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March 20, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] W. Yip, who left King Spalding less than a year ago to join Meadows, Ichter Bowers, has landed in-house at Cingular Wireless.Yip, who is labor and human resources counsel to the wireless technology company, provides employment advice to the human resources department and manages any employment-related litigation that arises.

By Julia Gray Smith

4 minute read

August 13, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] plaintiffs' attorney James E. Butler Jr. became a litigant himself last month, he tapped Thomas S. Carlock, his occasional courtroom opponent, and Patrick A. Dawson, Butler's former associate, to represent him. Butler, along with his former law partner Robert D. Cheeley, Gwinnett County developer Keith Breedlove, Cumming businessman Bobby M.

By Julia Gray Smith

6 minute read

January 09, 2001 | Law.com

Atlanta's King & Spalding recently lost three attorneys to Emory University. Two associates left the firm to join the general counsel's office and one partner has been named the vice president for alumni affairs. Legal work in academia, says Emory GC Kent Alexander, attracts large firm lawyers because it is "interesting and varied" and "liberates one from living life in six-minute increments."

By Julia Gray

5 minute read

February 18, 2003 | Law.com

Former senator, presidential candidate and GOP statesman Robert J. Dole has announced he will join Alston & Bird's Washington, D.C., office as special counsel. "They've got a great reputation nationwide, and hopefully I can be of some help in promoting their efforts," said the longtime Senate majority leader, who hopes to bring new clients to the Atlanta-based firm and advise current ones.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

January 30, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Attorney Linda K. DiSantis has demoted a deputy city attorney and promoted three other lawyers in her office. The reorganization of the 30-lawyer law department puts former deputy Robert N. Godfrey under newly appointed deputy Jerry L. DeLoach. DiSantis retained Rosalind A. Rubens Newell as a deputy and also appointed Stacey Y.

By Julia Gray Smith

6 minute read

December 06, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Sonny Perdue tapped Eric J. Tanenblatt Thursday to be his chief of staff. Tanenblatt, who chaired President George W. Bush's 2000 campaign in Georgia, is a member of McKenna Long Aldridge's government affairs group, but is not a lawyer. He has worked for other prominent Republican officials, including the late Sen.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

May 29, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Stockton has lost a patent partner and eight or nine clients to Troutman Sanders. Mary Anthony Merchant, who does biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical patent work, joined Troutman at the end of April. Merchant, who graduated from law school in 1993 and has a doctorate in molecular biology, started her career at intellectual property boutique Jones Askew.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

February 14, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Levick has lost four bankruptcy lawyers to Greenberg Traurig. On Monday, Kritzer Levick shareholders David B. Kurzweil and James R. Sacca joined Greenberg, where they will start a local bankruptcy and restructuring group. They brought associates Windy A. Hillman and Michael R.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

December 19, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected], Ichter Bowers has attracted its seventh King Spalding lawyer in four years. Elizabeth T. Baer , who is counsel to KS, is a business litigator and will join Meadows, Ichter as counsel on Jan. 6. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes, including securities litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

April 16, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Bird's continuing legal education coordinator, Christy E. Holmes, is spearheading an effort to encourage law firms to provide CLE credit. Holmes has founded the 21-member CLE Association of Atlanta to address the current lack of interest in teaching and taking in-house CLE seminars.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read