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June 13, 2001 | Law.com

Emory University School of Law's new assistant dean for career services says she'll bump up the Atlanta school's ranking on career placement surveys. Naomi McLaurin, now Georgetown University Law Center's director for diversity, replaces Steven Hargrove, who resigned claiming lack of connection with students. Students may have agreed. "The students I met with are very candid that they want more of a people person," says McLaurin.

By Julia D. Gray

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February 22, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Levick lost 11 of its 14 litigators last Friday, continuing a year-long talent drain that has left the firm with about half the attorneys it had a year ago. Ten left in a group as partners Joseph D. Wargo, J. Scott Carr, Michael D. Kabat and Michael S. French took an of counsel attorney and five associates with them to the local office of Duane Morris.

By Julia Gray Smith

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June 07, 2002 | Law.com

A Marietta, Ga., insurance company faces up to $87,500 in damages for sending junk faxes to more than 1,000 local lawyers and law firms. Capitol Special Risks Inc. has reached a preliminary settlement with Malka & Trainor and the 1,051 attorneys and firms. Malka & Trainor sued Capitol last year under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and, during discovery, found the attorneys and law firms on Capitol's fax recipient list.

By Julia D. Gray

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May 06, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected]. Kasim Reed, the freshman state senator who brokered a legislative compromise on the Georgia flag, has left Paul, Hastings, Janofksy Walker, the firm where he launched his political career, for Holland Knight. Reed, 33, a confidante of Mayor Shirley C. Franklin, said he wanted to expand his entertainment and public law practices.

By Julia Gray Smith

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September 10, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Phillips has acquired a Portland, Ore., labor and employment boutique, giving the Atlanta-based firm five offices in the western United States. The four-lawyer Oregon firm, Gordon Meneghello, gives Fisher Phillips a needed presence in the Pacific Northwest, said firmwide Managing Partner Roger K.

By Julia Gray Smith

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September 12, 2002 | Daily Report Online

By Julia Gray Smith

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August 05, 2002 | Law.com

West Group's acquisition of The Harrison Co., a Georgia-based legal publisher, will allow online access to the 94-year-old company's treatises, monographs and forms. But the sale also means all 60 Harrison employees will be out of jobs by year-end, when Harrison is due to close. Neither company has revealed the terms of the sale.

By Julia D. Gray

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September 03, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Cleveland-based Buckley King has opened a one-lawyer office here-its first outside of Ohio. R. Patrick White, formerly vice president of claims legal management for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company in San Francisco, moved here to set up Buckley's local shop, which opened Aug. 1. White practiced law in Atlanta for 15 years before he moved to New York with Fireman's Fund.

By Julia Gray Smith

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August 01, 2002 | Law.com

King & Spalding, Atlanta's biggest firm, is expanding across the Atlantic -- it will open a London office Jan. 1, 2003. Complex international transactions drove the decision to expand abroad, said firm Chairman Walter W. Driver. Attorneys in the London office also will focus on energy work and international arbitration, tax and finance. Driver wouldn't comment on how much the firm will spend on opening the outpost.

By Julia D. Gray

7 minute read

October 02, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Stockton has lost three environmental partners and some work for AGL Resources Inc. to McKenna Long Aldridge. Edward A. "Skip" Kazmarek, W. Scott Laseter and Carol R. Geiger joined McKenna Long as partners Tuesday. All three had been with Long Aldridge Norman before they joined Kilpatrick.

By Julia Gray Smith

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