August 21, 2003 | Daily Report Online
John Marshall Fires Back at Ex-Professor's Termination SuitJulia Gray [email protected] Marshall Law School has asked a Fulton State Court judge to dismiss a suit filed by a tenured professor who was terminated last year for alleged insubordination. Last week, the Atlanta school and its dean, John E. Ryan, filed a motion to dismiss the complaint of former Professor David B.
By Julia Gray Smith
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March 26, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Warning: Faxing This Lawyer May Cost Sender DearlyJulia D. [email protected]'t send attorney Marc B. Hershovitz an unsolicited fax. Each page costs him up to 25 cents, but it could cost the sender up to $1,500 in damages.Hershovitz said he settled about six cases for between $500 and $1,500 after receiving just one unsolicited fax. Now, after 14 such faxes from them, he's going after Staff Counsel Inc.
By Julia Gray Smith
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June 04, 2003 | Daily Report Online
Epstein Becker Cherry Picks Laterals From Local FirmsJulia D. [email protected] two months after its former local managing partner bolted for Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice, Epstein Becker Green suddenly has stocked up on lateral partners. On Monday, H. Carol Saul and Rebekah N. Plowman left partnerships at McKenna Long Aldridge to join the firm; an associate will follow them on June 9.
By Julia Gray Smith
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August 14, 2003 | Daily Report Online
New Blood: Boutique Aims to Fill Gap in Civil Defense ArenaJulia Gray [email protected] new seven-lawyer litigation boutique has cropped up in Midtown. Daniel J. Huff, formerly a partner with Carlock, Cope-land, Semler Stair, has formed Huff, Powell Bailey with former Love Willingham Peters Gilleland Monyak partner R. Page Powell Jr. and M. Scott Bailey, a former Alston Bird associate.
By Julia Gray Smith
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June 25, 2004 | Daily Report Online
King & Spalding Adds Staff, Boosts Revenue and ProfitsJulia Gray SmithSpecial to the Daily Report In 2003, King Spalding lawyers made money the old-fashioned way: they earned it through billion-dollar deals and high stakes litigation. "We were fortunate in having an exceptional year in a choppy economy while continuing to invest in growing both our newer offices and growing the depth and expertise available to our clients," said KS Chairman Walter W.
By Julia Gray Smith
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October 23, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Emory Prof Suspended for 6 MonthsJulia D. [email protected] J. Garrow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential distinguished professor at Emory University School of Law, has been suspended for six months following a staff member's accusation of simple battery. Garrow's attorneys say the professor never met with a committee charged with reviewing the allegations of Gloria Mann, the university's operations director.
By Julia Gray Smith
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November 07, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Sutherland Hires 3, to Add BranchJulia D. [email protected] Asbill Brennan has added three lateral attorneys and one will staff a new branch in Houston. W. Eric Dennison, former vice president and assistant general counsel for Dynegy Marketing and Trade in Houston, joined the firm's energy practice two weeks ago as counsel. And locally, the firm's intellectual property group attracted associates William R.
By Julia Gray Smith
6 minute read
November 22, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Cops Face Suit in Arrest of Doc Set to OperateBy Julia Gray Smith
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October 10, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Kilpatrick Picks a Pair of Employment PartnersJulia D. [email protected] Stockton has hired two new labor and employment partners, one from client BellSouth Corp. and one who re-joined the firm after about six years. Keith W. Kochler, BellSouth's chief labor and employment counsel, will join Kilpatrick next month. Richard B. Hankins, a former partner with McGuireWoods, joined in September.
By Julia Gray Smith
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June 24, 2002 | Daily Report Online
King & Spalding Crowned-Again-Passing $350M in RevenueJulia D. [email protected] Billion-dollar deals and talent raids of New York firms kept King Spalding on top in 2001. The firm's $352 million revenue represents a 17.7 percent increase from 2000's $299 million. "We had a good year," Chairman Walter W. Driver Jr. said.King Spalding's $137 million net income gave the firm's equity partners average profits of $895,425.
By Julia Gray Smith
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