffs asked for $6 million in damages, plus attorney fees and litigation expenses.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

May 30, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Marshall Law School is undergoing a physical and academic facelift in an effort to increase enrollment and prepare for the American Bar Association accreditation team's October visit. A prominent new sign in front of the school's West Peachtree Street building has been commissioned, and John Marshall has started advertising on the radio.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

May 21, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Aldridge Norman plans to merge with Washington-based McKenna Cuneo on June 1, creating a 376-lawyer firm with eight offices. The two firms, which are roughly the same size, had discussed a merger for about 15 months, said Long Aldridge Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Clay C.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

January 07, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

When a lawyer needs to rearrange the brain, make connections or jump outside the box to be creative, nothing suffices quite like a piece of paper and something that will leave a mark.

By Kendall M. Gray

5 minute read

September 25, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Nineteen of King Spalding's 82 summer associates here didn't get offers to join the firm, breaking a six-year trend in which the firm invited almost all of its summer class to stay. But KS said the longer list of uninvited young lawyers doesn't reflect a more conservative hiring posture. Actually, the firm mademore hiring offers than usual, but drew from a larger summer class.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

December 05, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] King Spalding associates who struck out on their own in September have hired a former colleague who will give the firm a new practice area and another office. Jerome D. Lee, a former financial transactions and tort litigation associate at KS, joined James B. "Jamie" Hernan and Christopher C.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

September 19, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Stockton has promoted its full-time pro bono attorney, Debra A. Segal, to nonequity partner. Segal, who joined the firm in January 2001 as pro bono counsel, coordinated more than 17,000 hours of free legal services last year. Based on Kilpatrick's attorney billing rates, she said, the work was worth more than $3.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

March 31, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] pleas from the mayor and the president of Georgia State University, King Spalding decided that it needs updated office space enough to move to a brand new Midtown building in 2006.This means the firm, now a major tenant in the 191 Peachtree St. office tower, will leave downtown for the first time in its nearly 120-year history.

By Julia Gray Smith

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