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Litigator to Take Reins at Arnall Golden Gregory
Arnall Golden Gregory has elected Glenn Hendrix as the firm's new managing partner. He will take over in January from William Kitchens, who has led the 130-lawyer firm for 12 years. Hendrix is a litigator like Kitchens, practicing health care and international law, including international arbitration. He has spent his entire career at the firm, joining in 1985 after receiving his law degree from Emory University Law School. Hendrix says he wants to grow the firm, which could mean adding offices.Cite as: Nokia Corporation v. InterDigital, Inc., 10-1358-cv, NYLJ 1202494895345, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 23, 2011)Before: Walker, B.D. Parker and Hall, C.J
Pilot-Lawyers Balance Risk, Convenience
Attorney Jay D. Bennett first thought of piloting a plane while trying to get to a hearing in Sylvester, Ga. The options: a four hour drive from Atlanta to the Southern Georgia town, or an hour flight from Atlanta International Airport to Tallahassee, Fla., and then a two-hour road trip in a rented car. Bennett chose neither. Instead, he called a flight school and said he wanted his first flying lesson en route to the hearing. His second lesson was during the flight back.Enron Probe Examines Firms' Roles
The Enron examiner is back. R. Neal Batson, the court-appointed investigator of the financing schemes that contributed to Enron's bankruptcy, released his second report last week. The 2,147-page document offers a pitiless analysis of Enron's financial maneuvering -- and sharply challenges tax advice given by several prominent law firms, including Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and McKee Nelson.Coke's Outside Counsel Get Diversity Directive
Coke's legal department has created a strategy to promote diversity in the legal profession and sent a directive to its outside counsel with the inauguration of its annual award, "Living the Values." After reviewing diversity practices at its 18 U.S. partner law firms, Coke chose Shook, Hardy & Bacon as the first award recipient. "If you look at diversity in law firms generally, it's poor. It's very poor," Coke GC Geoff Kelly said. "It's still a white male-dominated profession. Changing it is quite a task."H&K lands new corporate team leader
Holland Knight has brought in Seth A. Cohen as a partner from Arnall Golden Gregory to build its corporate practice, making him the local leader for its corporate team. Robert S. Highsmith Jr., the executive partner for Holland Knight's Atlanta office, said recruiting Cohen is part of the firm's plan to re-energize its corporate team in Atlanta.Lawyers and Technology: Savvy in St. Louis
St. Louis, Mo., isn't exactly Palo Alto, Austin or Seattle. But don't bother telling that to the folks at Bryan Cave. The Gateway City's largest firm recently joined a handful of firms selling clients access to interactive Web sites. This is not a groundbreaking concept. But there aren't many law firms doing the same thing. "We've created a system that makes it easy for us to tailor the site to what each client wants," says John Alber, Bryan Cave's partner in charge of information systems.Welcome to Firm Where Billing Too Much Causes Concern
When Atlanta's Troutman Sanders and Mays & Valentine announced the two firms will merge, they offered up the by-now expected observations about similarities in firm culture. In this case, however, the cultural similarities may not be an exaggeration. Lawyers at both firms say their employers are mindful of attorneys' private lives -- to the point of telling associates not to bill too many hours.Trending Stories
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