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April 01, 2004 |

Meet Johnny C. Taylor Jr.

Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and SecretaryCompany: Compass Group USA Inc., Charlotte, N.C.Education: B.S., University of Miami; M.A., mass communication, Drake University; J.D., Drake University Law SchoolProfessional: Taylor, 35, started out as a commercial litigator in the Miami office of Steel Hector Davis.
3 minute read
March 01, 2001 |

Home Depot Chief Hires His Ex-Counsel

New Home Depot CEO Robert L. Nardelli has plucked his former personal lawyer to head the corporation's legal department. Frank L. Fernandez secured the job through his affiliation with Nardelli, who left the helm of General Electric Co. Schenectady, N.Y., Power Systems Division in December to become president and chief executive officer at Home Depot.
3 minute read
September 28, 2006 |

Deal Watch: Software maker taps small firms for big deal

INSTEAD OF USING one of Atlanta's giant law firms known for its deal lawyers, a Norcross software company leaned on two small local law firms for advice on its sale to Bank of America Corp.Joyce, Thrasher Kaiser partner H. Grady Thrasher IV and Vaughan Murphy of counsel C. David Vaughan were the legal advisers to HealthLogic Systems Corp.
4 minute read
April 28, 2005 |

Alston Stripped of Raleigh REIT Group

Meredith [email protected] Bird has lost its lucrative 10-lawyer real estate investment trust group in Raleigh, N.C., to rapidly expanding legal behemoth DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.Brad S. Markoff, the group's leader, said he left Alston for the same reason he joined the firm almost eight years ago: a bigger platform.
9 minute read
December 26, 2002 |

Long Aldridge Merges; Blackstock Leaves PoGo

Julia D. [email protected] Highlights for the city's law firms in 2002 included a big merger and name change for Long Aldridge Norman. And while the usual array of lawyers switched firms in 2002, one move stood above the rest: veteran litigator Jerry B. Blackstock left Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy.Long Aldridge merged with Washington-based McKenna Cuneo, creating a 376-lawyer firm with eight offices.
24 minute read
November 14, 2002 |

The Apostle of Failure

James Blackburn was once on top. At just 34, he made headlines by convicting Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald in the murder of his family, a story immortalized in the book "Fatal Vision." But in 1993, Blackburn's life took a nosedive. He was stripped of his law license and convicted of defrauding clients and his partners. But rather than hiding in shame, he still argues his case in front of a crowd -- as a motivational speaker.
4 minute read
April 28, 2005 |

DLA Piper Strips Alston & Bird of N.C. REIT Group

Alston & Bird has lost its lucrative 10-lawyer real estate investment trust group in Raleigh, N.C. -- one of the largest such practices in the country -- to rapidly expanding legal behemoth DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Group leader Brad S. Markoff says he left Alston for the same reason he joined the firm about eight years ago: a bigger platform. The 2,800-lawyer DLA Piper is using the acquisition to open a Raleigh office with Markoff as managing partner.
4 minute read
June 29, 2000 |

Politicians Are People Too, Sort of

Joe Klein knows Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska. He's probably interviewed him. Thinks well of him. Yet Sen. Charlie Martin, protagonist of Klein's new book, "The Running Mate," is no Bob Kerrey. Sort of. In Klein's post-"Primary Colors" world, the political actors are sometimes obvious understudies of their real-life Washington counterparts.
5 minute read
March 17, 2008 |

The bloom may be off Charlotte, N.C.'s rose

With hopes of gaining business from banking powerhouses in Charlotte, N.C., several big law firms have opened offices there in the past year. But a downturn in finance work has some of those shops rethinking their strategies.
3 minute read
November 21, 2012 |

Compass Group GC equally weighs law, finance, common sense to gauge success

C. Palmer Brown is general counsel and senior vice president for Compass Group North America, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. Brown joined Compass Group in 2001 and has served in several finance, strategic planning and corporate development roles. He has coordinated most of the acquisitions and divestitures for the company and became general counsel in July 2010.
5 minute read

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