By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | June 9, 2017
The death by suicide of prominent Miami trial attorney Ervin Gonzalez has brought into focus the issue of mental illness in the legal community.
By R. Robin McDonald | June 9, 2017
The attorney representing an Atlanta lawyer who was indicted in April on charges of malice and felony murder in his wife's death and of influencing witnesses after he shot her about how she died says the search for a second will has come up empty.
By Meghan Tribe | June 9, 2017
The choppy seas of the restaurant industry have swamped another eatery in Joe's Crab Shack, whose Houston-based parent company owes nearly $220,000 to a pair of high-powered, Atlanta-based labor and employment firms. Ignite Restaurant Group Inc., owner of the popular seafood establishment and casual dining chain Brick House Tavern + Tap, filed for bankruptcy in Houston on June 6.
By Katelyn Polantz | June 9, 2017
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By James Booth | June 8, 2017
The Am Law 100 firm will launch a French litigation and disputes practice after taking four partners from Ashurst, the second mass defection from the British firm's Paris office so far this year.
By Meghan Tribe and Brian Baxter | June 8, 2017
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a firm familiar with high-profile bankruptcy engagements, took on a Chapter 7 case this week for The Pearl Theatre Co., a longtime off Broadway acting troupe in New York City. But Weil also scored a more lucrative assignment for an oil services company.
By Katelyn Polantz | June 8, 2017
Among the throngs of suits gathered to watch James Comey Jr. testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, there was a notable absence: A personal lawyer at the former FBI director's back. But partners from a pair of Am Law 100 firms are said to be counseling Comey.
By Brian Baxter | June 8, 2017
Cecily Sturge, the former wife of ex-Hunton & Williams partner Scott Wolas, has been accused of lying to federal agents about his whereabouts and trying to access his law firm retirement benefits. Wolas was arrested in April and charged with perpetrating a $1.5 million real estate fraud after being a fugitive for 20 years.
By Meghan Tribe | June 8, 2017
After nominating real estate practice head F. Chase Simmons to succeed W. Russell Welsh as head of Polsinelli late last month, the Am Law 100 firm confirmed his ascension to its top leadership role after a partnership vote Thursday.
By Rebecca Cohen | June 8, 2017
The San Francisco-based firm, which has a Napa Valley office in St. Helena, has hired a new estate planning partner from a large firm in Texas and a real estate and land use lawyer from the District Attorney's Office of Sonoma County.
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