• April 16, 2012 | National Law Journal

    INADMISSIBLE

    SUPREME COURT WOMEN: A 'FABULOUS' SORORITY It was an unprecedented evening: all four women who have served on the U.S. Supreme Court, brought together April 11 to disc

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  • July 20, 2000 | The Recorder

    The Urge to Merge

    Last November, John Pritchard attended a meeting focusing on law firm mergers. The chairman of New York's Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts listened intently as the meeting's facilitator

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  • January 9, 2003 |

    Practicing in ... San Francisco

    Yes, the dot-com era is over. Yes, local law firms have laid off scores of lawyers. No, there are no tumbleweeds tumbling down San Francisco's famously hilly streets. While firms heavily depen

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  • May 3, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suits & Deals

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  • April 21, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Tech Lawyers on a Coaster Ride

    It was only play money to begin with.High-tech lawyer Jim Verdonik recounts a scenario all too typical for the high-flying dot-com world before the tech-heavy Nasdaq market plummeted in mid-Apri

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  • May 2, 2013 | The Recorder

    Yelp GC Isn't Your Typical Corporate Lawyer

    San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story. Founded in 2004 by members of the so-called PayPal Mafia, the company has made its investors and employees a

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  • December 31, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Bonus Round

    Scotching hopes raised by the recent uptick in corporate transactions, large New York law firms have declined to increase their year-end associate bonuses, reflecting what several managing par

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  • February 9, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers for Jackson's Doctor Accustomed to High-Profile Cases

    A formidable team of lawyers has lined up to defend Dr. Conrad Murray, who was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray, Jackson's former person

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  • March 6, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Black Students' Ranks Drop at Law Schools

    Minority enrollments are up at law schools across the country, but those figures mask a drop in the number of black law students. ABA statistics show steady growth in minority enrollment from 24

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  • October 9, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Tough and Relentless, Prosecutor Pulled No Punches During Trial

    By all accounts, Joel J. Seidemann, the veteran litigator who closed the case against Brooke Astor's son Anthony D. Marshall and lawyer Francis X. Morrissey, is pugnacious, unrelenting and highly e

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