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In The Trenches: Cozen captures two insurance attorneys
KENAN G. LOOMIS and Alycen A. Moss have left Smith Moore, where Loomis was the Atlanta managing partner, for Cozen O'Connor, where both are members of the firm."Cozen offered a national platform which would allow me to do what I do all over the country," said Loomis, who defends first-party claims against insurance carriers in the life, health and disability area along with some general business litigation.
Ambassador Joins Goldman, Stays in Singapore
Former Atlanta lawyer David Adelman has stepped down as U.S. ambassador to Singapore, but he's decided to stay in Southeast Asia. Adelman has joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director and is heading the firm's government affairs for the Asia-Pacific region.Am Law Firms Aboard as Leagues Sink Kings, Coyotes Deals
Lawyers from Covington, Katten Muchin, and Milbank were watching closely Wednesday as owners of the National Basketball Association's 30 teams voted against a $625 million deal that would have sent the Sacramento Kings north to Seattle. Meanwhile, in a move that might result in another major sports team heading to the Pacific Northwest, the National Hockey League and its attorneys from Skadden nixed a $278 million bid for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Times They Sure Are A'Changing
After years of BlackBerry dominance, firms now embrace Apple and Android devices.The Score: Firms Nab Roles on Team Sales, Stadium Plans
The recent $261 million purchase of English Premier League franchise Fulham FC and the record-setting $68 million sale of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew have landed roles for a handful of Am Law 200 firms. Meanwhile, Shearman and Snell & Wilmer are advising a potential purchaser of the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes, and DLA Piper is acting as counsel to Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs on a $500 million renovation plan for Wrigley Field. It's all in our semiregular look at sports and the law.
Am Law Tech Survey 2012: Both Sides Now
Long accustomed to corporate-friendly enterprise devices, law firm IT chiefs have plunged headfirst into the more challenging world of consumer gadgets.
Troubled city turns on its lawyers
Bell, Calif., briefly occupied the nation's attention when the Los Angeles Times made it front-page news that the troubled city in an unglamorous section of Los Angeles County was paying its civic leaders mind-bogglingly exorbitant salaries. Fresh allegations focus on the conduct of the city's former bond counsel, Nixon Peabody.Following up: Snapshots of top-paid CLOs in Ga., Southeast
THE 28 GEORGIA chief legal officers who made the GC South compensation survey-published Nov. 19 and available at www.dailyreportonline.com-represent a diverse group of industries. Four are women and one has been replaced by a woman this year. The two highest-paid represent energy companies, the third a global tractor maker.McKenna Long Picks Atlanta Managing Partner
Margaret Joslin will become McKenna Long & Aldridge's Atlanta managing partner, effective Jan. 1. Joslin, who heads the firm's public finance practice, will handle strategic planning, attorney management and daily operations for the 144-lawyer Atlanta office. In other news, McKenna hired Georgia's commissioner of economic development to expand the firm's government affairs group into the international arena. McKenna currently has one European office, located in Brussels.
State Bar tries to take on suicides
The recent suicide of a federal public defender in the State Bar of Georgia parking deck served as a tragic exclamation point for an effort by bar associations in Georgia and elsewhere to stem an often-unseen tide of suicides - successful and attempted - among attorneys. Chuck Pekor Jr. (above), chairman of the State Bar's Lawyer Assistance Program, said members respond to calls for help at all hours.Trending Stories
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