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Attorney - Nathaniel D. Johnson
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2011/01/19 22:53
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pThe Law Firm of Nathaniel D. Johnson L.L.C. represents both private and public sector employees across the United States. The law firm’s representations range from negotiating severance and settlement agreements to litigation on behalf of employees in a variety of forums that include the following:/pp- Appellate actions.
- Group and class actions.
--State and federal court jurisdictions.
- Administrative actions (e.g., U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, U.S. EEOC).
Experience/ppCivil Rights Attorney for the Michigan House of Representative Judiciary Committee./pp• Drafted statewide civil rights and anti-discrimination legislation.
• Advised State of Michigan elected officials on the political and policy implications of proposed legislation.
• Served as a liaison to special interests and community groups inviting their participation in the formation of public policy. /ppBar Admissions/pp• Maryland
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit/ppEducation/pp• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan J.D.
• Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan LL.M. (pending)
• Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland B.S./p |
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Former Wisconsin governor takes job with law firm
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2011/01/18 09:10
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pFormer Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday that he accepted a position in an international law firm with close ties to his old administration and campaigns. /ppDoyle, a Democrat, said he will specialize in health care and energy policy issues for Foley amp; Lardner LLP, which has nearly 1,000 attorneys spread across 21 offices around the world. /ppIt's a great opportunity for me, Doyle said. /ppA former state attorney general who holds a law degree from Harvard, Doyle served two terms as Wisconsin's governor. But his approval ratings fell as the recession wore on and he chose not to seek re-election this past November. Republican Scott Walker went on to defeat Democrat Tom Barrett for the job.
Doyle has an extensive background in health care and energy issues. During his stint as governor, he expanded health care coverage to 98 percent of state residents, including all children.
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Former Attorney General Cox will join Dykema Gossett
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2011/01/12 08:35
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pFormer Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will join Detroit-based Dykema Gossett PLLC as a senior attorney in its litigation department, the law firm CEO confirmed today./ppCox, 49, who ended eight years as the state's chief law enforcement officer on Jan. 1, starts next Monday at Dykema's Detroit office. He will practice in health care fraud, white-collar criminal law and federal and state regulatory compliance, said Dykema Chairman and CEO Rex Schlaybaugh./ppSchlaybaugh said the firm leadership had talked with Cox for more than a month about his options upon leaving office. The attorney general seemed a good fit because of his involvement in health care transactions and the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted last year./ppMike is someone with a great deal of experience with the complexities of implementing that law and a great interest in it, which will be very important to some of our strategic clients, Schlaybaugh said./ppMany federal and state government agencies are also involved in aspects of these laws, and navigating that will be a high-demand area. In that way, I think he dovetails with our firm's needs very nicely./ppCox's health care practice will focus on client responses to increased compliance and tougher anti-fraud policies stemming from the Affordable Care Act, violations of the federal Stark Law or False Claims Act and responses to inquiries from the Office of the Health Services inspector general./p |
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Artur Davis joins international law firm
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2011/01/04 09:18
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Former U.S. Representative Artur Davis has been announced as a new lateral partner at an international law firm. On Monday, Davis joined the ranks of law firm SNR Denton, a legal practice working in 32 different countries. p orgfontsize=12pxDavis left politics behind after leaving his position as the congressman for the 7sup orgfontsize=7pxth/sup Congressional District for a bid for the Alabama governor's office. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by Ron Sparks./pp orgfontsize=12pxAfter the defeat, Davis told the media he was done with politics and would return to practicing law./pp orgfontsize=12pxDavis will join SNR Denton's White Collar and Government Investigation teams./p |
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Daniels appoints new judges in 2 Indiana counties
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2010/12/30 04:49
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pGov. Mitch Daniels has appointed new judges in two central Indiana counties. /ppThe governor's office says Daniels appointed J. Jeffrey Edens as judge of the Boone Circuit Court. Edens succeeds Justice Steven David, who was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court in September. Edens has been serving as judge pro tempore since David's appointment. /ppEdens is a former Boone County chief deputy prosecutor and past president of the Boone County Chamber of Commerce. /ppDaniels also appointed David Riggins as a Shelby County Superior Court judge. Riggins succeeds Judge Russell Sanders, who announced his retirement in August. /p |
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PAUL M. SMITH TO RECEIVE 2010 THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARD
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2010/08/02 08:51
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font face=ArialThe /fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327057x-2672609font face=ArialAmerican Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities/font/afont face=Arial will honor civil liberties and human rights attorney Paul M. Smith with the span style=mso-spacerun: yes /span/fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327056x-3188603font face=ArialThurgood Marshall Award,/font/afont face=Arial which will be presented Saturday at the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onABA/st1:city/st1:place /fonta href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327055x-3704597font color=#606420 face=ArialAnnual Meeting in San Francisco/font/afont face=Arial.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe event will be held at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis beginning at 8 p.m.o:p/o:p/fontp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptA partner in the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onWashington/st1:city, st1:state w:st=onD.C./st1:state/st1:place office of Jenner amp; Block, Smith is one of the country’s leading lawyers in the areas of First Amendment litigation and appellate advocacy.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanHe has presented oral argument in more than a dozen Supreme Court cases, including his groundbreaking advocacy in em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalLawrence v. Texas/em, the landmark gay rights case that is often compared in significance to the em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalBrown v. Board of Education/em case, which was argued and won by Thurgood Marshall.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptSmith has not only led the way in advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights, but has also been st1:personname w:st=ona l/st1:personnameeading advocate in addressing voting rights issues, including arguing three times before the U.S. Supreme Court in voting rights matters since 2004. span style=mso-spacerun: yes /spanHis most recent argument was in em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalCrawford v. Marion County Election Board/em, a 2008 case challenging an st1:state w:st=onst1:place w:st=onIndiana/st1:place/st1:state voter ID law.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe case has been called the most significant election law case to reach the court since em style=mso-bidi-font-style: normalBush v. Gore/em in 2000. span style=mso-spacerun: yes /spanSmith has also been st1:personname w:st=ona l/st1:personnameeader in advancing freedom of speech issues, especially with regard to the application of the First Amendment to the Internet and video games.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptThe Thurgood Marshall Award recognizes substantial, long-term contributions to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the st1:country-region w:st=onst1:place w:st=onUnited Stst1:personname w:st=onat/st1:personnamees/st1:place/st1:country-region.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanThe section established the award in 1992, conferring the inaugural award upon U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanSince that time, a href=http://ABA.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?515903x5327054x-4220591recipients/a have included:o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1993span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Frank M. Johnsonspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/span1994span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanOliver W. Hillo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1995span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanRalph S. Abascalspan style=mso-tab-count: 3 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/span1996span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJack Greenbergo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1997span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Damon J. Keithspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span1998span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanStephen B. Brighto:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt1999span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanAssociate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /span2000span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Revius Q. Ortique, Jr. o:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2001span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge William Wayne Justicespan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span2002span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Don Edwardso:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2003span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanDale Minami span style=mso-tab-count: 3 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;/span2004span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanFred D. Grayo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2005span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Abner J. Mikvaspan style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /span2006span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJulius Chamberso:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2007span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Matthew J. Perry, Jr.span style=mso-tab-count: 2 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; /spanspan style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp; /span2008span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanJudge Nancy Gertnero:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt2009span style=mso-tab-count: 1 nbsp; nbsp; /spanFormer Attorney General Janet Renoo:p/o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pto:p /o:p/span/pp style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptThe keynote speaker for this year’s event will be Pamela S. Karlan, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at st1:place w:st=onst1:placename w:st=onStanford/st1:placename st1:placename w:st=onLaw/st1:placename st1:placetype w:st=onSchool/st1:placetype/st1:place, and the founding director of the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanOne of the nation’s leading experts on voting and the political process, Karlan has served as a commissioner on the California Fair Political Practices Commission and an assistant counsel and cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.span style=mso-spacerun: yesnbsp; /spanShe is a former law clerk of Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the st1:country-region w:st=onst1:place w:st=onU.S./st1:place/st1:country-region Supreme Court and Judge Abraham D. Sofaer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. o:p/o:p/span/ppspan style=font-family: Arial; font-size: 10ptWith nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.nbsp; As the national voice of the legal profession, the st1:place w:st=onst1:city w:st=onABA/st1:city/st1:place works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.o:p/o:p/span/p |
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