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August 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Taylor English Leaders Working to Keep Vision in Place Despite Departures

The 19-year-old firm has lost 20 lawyers in recent weeks to Am Law 200 firms looking to create new Atlanta offices or add to existing ones.

By Thomas Spigolon

7 minute read

August 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Longtime Kilpatrick Lawyer Exits to Help Lead Eversheds' Restructuring Team

Todd Meyers said Eversheds offered a growing finance practice and a global platform with nine U.S. offices and 65 global offices.

By Thomas Spigolon

3 minute read

August 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

University of Georgia Law School Dean Joining Morris, Manning & Martin

Bo Rutledge will next summer begin a full-time position with the firm, where his focus will be on building out its appellate practice and putting his international dispute resolution experience to work as part of the ADR practice.

By Thomas Spigolon

3 minute read

August 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Burr & Forman Adds Five-Lawyer M&A, Corporate Team From Taylor English

The team is the third to leave the Atlanta firm for another within weeks.

By Thomas Spigolon

4 minute read

August 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

California Firm Buchalter Opens in Atlanta With IP Team From Taylor English

The Am Law 200 firm already has a Nashville office and plans a "full service" location in the Georgia capital and continued expansion in the Southeast.

By Thomas Spigolon

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Historic Kentucky Firm Stoll Keenon Ogden Adds Southern Indiana Boutique

The move expands its reach to a growing region while bolstering its real estate, commercial finance, and business services practices, firm officials said.

By Thomas Spigolon

3 minute read

August 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'Very Emotional': Surprise $16M Gift to Family's Charity Honors Dinsmore Litigator

"It's an absolutely astounding gift—it's just such an honor. I still can hardly talk about it; I kind of get choked up," said Dinsmore & Shohl's Barbara Edelman.

By Thomas Spigolon

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

On the Move: Bradley Deepens Energy Practice in Atlanta; Womble Adds Partner in Huntsville

Womble Bond bolsters government contracts practice in Alabama, Alston adds structured finance partner in New York.

By Thomas Spigolon

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | Daily Report Online

From Atlanta to Paris: Lawyers Watch This Year's Olympics With an Eye to 1996

"Because we were hosting the Centennial Games, we were very, very hopeful that every country came—and they did, even the North Koreans. The Olympics, unfortunately, as much as it tries to keep politics out, you sort of can't help that," said former King & Spalding attorney Charlie Battle.

By Thomas Spigolon

8 minute read

July 30, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Hall Booth Smith Founder Uses Down Time to Pen Fictional Tales of Murder

John Hall has published "Gnats, Humidity and Murder," which pulls from his rural south Georgia upbringing, a brief stint in the U.S. attorney's office in Macon, his familiarity with Atlanta's social and cultural scene, and 40 years of practicing law.

By Thomas Spigolon

4 minute read