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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Burr & Forman's work on an asset management company sale and Brownstein Hyatt handling a challenge to federal land redesignation on behalf of the Navajo Nation lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 10 to 14.
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11th Circ. Weighs Partisanship Against Race In Ga. Maps Fight
Attorneys representing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday urged the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling that required the state to redraw its congressional and legislative voting district maps based on a federal judge's finding that Georgia's political process was not equally open to Black voters.
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FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split
One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.
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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.
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Burr & Forman Taps UNC General Counsel As New COO
Burr & Forman LLP announced Thursday that the former vice chancellor and general counsel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will join the firm at the start of March as its new chief operating officer.
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Littler COO On Helping Attys Succeed By Feeling 'Cared For'
Lori Brown joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her new role of chief operating officer at Littler Mendelson PC and how her passion for the success of others is rooted in part in her time as a Division I softball catcher for Stetson University.
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Greenlight CLO Rejoins Nelson Mullins As Corporate Co-Chair
The former chief legal officer at family-oriented personal finance company Greenlight Financial Technology Inc. has rejoined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta to co-chair the firm's corporate practice group.
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In A Recruiting 'Wild West,' Law Firms Expand Internal Teams
The last five years have brought with them some major changes in both new lawyer and lateral attorney recruiting, according to experts, leaving large law firms scrambling to find internal recruiting professionals to navigate what some are calling the "Wild West" of hiring.
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11th Circ. Floats Jurisdiction Query In 'Summer Waves' TM Suit
The autonomous local government that runs a state park on Jekyll Island, Georgia, urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to overturn a Georgia federal court's finding that it couldn't sue an inflatable-pool maker over its purported use of the phrase "summer waves."
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Feds Drop Case Against Atty's Accomplice In COVID Loan Fraud
A Savannah, Georgia, man who conspired with two attorneys to defraud the federal pandemic relief effort of $300,000 has had the charges against him in Georgia federal court dropped, after he completed a year of a pretrial diversion program.
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Ex-Transit CLO, Litigator Join Greenberg Traurig In Atlanta
Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought back the former chief legal officer for the Atlanta-area transit authority and has added a longtime former Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP partner in its Atlanta office, bolstering the firm's government law and policy and litigation practices.
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Small Firm Immigration Attorneys Prep For Trump 2.0
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to launch his promised immigration crackdown. And the solo and small firm attorneys who make up the vast majority of the nation’s immigration bar are at the front lines preparing to fight for their clients.
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Committee's Trump Probe Subpoenas Are Moot, Willis Says
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has urged a Georgia state court to quash a bid to enforce subpoenas from a state Senate committee investigating her handling of the prosecution of President Donald Trump, arguing the subpoenas are moot because "the old special committee no longer exists."
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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In-House Attorneys Have Saner Schedules, But Long Hours
It may once have been that the typical in-house lawyer worked a 40-hour week, but that no longer appears to be the case for many corporate counsel, with more than 40% reporting they exceed 50 hours at work each week in a recent survey by Law360 Pulse.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
In-house attorneys report high job satisfaction when it comes to schedule flexibility, team collegiality, and compensation, but concerns linger about workload and career advancement, particularly for mid-level lawyers seeking to climb the career ladder, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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In-House Etiquette — Tips For Outside Counsel
While most in-house lawyers seem generally happy with their outside counsel, about 9% of participants in Law360 Pulse's first In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey want more, saying they are fed up with being nickel-and-dimed while receiving low quality work and poor communication from their outside attorneys.
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Dozen Morris Manning Attys Headed To Reed Smith, Firm Says
A dozen attorneys from Morris Manning & Martin LLP's Atlanta office, including the firm's private equity co-chair and other leaders, have told the firm they are leaving to join Reed Smith LLP, a Morris Manning spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.
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Troutman Adds Former Ga. Middle District US Atty In Atlanta
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has expanded its white collar litigation and investigations practice in Atlanta with the addition of the former U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, making him the second former U.S. attorney for the district to join the firm since 2021.
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Ex-Hooters Legal Chief Moves To Church's Texas Chicken
National chicken restaurant chain Church's Texas Chicken recently changed up its leadership team with the addition of a new chief legal officer plucked from Hooters parent company HOA Brands.
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Ga. US Atty's Offices Tap Acting Chiefs
With the resignations this month of the top United States attorneys in Georgia, the Justice Department has announced their top deputies will step up to lead the offices of the Peach State's three judicial districts.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Ga. Panel Won't Revive Nixed Charges Against Trump, Others
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed the dismissal of six counts in the state's election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and other co-defendants, upholding a trial judge's decision that the charges must be tossed for lack of detail.
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Firm Says Insurers Must Pay $2.6M Malpractice Suit Judgment
A Georgia personal injury firm said its professional malpractice insurers must cover a $2.6 million default judgment entered against the firm in a suit brought by a former client, telling a federal court that a Berkshire Hathaway unit's failure to act caused the adverse ruling.
Expert Analysis
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Law Firm Biz Development Tips For The Pandemic Era
Jessica Starr and Monica Ulzheimer at Alston & Bird look at four areas where business development and other law firm administrative teams can take a leadership role in driving practice growth at a time when attorney interactions with clients and peers are limited.
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Opinion
Reflections On My 1st Judicial Election Amid Racial Tensions
Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Benham looks back at the racial barriers facing his first judicial campaign in 1984, and explains how those experiences shaped his decades on the bench, why judges should refrain from taking political stances, and why he was an early supporter of therapeutic courts that deal with systemic problems.