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April 26, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] you can't beat him, make him a partner. In its latest raid of local talent, ever-acquisitive Greenberg Traurig has swooped up Mark G. Trigg from the high-flying litigation firm he helped found. When he moves over May 1, Meadows, Ichter Trigg will become Meadows, Ichter Bowers, as former Georgia Attorney General Michael J.

By Julia Gray Smith

6 minute read

June 11, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] a year after eAttorney began hunting for a buyer, Martindale-Hubbell has acquired the struggling online legal recruiting company. The deal, which closed on May 29, gives New Jersey-based Martindale entry into the job market for third-year law students. eAttorney had only four employees after two rounds of layoffs and the exodus of headhunters who worked in its lateral recruiting division.

By Julia Gray Smith

7 minute read

March 21, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Pease Langford has landed a job at Cincinnati-based bond boutique Peck, Shaffer Williams. Langford, who headed Atlanta's law department from July 1998 to December 2001, resigned as city attorney just before Mayor Shirley C. Franklin's January inauguration. She's now a partner in the 35-lawyer Peck firm's local office.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

July 11, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Sanders has lost Gregory S. Smith, the head of its electrical engineering patent team, to LAVA Group Inc., a technology and intellectual property marketer. As LAVA's chief intellectual property officer, Smith, 41, will identify client companies' technology and IP assets and show them how they can generate more revenue, he said.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

May 23, 2002 | Law.com

Atlanta's Long Aldridge & Norman plans to merge with Washington, D.C.-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 Clay C. Long. Several client conflicts held up the talks, Long added, but the firms resolved those issues last week.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

October 03, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Litigator Harlan S. Miller III has left Parks, Chesin, Walbert Miller. The firm, now just Parks, Chesin Walbert, lost Miller and a second partner, David C. Ates, earlier this week. The two formed Miller, Billips Ates with Matthew C. Billips, formerly of Zimring, Smith Billips.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

December 10, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Maybe lawyers don't use coaches because we aren't very coachable. It takes humility to realize the need for improvement and to accept criticism. Humility is not a character trait typically associated with lawyers.

By Kendall M. Gray

6 minute read

January 14, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] A. Joseph, formerly senior director for state policy at the pharmaceutical manufacturers' trade association in Washington, has joined Smith Moore. Joseph joined Smith Moore's office here after a year with the Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America or PhRMA. Joseph practiced law in Atlanta for seven years before moving to Washington.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

September 04, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia Gray [email protected], Hastings, Janofsky Walker has opened an office in Shanghai, the firm's fourth Asian outpost. Eight legal professionals, including three senior attorneys, are resident in Shanghai. The office focuses on international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and financing.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

March 19, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] state is paying more than $860,000 to get court approval of Georgia's congressional and legislative plans. Three special assistant attorneys general have billed $710,578, and expenses in the litigation are about $152,605, according to the state attorney general's office. The special assistant attorneys general SAAG-Troutman Sanders' Mark H.

By Julia Gray Smith

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