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May 30, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Sutherland and Kilpatrick Join Trafficking Case

Two Atlanta law firms, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, have filed human trafficking suits in federal court in Texas for 50 Indian guest workers whom they allege were treated like modern-day slaves by Signal International LLC, a marine fabricator based in Mobile, Ala. Daniel Werner (above) of the Southern Poverty Law Center started the human trafficking litigation against Signal International five years ago.
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November 26, 2002 | Law.com

An Unwanted Perk: Jail Time

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May 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Measuring a Lawyer's Value

Value per lawyer ranks firms by how efficiently they generate profits. For the third year in a row, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz tops the list, with a value per lawyer of $1.585 million. It takes six laywers to make $10 million for the firm. The average number of lawyers needed to generate that sum at Am Law 100 firms is 29.
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April 28, 2003 | Law.com

Miami Firms Boost Pay for New Lawyers

Despite the tough economy, Greenberg Traurig and Carlton Fields are ramping up pay for associates in their South Florida offices to stay competitive with other area firms. Miami-based Greenberg has boosted its combination of base pay and bonuses for first-year lawyers to a range of $110,000 to $120,000, while Tampa-based Carlton Fields boosted first-year pay in its two South Florida offices to $93,000, plus a $7,000 bonus.
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February 25, 2003 | Law.com

An Unwanted Perk: Jail Time

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May 04, 2000 | Law.com

News flash: A N.Y. office is happy

As other firms search for the Fountain of Retention, the partners at Kirkland & Ellis in New York smile indulgently. They know the secret to eternal satisfaction. Astonishingly, for the past five years, the office has scored with summer and midlevel associates. Kirkland's secret: Give new lawyers freedom and responsibility. Perhaps more important, associates get to choose their assignments, and partners have to compete for associates.
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April 25, 2006 | Law.com

Counselor for an Aging America

Joan Wise is general counsel for AARP, which assists and advocates on behalf of persons over age 50. Now approaching age 65, Wise has worked for AARP for 19 years, seven of those as its GC. She enjoys working with both in-house and outside counsel, and finds that one of the best things about her job is that after so many years, she's still constantly learning. Perhaps surprisingly, AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit mailer, so one area Wise commonly has to deal with is postal issues.
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January 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

Simple collections case balloons, leading to $2.3M in attorney fees

A federal judge in Massachusetts awarded a computer-leasing company more than $2.3 million in attorney fees and about $479,000 in costs for a case that began as a "simple claim" to collect $300,000.
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January 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Class Acts

These 24 firms stood out for the sterling results they obtained for clients in 2008 and 2009.
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December 23, 2004 | Law.com

It Looks Like it's Going to be Green Xmas for D.C. Lawyers

They don't call the Web site "Greedy Associates" for nothing. The popular bulletin board has been abuzz with talk of junior associates earning record bonuses this year. And an informal survey by Recorder affiliate Legal Times shows that top first- and second-year associates at Washington, D.C.'s large firms will indeed awake Christmas morning with some lovely checks under their tree.
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