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June 27, 2005 | Law.com

By DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

5 minute read

December 19, 2000 | Law.com

Two sets of judges stepped off the bench last week and became litigators for a day. Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court and State Court judges squared off at a jury trial seminar at Emory University in Atlanta. The Superior Court judges prevailed. While the trial, complete with voir dire, witness cross-examination and jury instruction, was as realistic as time allowed, the order of the day was fun.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

July 20, 2001 | Law.com

Judges complain that the code of judicial conduct prevents them from justifying their decisions, leaving them gagged and helpless while others excoriate their actions. That is simply not the case, says Cynthia Gray. The code permits judges to explain a decision -- with as much detail as they wish -- on the record. It's different when a case is pending, as illustrated by the Microsoft antitrust case.

By Cynthia Gray

4 minute read

October 05, 2000 | Law.com

Atlanta's John Marshall Law School has a high-powered new board member, Benno Schmidt Jr., former president of Yale University and dean of Columbia University School of Law. Board members who have been trying since 1997 to win ABA accreditation are hoping Schmidt's presence will help. "When you tell people Benno Schmidt is coming on, they take you more seriously" says dean Robert D'Agostino.

By Julia D. Gray

2 minute read

November 30, 2000 | Law.com

Atlanta-based Alston & Bird's managing partner, Ben F. Johnson III, has been appointed Emory University's new Board of Trustees chairman. Johnson received his bachelor of arts degree from Emory before going on to law school at Harvard University. Johnson says attorneys are valuable university board members because they "have a greater appreciation for complexity than do a lot of other people."

By Julia D. Gray

3 minute read

April 05, 2001 | Law.com

Nepotism policies typically prevent family members from working together at most firms. But two Atlanta father-son attorney teams at litigation boutiques recently tried -- and won -- cases together. One of the teams, Thomas G. Sampson and Thomas G. "Woody" Sampson II, won a $532,500 verdict in December. It was their first case together. "I can't say there wasn't any bickering," the younger Sampson says.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

March 22, 2001 | Law.com

Steven D. Barnhart of the insurance defense firm Drew, Eckl & Farnham left no doubt about why he was leaving for plaintiffs work. "I have grown absolutely sick of my insurance defense practice," says the departing partner. Drew Eckl's managing partner, W. Wray Eckl, says the firm now has about 83 attorneys. Barnhart, he says, was "just burned out and has decided to try something new."

By Julia D. Gray

7 minute read

February 10, 2003 | Law.com

Over the four years since he left public office, former Georgia Attorney General Michael J. Bowers had remade himself into the ultimate outsider, suing state and local government with considerable success. But, with the ascent of Republicans to positions of state power, the Democrat-turned-Republican is now very much a political insider. He'll be trading on that status with a new venture, the lobbying firm of Watson Bowers.

By Julia D. Gray

4 minute read

July 31, 2001 | Law.com

Former Arnall Golden Gregory associate Lisa M. Kincheloe has taken a hefty pay cut to follow her dream of running a nonprofit organization. A painter and occasional actor in community theater herself, Kincheloe says she always wanted to run a legal group that helps artists. Her move from third-year associate to executive director of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts meant a pay cut from $106,000 to $50,000.

By Julia D. Gray

3 minute read

April 21, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

The debate raging over global climate change has inspired a search for new causes of action to assist people and communities affected by climate variations. Some plaintiffs lawyers, however, appear to believe that the best claim is not a new cause of action, but an old one: public nuisance. The use of this ancient claim to redress worldwide concerns is one of the most controversial issues in modern environmental litigation.

By Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray

5 minute read