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Arent Fox names Mark M. Katz new chairman
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2010/03/09 08:46
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| pThe Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs. /ppKatz, 52, succeeds Marc L. Fleischaker, who served as chairman of the firm's executive committee for 14 years. Fleischaker will remain at the firm, concentrating on antitrust and civil rights cases. /ppLike many of its counterparts, Arent Fox has faced declining revenue as corporate clients cut back on legal work, particularly in commercial real estate and finance, Katz said Monday in an interview. Although the firm cut 13 associates and 15 staff members and is in the early stages of restructuring how it bills clients, Katz said Arent Fox wasn't hurt as deeply by the recession because it decided to grow more cautiously during the boom. /ppSome of the firms that grew very rapidly and worked on a mega-international platform seem to be running into difficulties, he said. We've grown on a patient pace, and that's helped us. /ppAs of 2008, the latest year for which statistics from the economic development group Greater Washington Initiative are available, more than 40,000 lawyers worked in the Washington region, second only to the New York area. Nearly 64,000 people work in the legal profession in the Washington region, which employs more people in that sector on a per-capita basis than any U.S. metropolitan area. /p |
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Curtis law firm moves D.C. office
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2010/03/01 10:09
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pThe D.C. office of law firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt amp; Mosle LLP has relocated its headquarters to larger space downtown./ppThe firm said that its new location, on the top floor of 1717 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, more than doubles the size of its offices and will allow for continued expansion of its practice./ppThis relocation marks an important step in Curtis’ ongoing expansion in Washington,” said D.C. Managing Partner Daniel Lenihan./ppThe firm said that it has added four senior lawyers to its D.C. office since December 2008./ppAccording to its Web site, Curtis has three U.S. offices with 16 professionals working in Washington, five working in Houston and more than 100 based in New York. In addition, Curtis has 10 international offices.
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KL Gates establishes office in Poland
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2010/03/01 10:08
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pKamp;L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh’s largest law firm, said Monday it has established an office in Warsaw, marking its 36th location and third new site so far this year. It is the first Pittsburgh-based firm to open an office in the Polish city./ppThe office is expected to open March 15. Kamp;L Gates hired a team of lawyers from Hogan amp; Hartson Jamka, the Warsaw office of Washington, D.C.-based Hogan amp; Hartson LLP, to staff it. Maciej Jamka will serve as administrative partner of Kamp;L Gates’ Warsaw office which Kamp;L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter Kalis said via e-mail will include “approximately 30 lawyers.”/ppKalis said Warsaw is a strategic location. “Poland is a Top 20 global economy and one that has withstood the challenges of the global financial crisis,” Kalis said in a prepared statement./ppIn January, Kamp;L Gates opened offices in Tokyo and Moscow. It employs roughly 2,000 lawyers, including 237 in Pittsburgh, and topped $1 billion in 2009 revenue./ppKamp;L Gates expects to move into new offices in Downtown Pittsburgh in One Oliver Plaza, a few blocks from its present home in the Henry W. Oliver Building, later this month. The date has not been disclosed publicly.
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Pittsburgh DUI Defense Lawyer
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2010/02/25 09:15
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pIf you've been arrested for a href=http://www.gbmlawpittsburgh.com/dui-defenseDUI/a, this is most likely one of the worst days of your life. As a former police officer, I know the range of emotions that you must be feeling. You're probably angry at yourself for letting this happen, embarrassed to face family and friends, worried about your job, scared because you don’t know whether you’re going to jail and confused because you're not sure what to do next. As a Pittsburgh Police Lieutenant, I spent several years in charge of the Pittsburgh Police DUI Task Force and have extensive experience with all aspects of DUI law in Pennsylvania. The attorneys in my office help steer you through this nightmare so that you are able to get on with your life./ppExperience has taught me that the great majority of people arrested for DUI are not bad people or criminals; they are good people who may have made a bad choice, or have done something out of character. If you've been charged with DUI in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County or in any of the surrounding counties, please contact us at 412-429-4360 for a free consultation. Our phone answers 24 hours a day and we'll return your call the same day. You may also email us directly at a href=mailto:info@gbmlawpittsburgh.cominfo@gbmlawpittsburgh.com/a or use the contact form. We respond to phone calls and emails 7 days a week and are available to speak and meet with you on weekends.
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Keith Halleland departs Halleland Lewis law firm
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2010/02/25 09:12
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pKeith Halleland, one of the founders of Halleland Lewis Nilan amp; Johnson, is leaving to start a new law firm — and taking his name with him./ppHalleland’s new firm will focus on business law and consulting when it launches this spring, according to a news release issued Thursday by the 50-attorney, Minneapolis firm now known as Nilan Johnson Lewis./pp“I am proud of what we have achieved together over the years,” Halleland said in the release. “I am very excited about building something new, and I look forward to establishing a firm where my focus will be on the work I really love – business law and consulting.”/ppNilan Johnson Lewis President Matthew Damon called Halleland “a big part of our growth and success over the 13 years we have been in business,” and said he expects the two firms to work together.
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Law firm 'in contempt' over MP legal threat
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2010/02/25 09:11
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pA leading law firm has been found in contempt of the Commons after threatening an MP with legal proceedings if he made allegations about one of its clients in the House. /ppThe Standards and Privileges Committee criticised Withers LLP for failing to realise that John Hemming, a Liberal Democrat backbencher, was protected by Parliamentary privilege. /ppThe firm of solicitors had urged the MP to withdraw what they called defamatory claims about property developer Jeremy Knight Adams. /ppThey later sought an assurance that he would not repeat the allegations in the Commons, saying that without it they would issue proceedings. /ppMr Hemming refused to give the undertaking and advised that the firm's actions might be regarded as contempt of Parliament. Withers dismissed his warning as inappropriate. /ppOnly after consulting counsel, following a further warning from Clerk of the House Malcolm Jack, did Withers accept it had been mistaken and apologised to the Commons and Mr Hemming.
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