Special To The Daily Report

December 03, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Whether it's rappelling down a wall, forming a trust circle, taking psychological tests or making sushi, it's more common than not that firm retreats and corporate annual meetings will include team-building exercises to build camaraderie, explore inner strengths and generate creative thought.

By Mary Welch, Special to the Daily Report

10 minute read

June 07, 2013 | Daily Report Online

I started this band in my basement the summer before I started law school at UGA. I was the only member of the band. I knew I would always be a member of my band, so I put my name on it. I figured that if anyone else would join the band, they should be separated from me with an ampersand.

By Michael Melonakos, Special to the Daily Report

5 minute read

October 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

In an opinion issued in October 2012, the Federal District Court of Massachusetts provided clarity on the question of whether a private equity fund can be liable for the ERISA pension obligations of its portfolio companies, including multiemployer withdrawal liability and defined benefit pension plan underfunding. This summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit had a different interpretation. The case was Sun Capital Partners v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund.

By L. Scott Austin | Special to the Daily Report

4 minute read

February 20, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Darryl R. Marsch has served as senior vice president and general counsel for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts since September 2008 and as corporate secretary since January 2011.

By Mary Welch, Special to the Daily Report

8 minute read

July 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

It's one thing to have a passion for animals, help out at a local zoo, and even do some pro bono work for a gorilla sanctuary in North Georgia. Michele Stumpe, an attorney at Taylor English Duma, is way beyond that.

By Paul Shea, Special to the Daily Report

9 minute read

May 10, 2013 | Daily Report Online

This year, the American legal community is observing the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, a unanimous ruling that defendants in criminal cases have the right to an attorney, regardless of their ability to pay for such representation.

By Robin Frazer Clark, Special to the Daily Report

5 minute read

September 13, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Brian Johnson has been acting and singing most of his life, beginning as a child in Omaha, Neb., with church performances. Throughout high school, college and law school, he continued to perform on the stage and in community theater.

By Mary Helen Martin | Special to the Daily Report

5 minute read

January 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Whether he's lobbying as the executive director/CEO for the Medical Association of Georgia, or running on mountain trails, Donald Palmisano can go the distance. The long distance—as in 32 to 40 miles, or more.

By Laura F. Raines, Special to the Daily Report

6 minute read

April 25, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Walter W. Davis says the Jones Day difference starts with how its lawyers are paid.

By Mary Welch, Special to the Daily Report

7 minute read

September 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

At 95, Randolph W. Thrower has seen his share of the foibles and failings of humankind. In nearly seven decades spent practicing law, he's gone head-to-head with a U.S. president-and lost his job in the process; resisted political pressure to place a man later jailed for his part in the Watergate break-in into a top government post; rooted out Communist sympathizers for the FBI and seen a defendant he represented in a capital case put to death for a crime he may not have committed.

By Janet Conley | Special to the Daily Report

18 minute read