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Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet Benjamin Diessel, Finalist for Attorney of the Year

"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."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet Attorney Lisa Pirozzolo, Finalist for Attorney of the Year

"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."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet Attorney Chinh Pham, Finalist for Attorney of the Year

"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."
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Litigation Daily

'Clear the Runway': Bill Lee's Longtime Focus on Succession Planning

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."
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Delaware Business Court Insider

'The No. 1 Thing' on Larry Cunningham's Mind: Special Litigation Committees

"The SLC, as they call it, is always the focal point of litigators in corporate governance, and the treatment of the SLC evolves over time," said Cunningham, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
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Litigation Daily

Cooley Litigation Rainmaker Mike Rhodes Set To Retire: 'It's a Good Time to Hang It Up and Do Something Else'

Rhodes, 66, the former head of the firm's litigation department and a leading trial lawyer for internet companies, plans to retire from the Cooley partnership at the year's end.
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The Recorder

John Hueston Appointed Monitor by CA Court Judge in Ruling on Veterans' Housing Case

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California issued the order appointing Hueston to the role on Sept. 11, shortly after releasing an opinion in Powers v. McDonough, a class action filed on behalf of veterans against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, on Sept. 6.
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Litigation Daily

Meet the Judge Heading Philadelphia's Mass Torts Program

Judge Joshua Robert suggested lawyers who handle mass torts in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas try "resetting the dialogue," saying, "the more pedantic details or the more little things that we're going to be asked to decide are just going to bog us down."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Meet "THE Frank Ramos." 75k Followers Want to Hear What This Lawyer's Got to Say.

  When Frank Ramos's new colleague found out he was jumping from Clarke Silverglate to Goldberg Segalla, the Miami firm's employee exclaimed,…
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

After Battling Cancer, Boies Schiller Rainmaker Stuart Singer Tackles Something New: Day-to-Day Firm Management

Singer, who took time away from his busy litigation practice in 2022 to battle non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, became one of Boies Schiller's three co-managing partners earlier this year at a moment of transition for the firm.
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