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 26, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Smith Gambrell Will Anchor New Midtown TowerIn a departure from Atlanta's other large firms, which have opted to re-up their Midtown headquarters leases, Smith Gambrell has inked a deal with Selig Enterprises to anchor a new 31-story office building at 1105 West Peachtree St.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 26, 2018 | Daily Report Online
A Year in Review: The Fall of Attorneys Tex McIver and Nathan HardwickFirst up in our two-part year in review, a look back at the big trials targeting the misdeeds of two Georgia attorneys.
By Meredith Hobbs | Greg Land | R. Robin McDonald | Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
December 18, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Slideshow: Buckley Beal Unveils New Offices in Time for the HolidaysThe business and plaintiffs employment boutique used the tenant improvement allowance for its new digs at Bank of America Plaza to modernize.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 14, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Gamer-Lawyer Helps Launch Video Game Practice for Greenberg TraurigAs a kid, David Schulman played "Asteroids" and "Dungeons & Dragons." As a lawyer, he's helping developers create new video games and gaming business models as Atlanta grows as a hub for the industry.
By Meredith Hobbs
6 minute read
December 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Barnes & Thornburg Elects New Atlanta LeaderJohn Koenig takes over from Stuart Johnson, who'd been the Atlanta managing partner since launching the office for Barnes & Thornburg almost a decade ago.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
December 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Marietta Family Law Firm Adds Name Partners—and Other 'On the Move' NewsJeremy Abernathy and Sean Ditzel are expanding their almost two-year-old firm, adding Jordan Hendrick from Stout Kaiser and promoting Mark Bryce to partner, to form Abernathy Ditzel Hendrick Bryce.
By Meredith Hobbs
5 minute read
December 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Smith Gambrell Launches in Miami, Adding Fifth New Office in Two YearsThe firm recruited a Greenberg Traurig aviation finance team in Miami in a move it sees as opening a gateway to Latin America.
By Meredith Hobbs
3 minute read
December 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Big Atlanta Firms Elect Bumper Crop of New PartnersKing & Spalding, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Morris, Manning & Martin each announced record classes of newly promoted partners.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Atlanta Partners Report They're Paid Lower, But Most Aren't ComplainingPartners in Atlanta reported making an average of $665,000 in Major, Lindsey & Africa's partner compensation survey, compared to a national average of $885,000.
By Meredith Hobbs
4 minute read
December 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online
UGA Law Students See Lighter Burden Amid Push to Rein in DebtThe University of Georgia and Georgia State University—the state's two public law schools—both have kept graduating students' debt loads well below the national average of $93,000 by keeping tuition low and leaning on donors.
By Meredith Hobbs
6 minute read
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