June D Bell

December 13, 2000 | Law.com

If you're going to hop on Santa's lap this year, you might as well make it worth your while. Could the Big Guy handle a few depositions? How about having those elves whip up a meticulously researched appellate brief? But it's the holiday season, so why not dream even bigger? Bigger as in a $1,400 briefcase, a $1,000 gourmet gift package and a luxury getaway. Hey, you got a raise this year, right?

By June D. Bell

7 minute read

March 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Skillful lawyering cleared the path for Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft in what ultimately became a $10.3 billion deal -- and The National Law Journal's choice for top defense win of 2004. Among the others: savvy defense work that prevented The Walt Disney Co. from being taken for a ride; a bellwether verdict for IBM in a toxic tort suit; and the acquittal of former Tyco GC Mark A. Belnick. Find out which lawyers were behind these big victories.

By June D. Bell

8 minute read

March 26, 2004 | Law.com

After federal prosecutors spent more than a month making their case against Tyson Foods Inc. and three managers accused of conspiring to smuggle illegal aliens into the country to work at Tyson's poultry processing plants, defense attorney Thomas C. Green announced to the jury that he would present Tyson's case in only two days. Astonished, the jurors applauded. After deliberations, Green and his team were the ones cheering. Tyson and the executives had been acquitted on all charges.

By June D. Bell

6 minute read

May 03, 2010 | National Law Journal

Profile of Brackett B. Denniston III, senior vice president and general counsel for General Electric Co.

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

January 18, 2010 | National Law Journal

Profile of William "Bill" C. Bertrand Jr., general counsel of MedImmune Inc.

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

January 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By By June D. Bell and Aric Press

11 minute read

December 02, 2004 | Law.com

In a unique case that pits fear of workplace violence against the right to bear arms, Oklahoma businesses are challenging a new state law that lets employees keep firearms in cars parked in company lots, claiming the law violates property and due process rights, is unconstitutionally vague and is inconsistent with federal firearm regulations. A federal judge said last week he would ask the state's highest criminal court to decide whether the controversial law is a civil or criminal statute.

By June D. Bell

4 minute read

January 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By By June D. Bell and Aric Press

11 minute read

July 05, 2010 | National Law Journal

Profile of Charlie Wunsch, general counsel and corporate secretary for Spring Nextel.

By June D. Bell

5 minute read

March 22, 2004 | The Recorder

Federal prosecutors spent more than a month making their case against Tyson Foods Inc. and three managers accused of conspiring to smuggle illegal aliens into the country. As the government's case plodded on, defense attorney Thomas Green saw the glazed looks on jurors' faces and had a hunch. He assured the panel that he'd present Tyson's case in only two days. Astonished, the jurors applauded. When they returned from five hours of deliberations, Green and his team were the ones cheering.

By June D. Bell

6 minute read