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Burr & Forman adds partner for immigration practice
Immigration lawyer Anton Mertens has left Smith Gambrell & Russell, where he headed the business immigration practice, to join Burr & Forman as a partner.
Chapter 13s Surge; Lawyers Call the Fee Cap Stingy
Richmond [email protected] 13 bankruptcy filings here have soared since 2000, prompting expansion in the U.S. trustee's office and grumbling from consumer bankruptcy lawyers that the fees aren't commensurate to the workload.In the past two years, bankruptcy petitions under chapters 7, 11 and 13 have all increased.7th Circuit Shakes Up Debt Law
A series of 7th Circuit opinions in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases has created a unique body of law that some consumer lawyers say has made related litigation more complicated and expensive and has created "gratuitous" circuit splits. They also charge that the court's "advice" to debtors runs the risks of fostering other violations of the law and professional ethical standards. But the debt collection industry's lawyers welcome the active role that some of the 7th Circuit's judges play.When a Laptop, Cell Phone Are All a Lawyer Needs
Meredith [email protected] than two years after joining intellectual property boutique Needle Rosenberg, Douglas M. Isenberg has decided to strike out alone-again.Isenberg spent four years in solo practice before joining Needle Rosenberg as of counsel in June 2003. Then, like most lawyers, he named his firm after himself.Muni Chief to Run for Superior Court Spot
Rachel Tobin [email protected] the early morning fog outside the Charles L. Carnes Building Tuesday, William F. Riley Jr. announced he's running for Fulton Superior Court. The chief judge of the City of Atlanta Municipal Court picked the state court building, he told more than a dozen supporters gathered in the morning chill, because when he was an assistant solicitor, Judge Carnes was his mentor.7th Circuit shakes up debt law
A decade-long series of 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings and advisory opinions in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases has created a unique body of law that some consumer lawyers say has made related litigation more complicated and expensive.Trending Stories
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