• March 20, 2014 | Legal Times

    'The House that Strauss Built'

    Recalling his wisdom, integrity and humor, lawyers in Washington offered tributes to Akin, Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld co-founder Robert Strauss, who died yesterday at age 95. A leg

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  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Mason, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Joseph Black, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1467

    The State had not yet had the opportunity to rebut the defendant's argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that the trial court erred in conducting a bench trial without first determining whe

  • In Re Formal Advisory Opinion 10-1

    Publication Date: 2013-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Michael L. Edwards Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: James F. Grubiak Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Atlanta, and Elizabeth P. Bradley, Marietta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, Robert E. McCormack III, Deputy General Counsel, John J. Shiptenko, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, and James B. Ellington Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Stephen B. Bright, Melanie Velez, Atteeyah E. Hollie Southern Center for Human Rights, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta, J. Scott Key, Decatur, Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, Russell C. Gabriel, Bogart, and George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany.

    Case Number: S10U1679

    A single public defender's impermissible conflict of interest related to representing co-defendants is imputed to all public defenders working in the circuit public defender office of that particula

  • October 12, 2012 |

    Akin Gump acquires 7 Haynes and Boone partners

    Seven Haynes and Boone lawyers in Texas are planning to jump ship and head over to Akin Gumpfurther evidence that the legal services climate is looking up.

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  • July 27, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    The Match Game: Firms Score More Pro Bono Hours By Linking Lawyers' Interests With Organizations' Needs

    Dionne C. Rainey and Daniel C. Garner, partners in the Dallas office of Hunton & Williams, were on a mission last year to get the firm's Texas lawyers more involved in pro bono service.

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  • November 16, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Legal Malpractice Case Revived Against Akin Gump

    A Texas appeals court has reinstated legal malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld stemming from a troubled hotel deal in San Antonio. In a reversal, the F

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  • November 15, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Legal malpractice case revived against Akin Gump

    A Texas appeals court has reinstated legal malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld stemming from a troubled hotel deal in San Antonio. In a reversal, the F

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  • November 18, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Legal Malpractice Case Against Akin Gump Revived

    A Texas appeals court has reinstated legal malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld stemming from a troubled hotel deal in San Antonio. In a reversal, the F

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  • November 20, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Firm again faces legal malpractice claims

    A Texas appeals court has reinstated legal malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld stemming from a troubled hotel deal in San Antonio. In a reversal, the Fourth D

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  • November 26, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Legal Malpractice Case Revived Against Akin Gump

    A Texas appeals court has reinstated legal malpractice claims against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld stemming from a troubled hotel deal in San Antonio. In a reversal, the 4th Cour

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