Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | September 25, 2024
The firm spent more than 2,000 pro bono hours representing the woman who received the harshest sentence of eight defendants' charges after a fight erupted when her loved ones confronted her trafficker, resulting in the death of one of the trafficker's associates.
By Tommaso Baronio | September 24, 2024
"Whether you're a well-known divorce firm or a well-known criminal firm, it's very likely that your competitors are buying your name and trying to put up ads that will direct people looking for you to someone else, oftentimes in a very deceptive way," the plaintiff's counsel said.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Profile
By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"I think having a legal profession that reflects what our society looks like and reflects those experiences makes our profession stronger," Diessel said. "It makes our institutions stronger. I personally think we've taken some amazing strides, but we've got more work to do."
Connecticut Law Tribune | Profile
By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"Some lawyers feel compelled to show off their knowledge; their own insecurity drives them to want to impress," Jeffrey Hessekiel, the general counsel for Exelixis, said. "Lisa has a quiet confidence, and she impresses without having to be self-important or needlessly formal. As you work with her, you see that she deserves the position that she's achieved and the respect that she has gained. ... She is just a steady, smart, reasonable litigator, and that makes her very dependable."
Connecticut Law Tribune | Profile
By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"Within the legal community, you can have a lot of success when you get a diversity of not only individuals, but of thoughts, background and experience," Pham said. "If we can continue championing diversity, equity and inclusion, if we can continue that as a country and as a profession, I think we'll be in a good place."
By Cedra Mayfield | September 24, 2024
"The legislative body whose job it is to decide what the rates should be, whether they encompass profit or not, is the city council," argued appellee counsel Rebecca Woods of Seyfarth Shaw in Atlanta.
By Ross Todd | September 24, 2024
Wilmer's Lee, who tried seven cases between February 2021 and November 2022, says the work was taxing. "It requires a degree of mental and physical stamina that, at least for me as I'm in my 70s, was not something that I could look myself in the mirror and claim that I was sure that I had."
By Ross Todd | September 24, 2024
Wilmer's Lee, who tried seven cases between February 2021 and November 2022, says the work was taxing. "It requires a degree of mental and physical stamina that, at least for me as I'm in my 70s, was not something that I could look myself in the mirror and claim that I was sure that I had."
By Cedra Mayfield | September 23, 2024
"I agree that the choice to be a lawyer necessarily includes the choice to be a leader," said Jordan Redavid, founding partner of Fischer Redavid. "To me, that means to be a voice or champion for others in need. I look forward to making good on that as a member of this Court."
By Charles Toutant | September 23, 2024
The attorney allegedly suggested that the $400,000 her firm had previously paid to its counsel be applied again, an idea the lawsuit termed "incredulous." In other words, counsel would continue to represent the attorneys in three cases, but would receive nothing on current bills of more than $400,000, the suit claims.
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