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January 28, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected], Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy's local office is negotiating a spinoff from the New York-based immigration boutique. Robert E. Banta, who opened the local office about five years ago, said details have not been finalized, but he plans to operate the four-lawyer local outfit independently of Fragomen.

By Julia Gray Smith

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November 13, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia Gray SmithSpecial to the Daily ReportCharles A. Perry, formerly the head of Hunton Williams' local environmental team, has joined Jones Day here as a partner. Perry, who brought former Hunton associate Christine M. Morgan, is a member of Jones Day's government regulation group, which includes the firm's four-lawyer, local environmental team.

By Julia Gray Smith

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September 19, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] talks between Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Stewart and Ford Harrison have started and stopped. The Atlanta-based labor and employment firms confirmed they were considering a union until recently, but neither would specify a reason for the breakdown in talks. L. Gray Geddie Jr.

By Julia Gray Smith

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October 30, 2001 | Law.com

For most of the 234 bar applicants who failed Georgia's July exam, there's no need to pack up the office just yet. Most law firms, and even the DA's office, say they would offer employees a second chance at the test. But despite getting a second chance at passing the bar, lawyers at big firms who failed it the first time might have a lesser likelihood of making partner.

By Julia D. Gray

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May 01, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] that Hawkins Parnell has planted its roots in the Lone Star State, the firm has made plans to grow there. Hawkins Parnell opened an office in Dallas two months ago when Robert E. Thackston joined from Jenkens Gilchrist. He brought the entire toxic tort section he headed, including eight other attorneys and 12 staff.

By Julia Gray Smith

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June 24, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected], Manning Martin survived a year of attorney layoffs, a dearth of public offering work and the continued decline of the technology market. The firm's lowest revenue increase in at least five years necessitated cost controls. But what is a small increase to Morris, Mann-ing is a solid year to most other firms.

By Julia Gray Smith

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August 20, 2002 | Daily Report Online

By Julia Gray Smith

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May 07, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] D. Barwick, who'll take over as State Bar of Georgia president in June 2003, said he wants the Bar to have a greater role in the selection of new judges.Barwick noted there are no ex-officio State Bar members on the Judicial Nominating Commission, and he'd like to change that. He also said he wants to encourage younger members of the bar to run for the Legislature, Barwick added.

By Julia Gray Smith

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January 23, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

How do mistakes make it past even the most careful writer's eyes? Thinking about how that happens is the key to discovering editing techniques to prevent it in briefs, writes Kendall Gray. Writers often can edit others' work much more thoroughly than their own — probably because committing something to memory happens quickly after writing it down. Mistakes often arise from this problem of memory.

By Kendall Gray

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January 03, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Spalding has asked a retailer to stop selling a doll marketed to gay men, claiming the figure infringes on one of its best-known client's trademarks. The BPS Billy doll, an anatomically correct plastic figure, is dressed in a brown uniform with a package-shaped logo. Both accouterments are similar to the United Parcel Service's trademark, King Spalding lawyers say.

By Julia Gray Smith

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