Meredith Hobbs

September 20, 2007 | The Recorder

Former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo was full of praise for the president's aggressive anti-terror policies during a Federalist Society luncheon in Atlanta.

By Meredith Hobbs

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September 03, 2009 | Law.com

Morris Manning & Martin has announced that residential real estate partner Louise M. Wells will become the second managing partner in the firm's 34-year history. She'll take over in January and will maintain her practice. Wells has spent her entire career at Morris Manning, which she joined in 1978, becoming the firm's first female lawyer and later its first female partner. She is the second woman to lead a large Atlanta law firm; Diane L. Prucino became the co-managing partner of Kilpatrick Stockton in 2007.

By Meredith Hobbs

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March 25, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Meredith Hobbs

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March 17, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Senate Democratic leader Thomas Daschle is joining Atlanta-based Alston & Bird's Washington government relations practice.

By Meredith Hobbs

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December 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has opened a 4,370-square-foot mock courtroom, packed with the latest technology, as a training tool for the firm's associates. Partner John Chandler says trial skills remain crucial in an era in which fewer cases go to court. "The only way you can settle a case is by being prepared to try it. If you're not prepared to try it, you can't be prepared to settle it," he says. The room's flexibility means it also can be used for arbitrations, video-conferencing and events.

By Meredith Hobbs

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March 08, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kimberly S. Bunting has joined Duane Morris� corporate practice as a partner, along with three other lawyers from her firm, the Bunting Legal Group.

By Meredith Hobbs ALM

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November 02, 2007 | Law.com

Arnall Golden Gregory is bucking the trend of paying green associates more greenbacks, announcing it won't raise first-year pay from $130,000 to $145,000 in January -- a move made earlier this year by Alston & Bird and reluctantly matched by some local competitors. This is the first time the 136-lawyer firm has broken ranks with the city's other big firms on a round of associate raises, said AGG's managing partner, William H. Kitchens, who cited pressure on billable hours as one reason for the decision.

By Meredith Hobbs

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March 10, 2011 | Law.com

Miller & Martin has brought on Isidor J.Y. Kim, a Korean-American business litigator recruited for his "tremendous contacts in the Korean community," according to the Tennessee-based firm. Korean companies are increasingly being drawn to Georgia because of state incentives and lower living costs, says Kim.

By Meredith Hobbs

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May 03, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jones Day has snagged Bryan E. Davis from Alston & Bird as a partner. The firm also has landed John R. White as of counsel and Bruce G. Luna II and Patricia J. Luna as associates from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Davis was formerly the co-head of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Alston, where he was lead outside counsel for Cingular Wireless in its $1.4 billion purchase of FCC licenses out of the bankruptcy from NextWave Telecom.

By Meredith Hobbs

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July 24, 2008 | Law.com

Andrea E. Bates and E. Michelle Tyde have launched their own firm to go after Fortune 500 companies that value diversity -- and clients of all sizes looking for big-firm expertise at lower rates. The firm focuses on IP transactions and general corporate work, and in an area of law that remains largely white and male, the two are capitalizing on their female status. "We had clients that were very interested that we were both women and said they'd love to work with a diverse firm," says Tyde.

By Meredith Hobbs

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