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March 02, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Julia Gray SmithSpecial to the Daily ReportMcKenna Long Aldridge has lost three dealmakers, including its local hiring partner and a former corporate practice leader, to Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker. Wayne N. Bradley, H. Franklin Layson III, and Mark S. Lange joined Paul Hastings last Thursday. All three were equity partners at McKenna.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

June 24, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy saw revenue grow 10.3 percent to $123 million in 2001-compared to 10.4 percent in 2000-giving it the second-lowest growth rate in the Daily Report Dozen. Only Arnall Golden Gregory, which saw its revenue drop last year, had less growth. But PoGo's net income, $43.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

April 24, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Julia Gray Smith, Special to the Daily ReportWhen Troutman Sanders took a bite out of the Big Apple, it guaranteed a sweet year for firm finances.Thanks in part to its merger with the 89-lawyer New York office of Jenkens Gilchrist in April 2005, Troutman's gross revenue jumped more than 20 percent, to $249 million.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

September 23, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

About now, a throng of baby lawyers is starting life in a new law firm. They have graduated from law school. Many have that plum job in their pockets. The bar exam is done and dusted. Attorney Kendall Gray offers a humorous look at the pitfalls of that first law firm job.

By Kendall Gray

5 minute read

April 08, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Creativity is making something of real value that did not exist before. The law requires creativity when attorneys practice at the highest levels.

By Kendall Gray

6 minute read

June 05, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] to a last-minute phone call, Hunton Williams associate Leslie B. Zacks can claim partial credit for a $35 million verdict against eBay Inc. A Norfolk, Va., jury found on May 27 that the online auction house and its subsidiary, Half.com Inc., had willfully infringed two patents owned by MercExchange, a Hunton client.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

April 30, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] R. David Ware was No. 1 in this year's National Football League draft. According to Street Smith's Sports Business Journal, Ware was the independent agent who represented the most top-rated players in the country this draft. Six of the top 100 NFL draft picks can thank Ware for shepherding them through the process.

By Julia Gray Smith

6 minute read

February 07, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] After only eight months with Butler, Wooten, Fryhofer, Daughtery Sullivan, plaintiffs' attorneys Andrew M. Scherffius and Tamara M. Ayres have left. Last week, they returned to Ballard Still-now Scherffius, Ballard, Still Ayres. Scherffius, 52, and Ayres, 42, say the 13-lawyer Butler firm was too large for their tastes.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

July 16, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Alston Bird's Washington office has poached six lawyers from Kirkland Ellis' office there. Partners Kenneth G. Weigel, Paul F. Brinkman, and David P. Sanders joined Alston's international trade and regulatory group June 24. Weigel, whose clients include multinational steel, lumber and pharmaceutical companies, co-chairs the group with partner Thomas E.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

April 09, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected], Manning Martin faces allegations of malpractice, breach of contract and insider trading in a $10 million suit filed two weeks ago in federal court here. The suit stems from securities litigation initiated last year by eight stockholders of InfoCure Corp., a Morris, Manning client.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read