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Careful Planning Can Help Small Firms Avoid Growing Pains
Some small firm founders hang their shingle with the intention of growing into a behemoth, and others wake up one day after a decade of steady growth to realize they've gone from a 10-attorney firm to one with 50. Either way, growth can be daunting.
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As Your Firm Grows, Do You Need A Paralegal Or Assistant?
Attorneys at large law firms often enjoy plenty of nonlawyer help: paralegals, marketing professionals, an accounting department and more. By contrast, small firm lawyers and solo practitioners often have to carefully consider if hiring a support staffer is worth it. Here's the story of how some small firm lawyers have made this decision.
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Meet The Ga. Appeals Judge Leading Judicial Ethics Panel
Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman, who recently took the helm of the body that makes judicial disciplinary recommendations to the state Supreme Court, said he's approaching the role with humility and without any agenda.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Shaw Keller LLP and Covington & Burling LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a federal judge overturned a Delaware jury verdict that AstraZeneca owes $107.5 million for infringing two cancer drug patents owned by a Pfizer unit.
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BigLaw's Pause To Consider Bonuses Is Becoming New Norm
It's been more than a week since Milbank LLP first announced it was offering special bonuses this summer to its associates and counsel. And traditionally, BigLaw has been swift to follow a market leader like Milbank on pay.
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New President Wants To Make ABA Home Of Legal Profession
Thompson Coburn LLP partner William “Bill” Bay recently assumed the presidency of the American Bar Association at the organization's annual meeting in Chicago. Here, Bay spoke with Law360 Pulse about his plans to make the organization the home of the legal profession.
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Bar Associations Issue 'Call To Action' To Law Firms On DEI
Presidents from eight of the nation's largest bar associations are asking legal industry leaders to help defend diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives against attacks from segments of the country.
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Jury Says Lin Wood Must Pay $750K In Defamation Case Fees
A day after returning a $3.75 million verdict against retired Atlanta defamation attorney Lin Wood in the defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners, a Georgia federal jury on Friday said he must also pay $750,000 toward their attorney fees and costs.
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Ga. AG Taps Prosecutor To Head Organized Retail Crime Unit
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Friday that he's hired Timothy Ruffini to lead a new organized retail crime unit focused on prosecuting criminal networks behind thefts and violence against Peach State businesses.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Lin Wood Must Pay Ex-Partners $3.75M, Ga. Jurors Say
A Georgia federal jury said Thursday that controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood must pay $3.75 million to his three former law partners and cover their attorney fees and costs, with the exact amount of those fees to be determined Friday morning.
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Ex-Drew Eckl Attys Seek New Firm's Escape From Arbitration
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP and former firm attorneys now at Burke Moore Law Group LLP launched dueling arguments in the Georgia Court of Appeals this week over Burke Moore's bid to undo a court order requiring it to arbitrate a fees dispute between Drew Eckl and Burke Moore founders.
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Chief Justices' Group Leader: No Need For 'Mad Dog' Attys
Utah Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, who was recently selected as president of the Conference of Chief Justices, joined Law360 Pulse for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on the biggest challenges facing chief justices and how attorneys should conduct themselves with decency.
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Former Truist Associate GC Joins Parker Hudson In Atlanta
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP grew its bankruptcy, restructuring and creditor rights practice group this week with a partner coming from Truist Financial Corp., having served as an associate general counsel at the bank for six years.
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McGuireWoods Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed its former chief financial officer to serve as chief operating officer to help steer the global firm's strategic direction and operations.
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Law Firms Reimagine Recruitment Amid AI Talent War
Law firms are taking a nuanced approach to fill new artificial intelligence-centric roles, including "testing" experienced professionals as consultants and thinking about potentially having data scientists work remotely, a panel of experts said Thursday.
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Lin Wood Defends Social Posts In Long Day Of Testimony
Controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood was pushed on his claim that social media posts he made about three of his former law partners following the 2020 dissolution of his firm were an attempt at self-defense when he took the stand Wednesday in Georgia federal court.
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Ga. High Court Passes On Reviving Public Defender Bias Suit
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to take up the wrongful termination case of a former public defender employee with breast cancer, leaving in place an appellate court decision that overturned a 22-year-old ruling by saying the state did not waive its sovereign immunity when it enacted the Fair Employment Practices Act.
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How To Get Attys Excited — Not Scared — About Innovation
Food and beverage gatherings, demos during meetings and statements from passionate advocates are just some ways law firms are getting attorneys excited about new technologies, a panel of leaders said Tuesday.
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Beazer Homes Stays In-House In Selecting New GC
Residential construction company Beazer Homes USA Inc. has promoted one of its longtime in-house attorneys to be its new general counsel following the retirement of its legal leader.
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Mansfield Participants Grow Despite Industry DEI Threats
Even as law firms have faced legal threats in the past year over their diversity, equity and inclusion programming, the number of firms that have committed to embracing diversity via Mansfield certification continues to grow, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Lin Wood Says Social Posts Were Defense, Not Offense
Controversial ex-attorney Lin Wood took the stand Tuesday in a defamation case brought against him by three of his former law partners over social media posts in which Wood claimed they tried to criminally extort him after his firm's dissolution, telling jurors he only took to social media to defend himself.
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Ga. Justices To Weigh Arbitrator's Closed-Door Discussions
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh if an arbitrator's ex parte communications with BioTek Services LLC in an allergy testing payment dispute warranted vacating BioTek's $1.7 million arbitration award over compensation for its testing of patients from Docs of CT LLC.
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Tax Court Design Violates US Law, Widow Tells 11th Circ.
The widow of a grocery store butcher fighting a tax liability upheld by the U.S. Tax Court has told the Eleventh Circuit that the decision should be sent back for reconsideration, arguing that a provision restricting the president's power to remove Tax Court judges is unconstitutional.
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Ex-Prosecutors Back Willis In Trump's Appeal Of DQ Ruling
Former federal prosecutors and others have thrown their support behind the State of Georgia, arguing that a trial court was right to let Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis continue prosecuting former President Donald Trump and others after a former outside counsel with whom she had a relationship resigned.