Lawyer Limelight: Gerald Silk
Photo by Laura Barisonzi As the leading plaintiffs’ securities litigation firm in the nation, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann is bound to make an impact after any corporate fraud scandal,...
View ArticleLawdragon Limelight: Joan Lukey
Photo by Ken Richardson It is not exaggeration to call Joan Lukey the doyenne of the Boston Bar, and she has few equals in the U.S. in experience in big jury cases. A past president of the American...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Charla Aldous
Photo by Justin Clemons In her 28 years as a trial lawyer, Dallas attorney Charla Aldous has earned just about every type of distinction and award in her line of work. And for good reason. She has...
View ArticleCravath’s Chesler to Chair NYPL Board
Photo of Evan Chesler (left) and Samuel Butler provided by Cravath. Legal lion Evan Chesler has been named Chairman of the Board of the New York Public Library – a role which has special meaning for...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Thomas Perrelli
Photo by Eli Meir Kaplan Thomas Perrelli may be better known for his forays into public service than he is as a Jenner & Block partner, but his zigzag path to the top of the legal profession has...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Joseph Re
Photo provided by the firm. Our 10th anniversary edition of the Lawdragon 500 is bound to have an impressive array of verdicts and settlements, and sitting near the top is Masimo’s victory over Philips...
View ArticleMerrick Garland Nominated to Succeed Scalia
Merrick Garland spoke at the White House Wednesday. Video still from WhiteHouse.gov. President Barack Obama today nominated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Stuart Singer
Photo by Josh Ritchie. It’s the sport of champions – legally speaking. Just ask more than a few members of the Lawdragon 500. It’s all about debate, and few were champions as early as Stuart Singer –...
View ArticleLawyer Thomas Ajamie on His Work for the Super Bowl Host Committee
Photo by Laura Barisonzi. The Houston Texans may have lost to the New England Patriots in the divisional round, but the city still comes out on top this month as host of the Super Bowl. That role is...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Paul Geller
Photo of Paul Geller and his dog Bob by Starla Fortunato. Paul Geller’s strategy for earning massive recoveries for consumers and investors in complex cases might be boiled down to a simple mantra:...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Matthew Minner
Photo by Scott Walz. Few law firms dedicated to representing plaintiffs have a track record like Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, which was founded in 1890. Among the firm’s second century roster of...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Karen Dunn
Photo by Eli Meir Kaplan. Anybody with an interest in politics and law has to marvel at – and admit to some envy of – Karen Dunn and her truly incredible career. She served as an advisor to Sen....
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Kirk Pasich
Photo by Paulo Torres. Kirk Pasich has always run his own race. That explains why he recently finished the marathon in Venice, Italy, running through the Riviera del Brenta, along the Guideca Canal and...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Alec Karakatsanis
Photo by Eli Meir Kaplan. Few lawyers in the Lawdragon 500 are having as significant an impact on our justice system as Alec Karakatsanis, the founder and executive director of Washington, D.C.-based...
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Lawyer Limelight: Patrick A. Salvi II
Many lawyers have sons and daughters who enter the profession, but few parent-child combinations are as potent in the courtroom as the Salvis. Last year, plaintiffs’ lawyer Patrick A. Salvi II, just 10...
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Securities Litigation Leader Brian Pastuszenski Discusses The Current...
If you had to pick one lawyer who epitomizes elite securities litigation defense, you could do no better than Goodwin’s Brian Pastuszenski. He’s led the defense of billions of dollars in claims for...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Jason Itkin
Few plaintiffs’ lawyers secure as many high-value verdicts and settlements over their entire careers as Jason Itkin has since starting his own firm in 2004 with his former University of Texas law...
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Lawyer Limelight: Teresa Snider
As Teresa Snider points out, the lawyers that litigate insurance and reinsurance disputes form “a relatively small community” within the legal profession. Inside of that, a much smaller group of...
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Lawdragon 500: The Legends (2018)
Remember the iconic advertisement asking, “What becomes a legend most?” For lawyers, it’s greatness at winning iconic trials, bringing litigation that reshapes industries or saves lives and making...
View ArticleLawyer Limelight: Thomas J. Nolan
Photo by Hugh Williams. If you were casting the Cinderella story of lawyers, you’d have to give consideration to Thomas J. Nolan, world-class trial partner at Latham, whose rise from night school at...
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