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May 07, 2010 | Law.com

Defense Lawyers Line Up, Plaintiffs Lawyers Team Up on Oil Spill Cases

More than 70 lawsuits have already been filed -- and more are in the pipeline -- in a gusher of litigation over the Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. If 200-some plaintiffs lawyers have their way, the bulk of those lawsuits will be consolidated. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation received a motion to combine the claims into a single multidistrict case in New Orleans, and a joint prosecution agreement is circulating among plaintiffs lawyers. Meanwhile, defense firms are lining up for battle.
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October 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

In Katrina's Wake

As Hurricane Katrina thundered toward New Orleans, the 145 lawyers and staff at Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr�re & Den�gre fled the city. But managing partner William Hines chose to stay behind. A New Orleans native, Hines, 49, had weathered storms in the past. After evacuating his wife and two young children, Hines hunkered down in the family home with his 21-year-old son, Walker. Maybe the two of them could be of some help to the community, he thought.
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March 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

ASSOCIATE MOVERS

Associates elevated to partnership at Irell & Manella; Nachshin & Weston; Nelson Mullins; and Wolff & Samson. Plus more associate promotions and arrivals.
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May 02, 2005 | National Law Journal

Movers

Clifford Chance: The firm's partnership ranks have been bolstered by the elevation of 30 attorneys, who represent 11 offices and all of the firm's practice areas—and other notable personnel shifts.
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March 30, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

190th District Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod Nominated to 5th Circuit

President George W. Bush has nominated Jennifer Walker Elrod, judge of the 190th District in Harris County, to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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April 02, 2009 | National Law Journal

ASSOCIATE MOVERS

Associates promoted to partnership at Coblentz Patch, Epstein Becker, Ober|Kaler, Pepper Hamilton, Plunkett Cooney, and Wildman Harrold. Plus new associate arrivals in this week's movers.
6 minute read
February 16, 2004 | National Law Journal

Recent litigating counts

While no one can argue that there's plenty of brain power on the U.S. Supreme Court, what the court does lack is a jurist with recent experience in the real world of costly, high-stakes litigation. This is having a deleterious effect on some of the court's decisions.
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November 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

Election results could temper Bush's 5th Circuit picks

President George W. Bush will have a chance to place at least three more judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in his final two years in office. But with the Senate falling to the Democrats after last week's elections, he may be forced to pick less controversial nominees, several lawyers say.
7 minute read
March 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

A Rising Blue Tide

Tony Podesta's shop is bipartisan, but it's riding the Democratic wave. The Podesta Group posted the largest percentage gain in gross revenue of any firm on the Influence 50 this year.
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April 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Into The Woods

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