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July 30, 2001 | Law.com

In a move that's bound to generate debate, the State Bar of Georgia soon may lift its ban on lawyer-nonlawyer fee-splitting. The bar committee recommendation on multidisciplinary practices would allow one-stop shopping for clients wanting, for example, legal and financial consulting services. New York became the first state to regulate MDPs last week, and Georgia could be second depending on how quickly the process moves forward.

By Janet L. Conley and Julia D. Gray

6 minute read

May 15, 2001 | Law.com

The Putnam County, Ga., Board of Commissioners fired County Attorney Dorothy J. Adams on May 4, claiming that she had conflicts of interest with the county. But the commissioners won't say what they believe constituted those conflicts of interest. Now Adams and her husband and law partner, Francis N. "Frank" Ford, say they intend to sue the commission for defamation if it doesn't retract the statements.

By Julia D. Gray

3 minute read

November 04, 2002 | Law.com

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker says in pleadings that an internal firm e-mail can't be considered libelous under Georgia law. Whether the e-mail is considered "published" is a critical issue in a libel suit filed against the L.A.-based firm by attorney Dennis J. Gerschick. Gerschick contends that an e-mail intended only for circulation among eight Paul Hastings lawyers -- but inadvertently sent to him -- was libelous.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

August 08, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

A superb way to help residential development clients in this depressed market and to bring smiles to their beleaguered faces is to help them navigate through the enormously profitable Texas tax increment financing (TIF) method of residential subdivision development.

By Judith A. Gray

5 minute read

May 31, 2001 | Law.com

Seeking a more "laid-back approach" to practicing law, C. Frederick Overby is leaving Georgia's Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan -- the firm he helped found. Overby says he'll spend more time hunting, fishing and enjoying the outdoors. Also departing, the firm's only female partner, Lee Tarte Wallace, who starts Monday as a name partner with Atlanta's Warshauer Woodruff & Thomas.

By Julia D. Gray

5 minute read

March 06, 2001 | Law.com

For attorney John B. Copenhaver, putting out a fire doesn't mean alleviating a client crisis or obtaining a temporary restraining order. To Copenhaver, putting out a fire means exactly that. For more than three years, Copenhaver was the southeastern regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, coping with 54 presidentially declared disasters, including fires, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

March 28, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Anyone who has done this law thing for awhile surely has been done wrong by a court of appeals — or at least thinks so, writes Kendall Gray. Upon vowing to "take it all the way to the Texas Supreme Court," the odds are that the lawyer failed. According to the 2010 Annual Report for the Texas Judiciary: Fiscal Year 2010, published by the Office of Court Administration, the court granted only about 12 percent of its petitions for review in 2010. Trying to become part of that 12 percent can make one feel like a child tugging on the skirt of a preoccupied parent.

By Kendall Gray

5 minute read

March 10, 2003 | Law.com

Saying that large-firm rates are no longer competitive, two Atlanta-based partners of San Francisco's Littler Mendelson have joined an immigration attorney who was part of a group Littler axed nearly a month ago. J. Roy Weathersby and Charles K. Howard formed Weathersby, Howard & Kuck with Charles H. Kuck, Littler's only Atlanta immigration partner until he and five other attorneys in the firm's immigration group were let go.

By Julia D. Gray

3 minute read

September 23, 2002 | Law.com

Merger 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. Both firms have expanded rapidly into new territory over the past five years; the merger would have created a 300-attorney firm with a strong geographic reach.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

August 22, 2001 | Law.com

Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin has shifted almost a third of its technology practice to create a privacy and security group. Technology partner James W. Butler III will co-chair the privacy group with insurance and health care lawyer L. Chris Petersen. Butler says all 23 lawyers in the new group have been involved in privacy and security work and that they now can pool efforts more efficiently.

By Julia D. Gray

5 minute read