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The American Lawyer

Former Partner's Lawsuit Against Roche Freedman Beats Motion to Dismiss

The litigation boutique is facing claims it denied a former partner of his share of a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency asset.
2 minute read

Law.com

Founding Member of Chicago Firm of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman Installed as Illinois State Bar President

Kasserman, who was installed at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Chicago, became the 147th president of the state bar association.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Boutique Firm With Big Law Clients: Becoming 'The Employment Law Solution'

"We've done what we set out to do—build a law firm that focuses on providing employment law services to large employers," said Jamala McFadden, founder and managing partner of The Employment Law Solution.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Lawyer Immediately Suspended for Allegedly Misappropriating Client Funds to Help Pay for Addiction

A Manhattan lawyer was immediately suspended from practicing law after allegedly taking at least $78,000 from an escrow account that kept buyer deposits in advance of his client's apartment sale and after admitting he'd personally used his client's funds during his addiction, according to a state appeals court opinion.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyers Tapped to Lead Defense for Alleged Stabber of Tech Executive

"It appears that this client may be as controllable as a runaway train," said criminal law expert Brian Bieber, a shareholder an Am Law 200 firm who is not involved in the matter.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Led by a Drop in Small Firms, Pa.'s Legal Landscape Is Shrinking

Overall, the figures show losses for the small-firm sector, high volatility for the large firms, and a mostly stagnant midsize market.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Amanda McGovern, Daily Business Review's Attorney of the Year in 2022, Dies

"She was a remarkable role model and groundbreaker in our legal community, a single mother who reached the top levels of cross-border litigation in the United States," Jorge A. Mestre, a partner at Rivero Mestre, said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Boston Attorney Suspended Pending Further Proceedings for Allegedly Misappropriating Client Funds to Support Gambling Addiction, Pay Debts

In an opinion footnote, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said that lawyer Benjamin Behnam Tariri's "actions" have also led to criminal charges being filed against him in Massachusetts, although it was unclear whether those actions included actions tied to the charges before the high court that led to his temporary suspension.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Referral-Fees Dispute Over Hundreds of Cases, First Department Won't Dismiss Bronx Lawyer's Suit Against Manhattan Personal Injury Firm

Plaintiff Marvin E. Goldberg, who appears runs a solo or boutique law firm founded in 1983, "provided documents for each case for which defendants allegedly failed to pay referral fees pursuant to the parties' purported fee-sharing agreement," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Lawyer Claims His Associate Betrayed Him

Allegedly unbeknownst to the firm, the associate filed a motion to withdraw, and told the presiding judge that the client had retained other lawyers, the complaint claims.
3 minute read

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