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- NAPABA Helps Asian-American Lawyers Beat Stereotypes While Expanding Skills
- Fla. Supreme Court Suspends Hank Adorno for 3 Years
- Partners Who Left Firm to Start Their Own Now Face Lawsuit
- JD Match Aims to Fix the Law Firm Recruiting Process
- Recent Grads Report Satisfaction With 'Real World' Training in Law School
- Pulp-and-Paper Deal Lawyer Switches From Troutman to K&S
- The Attributes of Winning Lawyers
- Atlanta Lawyer Plays Himself in New Reality TV Show
- New Largest Minority-Owned Law Firm Snags Yoss Remnants
- Working Smart: It's All About a 'Me File'
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| NAPABA Helps Asian-American Lawyers Beat Stereotypes While Expanding Skills | Top |
| Founded in 1988, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association now represents 40,000 attorneys and 60 local bar associations. And for Asian-American corporate counsel, the organization provides the support and practical training they need to strive for and obtain top GC spots. | |
| Fla. Supreme Court Suspends Hank Adorno for 3 Years | Top |
| Henry "Hank" Adorno, co-founder of the collapsed law firm Adorno & Yoss, was given a three-year suspension Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court, which rejected a referee's recommendation of a public reprimand for his role in a controversial settlement of a class action lawsuit with the city of Miami. | |
| Partners Who Left Firm to Start Their Own Now Face Lawsuit | Top |
| About a year after three partners left Hall Booth Smith & Slover to start their own shop, their former firm is suing them, apparently over an employment agreement clause entitling Hall Booth to 50 percent of fees generated by clients a departing partner takes with them for eight months after they leave. | |
| JD Match Aims to Fix the Law Firm Recruiting Process | Top |
| The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog lifted the curtain Monday on JD Match, an algorithm-based product that seeks to pair firms with job-seeking law students based on each others' rankings. JD Match's driver -- consultant and Adam Smith, Esq. blogger Bruce MacEwen -- discusses the new service in a Q&A. | |
| Recent Grads Report Satisfaction With 'Real World' Training in Law School | Top |
| Pulp-and-Paper Deal Lawyer Switches From Troutman to K&S | Top |
| Deal lawyer William C. "Cal" Smith III jumped from a partnership at Troutman Sanders to one at King & Spalding last week. He has carved out a niche representing forest products companies, stemming from contacts he made during a stint in-house at Georgia-Pacific Corp. | |
| The Attributes of Winning Lawyers | Top |
| Consultant Frank Michael D'Amore has identified 10 traits that most often define a successful lawyer, based on his discussions with lawyers and business executives, and his own observations. In part one of a two-part series from The Legal Intelligencer, he identifies five of those winning traits. | |
| Atlanta Lawyer Plays Himself in New Reality TV Show | Top |
| Antavius M. Weems is a lawyer in real life, and now he's playing one on a TV reality show featuring Toni Braxton and her family. Weems acknowledged the risk in using a reality show to promote his legal career, but notes that as Braxton's attorney, he gets some control over how he's portrayed. | |
| New Largest Minority-Owned Law Firm Snags Yoss Remnants | Top |
| Milwaukee-based Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has become the new largest minority-owned law firm after the demise of Adorno & Yoss last month. The firm announced on Thursday the opening of a new Boston office with the hire of five former Adorno & Yoss lawyers for a total of 18 offices and 80 attorneys. | |
| Working Smart: It's All About a 'Me File' | Top |
| When it comes to advancing your career, it helps to be self-centered. To thrive in good economic times -- or survive in slow ones -- you must demonstrate your value to your organization's bottom line, and a well-stocked "Me File" can help you do that, says consultant Valerie Fontaine. | |
| Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? | Top |
| After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice? | |
| Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? | Top |
| I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier? | |
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