July 25, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Kilpatrick Snags Partner From Client CompanyJulia D. [email protected] than five years after leaving Alston Bird to join a business venture, Timothy Mann Jr. has returned to private practice as a Kilpatrick Stockton partner. Mann, 36, joined Kilpatrick's corporate group July 1 after spending more than two years as a partner with Kilpatrick client Armada Venture Group, a venture capital fund in Atlanta and Zurich, Switzerland.
By Julia Gray Smith
4 minute read
December 17, 2002 | Daily Report Online
McKenna Replaces Tanenblatt With Apartment LobbyistJulia D. [email protected] Long Aldridge has hired Alan B. "Bo" Moore Jr., the director of governmental affairs for the Georgia and Atlanta Apartment Associations, to replace Eric J. Tanenblatt.Gov.-elect Sonny Perdue tapped Tanenblatt this month to serve as his chief of staff. Tanenblatt chaired President George W.
By Julia Gray Smith
5 minute read
February 25, 2003 | Daily Report Online
Troutman Call Came at Right TimeJulia D. [email protected] Sanders took a significant step last week in growing its tax group when it hired Georgia Revenue Commissioner T. Jerry Jackson as a partner.The firm approached Jackson, who had been with the revenue department for 23 years, shortly after the election of Gov. George E. "Sonny" Perdue III, Jackson said.
By Julia Gray Smith
4 minute read
May 02, 2002 | Daily Report Online
H&K Axes Four Lawyers, 13 Staffers in Local OfficeJulia D. [email protected],Janet L. [email protected] Tony [email protected] Knight's Atlanta office has dismissed four lawyers and 13 staffers as part of a firmwide move to lower expenses. The local layoffs came Tuesday as the firm, founded in Tampa, Fla., firm dismissed a total of about 60 of its 1,250 lawyers and about 170 staffers.
By Julia Gray Smith
8 minute read
January 25, 2002 | Law.com
Villanova Law School Reaches Out to Those Seeking AsylumOver the past semester, Michele Pistone, director of clinical programs at Villanova University School of Law, has been working with students to represent asylum-seekers detained by the INS in York County, Pa. The hands-on introduction to immigration law provides students direct experience with client representation and also fills a need for a group that would not otherwise have had legal counsel.
By Christine Gray
6 minute read
November 21, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Bobby Brown Hires New Lawyer in DeKalb CaseBy Julia Gray Smith
5 minute read
July 12, 2002 | Daily Report Online
DiSantis Named City AttorneyJulia D. [email protected] Shirley C. Franklin passed over an internal candidate and a lawyer with municipal bond experience to choose Linda K. DiSantis, a United Parcel Service vice president, as Atlanta's new city attorney.The only hurdle now for DiSantis, who worked as a nurse before beginning law school at age 39, is City Council approval.
By Julia Gray Smith
8 minute read
April 25, 2002 | Daily Report Online
PoGo Trade Unit Grabbed by SidleyJulia D. [email protected], Goldstein, Frazer Murphy's entire international trade practice has defected to Sidley Austin Brown Wood. The departures include 33 attorneys, 16 of them partners.The lawyers, who represent the bulk of PoGo's international trade, World Trade Organization and customs group, will start at Sidley May 6.
By Julia Gray Smith
5 minute read
September 17, 2002 | Daily Report Online
First-Family Ties: Salters Pepper Marietta SquareJulia D. [email protected] Barnes Salter, daughter of Gov. Roy E. Barnes, has joined the Cobb County solicitor's office.She replaces her husband, John F. Salter Jr., who has become an associate at Marietta's Browning Tanksley, his father-in-law's former firm.Neither Salter would comment on the moves.
By Julia Gray Smith
3 minute read
October 17, 2002 | Daily Report Online
GigaLaw Lawyers' New Book Untangles Internet and Tech LawJulia D. [email protected] M. Isenberg's new book covers Internet law from Amazon.com to cyber squatter John Zuccarini. The cover of "The GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law" Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002 touts the text as "the one-stop legal resource for conducting business online." Isenberg, 34, is an intellectual property attorney and the founder of GigaLaw.
By Julia Gray Smith
4 minute read
Trending Stories