December Editor's Note: Trump's Nominees and the Judges Who Shape Them
NLJ Editor-in-Chief Lisa Helem offers the highlights of NLJ's December issue, including a cover story by Ellis Kim and Tony Mauro, in which they unpack the judges supplying the ranks of President Donald Trump's nominees to the federal bench.
November 27, 2018 at 03:00 PM
2 minute read
Lisa Helem, editor-in-chief of The National Law Journal
In our cover, we examine the feeder judges supplying the ranks of President Donald Trump's nominees to the federal bench.
As Trump and U.S. Senate Republicans continue their march to shape the federal bench, they've eyed at least five nominees who've worked in the chambers of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge David Sentelle. And with 44 percent of Trump's appellate nominees having U.S. Supreme Court clerkships on their resumes, which justices are supplying the most? In their respective cover package stories, Washington-based reporters Ellis Kim and Tony Mauro unpack the latest.
Next, in "One on One: Conversations with Newsmakers," Marcia Coyle catches up with Michael Bromwich, a veteran lawyer to high-profile clients who said "nothing during his more than 30 years in the law compared to one intense week on the legal team representing the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as he was poised to join the U.S. Supreme Court."
Next, we look back at the work of our 2018 Elite Trial Lawyers, a package and event that celebrates lawyers and law firms engaging in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs. Practice areas feted at The National Law Journal and ALM Media event in Las Vegas this fall included: antitrust, business torts, employment rights, mass torts and product liability.
This year's special honorees also included nine women lawyers named to The National Law Journal's inaugural class of the Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar, including Elizabeth Cabraser of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein.
And in our column on the practice of law, Jeremy Silverman, an M&A partner in Alston & Bird's corporate and business transactions group, and Mark A. Wade Jr., an associate in the firm's construction and government contracts group, write about hot topics in contractor M&A transactions.
Lastly, take a gander at the latest legal moves from around the globe in Movers, compiled by Pearl Wu.
As always, we would love to hear from you. Email me at the address below or reach out on Twitter via @lhelemNLJ. Thanks for reading.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
NLJ December/January Editor's Note: What's Driving White Collar Defense and Antitrust Anxieties
2 minute read
April Editor's Note: Gearing up for Regulatory Action & Why Judges Leave the Bench
2 minute read Law Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
