Recent Updates
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9th Circuit appeals court Judge Pamela Rymer dies
Notable Attorneys 09/23/2011Judge Pamela Rymer of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has died after a years-long battle with cancer. The federal court on Thursday announced the passing of the 70-year-old Rymer, who had been in failing health in recent months. The court says ...
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Noted NJ attorney Michael Cole dies at 67
Notable Attorneys 09/22/2011Michael Cole, a noted lawyer who held several key state government positions during his long legal career, has died. He was 67. Cole's death was announced Sunday by the Teaneck-based law firm of DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, but further details w...
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Former Wyoming governor joins law firm
Notable Attorneys 07/03/2011Former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has joined the international law firm of Crowell & Moring as senior counsel. Freudenthal says in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that the firm will open an office in Cheyenne, where he will be ...
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Maritime Transportation - Florida Maritime Lawyer
Notable Attorneys 02/25/2011In today’s global economy, our system of commerce relies on an efficient ocean transportation industry. Whether you are a vessel owner, operator, logistics provider, terminal operator, or user of the ocean transportation system, you need the as...
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Former Attorney General Mike Cox will join Dykema Gossett
Notable Attorneys 01/13/2011Former 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.Cox, 49, who ended eight years as the state's chief law enforcement officer on J...
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Sen. George LeMieux returns to law firm
Notable Attorneys 01/02/2011U.S. Sen. George LeMieux will return to Gunster law firm after leaving office.H. William Perry, the firm's CEO and managing partner, announced Tuesday that LeMieux will resume his legal practice Jan. 4 and provide corporate counseling to the firm's c...
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David Boies Urges ABA Members
Notable Attorneys 08/09/2010David Boies challenged America’s lawyers to “bring the rule of law to its full fruition here in this country … to fulfill the goals and lofty rhetoric of our founding fathers,” as the keynote speaker at the Opening Assembly of the 2010 ABA Annual Mee...
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Clinton: Look beyond judges for high court pick
Notable Attorneys 04/19/2010Bill Clinton says someone who hasn't been a judge should be considered for the Supreme Court. But scratch the idea of the ex-president or his wife as a justice.Clinton suggested that President Barack Obama follow a model that Clinton used when he tri...
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SHEPPARD MULLIN RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN GUY HALGREN
Notable Attorneys 04/16/2010Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that the firm's chairman of the executive committee, Guy N. Halgren, has been re-elected to a fourth consecutive, three-year term leading the firm. Halgren was first elected to th...
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Eugene, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer
Notable Attorneys 03/11/2010Max Mizejewski received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993. In 1997, Max graduated from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and went on to work in the public sector before entering private...
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UBS Lawyer Schmid Takes Job at Swiss Law Firm
Notable Attorneys 02/09/2010Bernhard Schmid, the head of UBS AG’s legal department, left Switzerland’s biggest bank by assets to become a partner at a Zurich law firm founded by a former banker.Schmid joined Kuoni Attorneys at Law on Feb. 1 to help the company increase its work...
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Former FTC Chairwoman Named Top P&G Legal Officer
Notable Attorneys 01/20/2010A former Federal Trade Commission chairwoman will become the chief legal officer at Procter & Gamble Co.The consumer products maker says Deborah Platt Majoras, who joined P&G two years ago, will succeed Steven Jemison on Feb. 1.P&G says t...