Meredith Hobbs
Meredith Hobbs writes about the Atlanta legal community and the business of law. Contact her at [email protected] or 404.419.2837. On Twitter: @MeredithHobbs.
December 11, 2019 | Daily Report Online
New Defense Boutique Breaks Away From Weathington FirmDan McGrew and his team have decamped from Weathington McGrew to start their own defense litigation boutique focused on medical malpractice cases.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Weissman Firm Opens Conyers, Savannah OfficesThe real estate law firm added partners David Reddick and Billy Norse to open the offices. The firm now has 16 offices in Georgia.
By Meredith Hobbs
2 minute read
December 06, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Drew Eckl's First All-Women Partner Class Is Nontraditional in More Ways Than OneJennifer Parrott, an amateur race-car driver turned trucking litigator, made equity partner after a long detour from the partnership track to the mom track.
By Meredith Hobbs
7 minute read
December 05, 2019 | Daily Report Online
King & Spalding Announces New 21-Partner ClassOf the newly promoted partners, four are in the firm's Atlanta headquarters, and seven are women.
By Meredith Hobbs
2 minute read
December 04, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Freeman Mathis Gains a Partner From Altisource—and Other 'On the Move' NewsIn awards news, Emily Ward of Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever received the first-ever Catherine M. O'Neil Mentoring Award from the Women's White Collar Defense Association—a national recognition in honor of the late King & Spalding partner.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 02, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Lindsey Named Next Leader of American Academy of Matrimonial LawyersDavis, Matthews & Quigley shareholder Elizabeth Lindsey, a longtime leader in the Atlanta family law bar, is the new president-elect of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
November 27, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Lambda Legal Names New Southern Regional DirectorMichael Shutt, an experienced student affairs administrator and LGBTQ advocate at Emory and UGA, will lead the programming and outreach efforts from Atlanta for a 10-state region.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
November 26, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Scale Can Be a Strategy in Troutman and Pepper Hamilton's Potential Tie-UpTroutman Sanders has already undertaken three mergers in the last two decades. Now the firm could be looking to replicate its past merger gains.
By Meredith Hobbs
9 minute read
November 21, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Southern Law Departments Sharply Increased Spend on Alternative Service ProvidersIn survey results released this month, Southern-based companies reported a 43% increase in spending on outside legal service providers, such as ALSPs, but only a minor increase in spending on outside counsel.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
November 20, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Plaintiffs Lawyer Opens Own Shop After Big Verdict—and Other 'On the Move' NewsDrew Ashby has ventured out from the Cooper Firm, where he'd been law partners with Lance Cooper, after winning a record $13.35 million Lowndes County verdict for a client who suffered severe chemical burns at a paper mill.
By Meredith Hobbs
7 minute read
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