Sara Randazzo

August 20, 2013 | Law.com

The federal judge overseeing Detroit's proposed Chapter 9 filing has appointed Robert Fishman of Chicago firm Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin to serve as the fee examiner responsible for scrutinizing the bills submitted by Jones Day, Miller Canfield, and others with roles in what is already proving to be a costly case.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

August 29, 2013 | Law.com

A half-dozen firms—including Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Ropes & Gray, and Shearman & Sterling—have teamed up to battle litigation launched earlier this year by the Howrey bankruptcy trustee in a bid to recover money from client matters that partners of the now-defunct firm took with them in the months prior to its March 2011 dissolution.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

July 02, 2012 | Law.com

Michael Perlis, who sued Stroock & Stroock & Lavan last August just weeks after leaving the firm for Locke Lord, has lost his bid to receive retirement benefits from his old firm. He contends, however, that he dropped his claim before Stroock went forward with arbitration and therefore shouldn't have to pay the legal fees the firm is demanding of him.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

July 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In a California state court filing submitted Thursday, former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis, former Dewey executive director Stephen DiCarmine, and ex-firm CFO Joel Sanders argue that a lawsuit filed against them by former Dewey partner Henry Bunsow should be moved into bankruptcy court and the defunct firm named as the defendant.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

July 10, 2013 | Law.com

In a response filed Tuesday with an Illinois attorney discipline board, Chicago lawyer Lee Smolen acknowledges fabricating or otherwise improperly submitting $120,000 in expenses while at Sidley Austin, but insists he didn't do so to enrich himself. Smolen, now a partner at DLA Piper, is one of three attorneys with Am Law 100 ties coping with the fallout of their admitted misdeeds this week.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

June 11, 2013 | Daily Report Online

On the day she quit Greenberg Traurig and launched her own Philadelphia law firm 3½ years ago, Francine Griesing knew what type of employer she wanted to be.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

September 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Joel Sanders, defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf's former chief financial officer, has taken the same post at Fort Lauderdale-based Greenspoon Marder.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

December 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

An American Bar Association commission on the future of the legal profession is recommending equity stakes for law firm employees who aren't lawyers but not outright ownership.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

February 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

September 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

In The American Lawyer's annual Summer Associates Survey, the 3,963 would-be lawyers who completed the poll heaped almost universally positive praise on the 134 firms where they spent the summer. Cozen O'Connor held on to its first-place position from last year, scoring a perfect 5, a distinction also shared this year by Foley Hoag.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read