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Jack Newsham

Jack Newsham

Jack Newsham writes about the New York legal community and the business of law, including law firm finance and management and the battle for talent. Email him at [email protected] and find him on Twitter @thenewsham.

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December 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Jay Kriegel, NYC Power Player and First American Lawyer Publisher, Dies at 79

Kriegel got his start advising John Lindsay, the New York City mayor, and went on to co-found The American Lawyer magazine with Steven Brill.

By Jack Newsham

3 minute read

December 04, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Freshfields Adds 4 More From Cleary in Wake of Big Partner Hires

Three counsel and an associate are joining the Magic Circle firm's M&A practice in New York, following Ethan Klingsberg and others who left Cleary in October.

By Jack Newsham

2 minute read

December 04, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Pierce Bainbridge Extortion Suit Against Ex-Partner Tentatively Tossed, but Fight Continues

A California judge concluded ex-partner Don Lewis didn't have enough ties to the state for the case to proceed, keeping the battle in New York.

By Jack Newsham

4 minute read

December 03, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Amid Dips at the Top, Most New York Law Schools See Rise in Bar Pass Rates

The New York bar exam's July pass rates fell slightly from last year for Columbia, NYU and Cornell students.

By Jack Newsham

5 minute read

December 03, 2019 | New York Law Journal

City to Pay $600K in Race Bias Case Brought by Ex-Law Department Lawyer

The settlement resolves discrimination claims by Robert Gordon, now practicing at Wilson Elser. "It's affected my health, my mind, my sanity," Gordon said of the seven-year-old case.

By Jack Newsham

5 minute read

December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Boies' Alliance With Epstein 'Hacker' Raises Swirl of Ethics Questions

A reported effort by lawyers David Boies and Stan Pottinger to obtain years' worth of Jeffrey Epstein's sex tapes has some legal ethics experts wondering: Did the lawyers cross a line, or might they have eventually?

By Jack Newsham

7 minute read

December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal

White-Collar Litigator at Boies Schiller Moves to DLA Piper

Scott Wilson, who has advised Nike and PIMCO, has taken his white-collar and civil litigation practice to DLA Piper in New York, attracted to the firm's global reach and broad array of practices.

By Jack Newsham

3 minute read

December 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Sheila Boston Nominated to Serve as City Bar's Next President

Boston, an Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer partner, is the first woman of color to be nominated as the organization's president.

By Jack Newsham

4 minute read

November 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

NY Lawyer Hit With $280K Verdict by Ex-Client He Called 'A-Hole'

A Manhattan jury has awarded $280,000 to a criminal-defendant-turned-lawyer after finding that one of his attorneys had defamed him online, calling him an emotionally unstable "a-hole" and a "dangerous jerk" who mistreated women.

By Jack Newsham

5 minute read

November 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Mukasey: We're a Trial Law Firm, Not a Republican Law Firm

The ex-Greenberg Traurig shareholder wants it known that he does a lot more than represent President Donald Trump."There's a perception that this is somehow a Republican law firm," Mukasey said.

By Jack Newsham

9 minute read