Each year Litigation Departments of the Year draws one of the most enthusiastic responses of all the Law Journal's Professional Excellence categories.
Not exact matches
Oral arguments are scheduled to take place in the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday in a
years - long civil
litigation over the U.S.
Department of Justice's failure to fully release under FOIA records about the prosecution of activists over their activism.
The corporation has the deep pockets necessary to tie the
Department of Justice up in
litigation for
years.
The FHA began developing a loan defect taxonomy several
years ago in response to the False Claims Act
litigation the Justice
Department filed against FHA lenders, which resulted in large fines and prompted many banks to exit the FHA single - family mortgage program.
WilmerHale Named a Finalist in The American Lawyer's 2016 IP
Litigation Department of the
Year Contest
Last
year, Hadef & Partners won Property & Construction Team of the Year 2013 and the Dispute Resolution department took home the award for Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team of the Year in 2
year, Hadef & Partners won Property & Construction Team of the
Year 2013 and the Dispute Resolution department took home the award for Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team of the Year in 2
Year 2013 and the Dispute Resolution
department took home the award for
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team of the
Year in 2
Year in 2012.
Additionally, Doug worked for two
years as a trial attorney in the U.S.
Department of Justice's Aviation and Admiralty
Litigation Section in Washington, D.C..
Cousin joins from Norton Rose Fulbright in Paris, where he had been a partner for eight
years and led the firm's French
litigation department.
In the last
year there have been a number of articles, studies and industry discussions on the ways that corporate legal
departments can control
litigation costs.
For
years these legal
departments had been supporting
litigation efforts that created a trail of information — information that, if mined correctly, could aid them in controlling their costs.
The American Lawyer's 2006
Litigation Department of the
Year award has gone to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
«The last two
years were a crucible for Citigroup Inc., the New York - based financial services behemoth and the biggest client of the
litigation department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Sandra Goldstein, a former leader of Cravath's
litigation department, will make a reported $ 11 million a
year for five
years at Kirkland.
Transatlantic Law Firm of the
Year: Clyde & Co Transatlantic Independent Law Firm of the
Year: A&L Goodbody Transatlantic Law Firm Manager of the
Year: John Quinn, managing partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Transatlantic Legal
Department of the
Year: Archer Daniels Midland Transatlantic General Counsel of the
Year: Dr Manfred Döss, Volkswagen AG Transatlantic Dealmaker of the
Year: Ansgar Rempp, Jones Day Transatlantic Disputes / Regulatory Lawyer of the
Year: Robert Giuffra, Sullivan & Cromwell Transatlantic M&A Team of the
Year (Large Deals): Baker Botts Transatlantic M&A Team of the
Year (Midmarket): Morrison & Foerster Transatlantic Private Equity Team of the
Year: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Transatlantic Debt Capital Markets Team of the
Year: Kirkland & Ellis Transatlantic Equity Capital Markets Team of the
Year: Noerr Transatlantic Finance Team of the
Year: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Transatlantic Arbitration Team of the
Year: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Transatlantic
Litigation Team of the
Year: Herbert Smith Freehills, Debevoise & Plimpton, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Transatlantic IP Team of the
Year: Herbert Smith Freehills Transatlantic Investigations Team of the
Year: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Transatlantic Restructuring Team of the
Year: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Transatlantic Tax Team of the
Year: Davis Polk & Wardwell Transatlantic Antitrust Team of the
Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
The Global 100 leader, which has made a string of corporate and finance hires in London in recent months, has now set its sights on a similar push in disputes, and is aiming to double the number of lawyers in its London
litigation department during the next three to five
years.
I would require all barristers, before starting at the independent Bar, to spend at least one
year in the
litigation department of a firm of solicitors, or even an international law firm with a major dispute resolution practice.
The National Health Service
Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has extended the three -
year term of its clinical negligence panel by another
year as the
Department of Health (DoH) conducts a broad review of the body's role.
While it's always been a fluid, free - market kind of place, Sidley has in recent
years moved to make its famous
litigation practice an even broader church — «when I started there were four or five
litigation groups and then about two
years ago they changed the organization to just one general
department, meaning attorneys have more freedom and the teams can do more cross-selling.»
In the last several months, we have had several very junior and mid-level lawyers for various periods of time working in both our
litigation support and contracts management
departments, and have senior (more than 15
years) lawyers in operational and executive positions — a few of whom actually live in and work out of Delhi, and some of whom travel and work between India and their bases in the United States.
EDWIN STERN, a former New Jersey appellate division judge who earlier this
year completed a temporary assignment on the New Jersey Supreme Court, is now counsel at Gibbons in the firm's business and commercial
litigation department.
Clark previously led the firm's
litigation department for six
years and is currently a member of the policy committee, and Sheridan now heads the corporate
department.
At Greenberg Traurig, she serves on the firm's Executive Committee and previously served an eight -
year term as national chair of its 600 - member
litigation department.
He's seen a range of
litigation trends over the
years and watched in - house
departments at insurance companies rise and fall.
Mr. Bordo joined Blank Rome from Freeman, Freeman & Smiley where he has practiced for the past 17
years as a member of the
Litigation Department.
Prior to joining Brown Law Group, Mr. Price was the head of the Employment
Litigation Group for Bank of America's Legal
Department where he practiced for 34
years.
Over the past two
years, budgets for in - house legal
departments have gone up by more than 20 percent — and that is not counting the costs of
litigation.
• Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA) Achievement Award, sponsored by ENSafrica — The Honourable Judge Dikgang Moseneke • International Law Firm of the
Year — Baker & McKenzie • African Law Firm of the
Year — Large Practice, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com — Anjarwalla & Khanna • African Law Firm of the
Year — Small Practice — AB & David • General Counsel of the
Year, sponsored by Eversheds — Pieter Badenhorst — AFGRI • Legal
Department of the
Year — Large Team, sponsored by Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group — South African Reserve Bank • Legal
Department of the
Year — Small Team — Life Healthcare Group • Legal Counsel of the
Year — Jonathan Maphosa — South African Reserve Bank • Assistant / Associate Solicitor of the
Year — Ghassan Sader, Hogan Lovells • Innovation Award — Barefoot Law • CSR Award, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com - AFGRI; Baker & McKenzie • Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award — AB & David • M&A Team of the
Year — Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the
Year — Baker & McKenzie • Competition and Regulatory Team of the
Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group •
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the
Year — Webber Wentzel • Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the
Year — Chadbourne & Parke • TMT Team of the
Year — DLA Piper • Employment Law Team of the
Year — ENSafrica • IP Team of the
Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group • Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the
Year — Hogan Lovells • Property and Construction Team of the
Year — Hogan Lovells
The
Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) spent # 3.7 m on legal costs during the last financial
year, including more than # 1.2 m on Brexit - related
litigation, its accounts have revealed.
Allieri will be Regional Vice President of the New York City office, and brings 20
years of experience in
litigation support and document - related technologies to D4, including extensive work with major law firms and corporate law
departments.
I think that where the lawyers may have success in convincing their IT
departments or their firms to buy iPad Pros is in the area of
litigation, and I'll be interested to see how that falls out over the next couple of
years.
With over 20
years of experience in
litigation support and document - related technologies, Paul Allieri has spent a large portion of his career assisting and supporting major law firms and corporate law
departments.
Litigious juniors reported a
department that is «not segregated into various practices» meaning «every first -
year is expected to do some white collar, commercial
litigation and securities work.»
Take the example of the
Department for Exiting the European Union which spent more than # 1.2 m on Brexit - related
litigation last
year alone.
Over the
years, the firm's
litigation practice expanded to include insurance defence, health, construction, and medical malpractice, while the corporate
department grew and became known for providing comprehensive services to mid-market owner - operated companies.
• City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award • Law Firm of the
Year • Editor's Award for Managing or Senior Partner of the
Year • UK Law Firm of the
Year • General Counsel of the
Year • Legal
Department of the
Year • Legal Counsel of the
Year • Client Partner of the
Year • Assistant Solicitor / Associate Solicitor of the
Year • Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the
Year • M&A Team of the
Year •
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the
Year • Commercial Team of the
Year • Private Client Team of the
Year • Competition and Regulatory Team of the
Year • TMT Team of the
Year • Property Team of the
Year • European Law Firm of the
Year • European Legal Team of the
Year • London Office of the
Year • Education and Training Initiative of the
Year • Law Firm Innovation Award • In - house Innovation Award • Chambers of the
Year • Offshore Law Firm of the
Year • Diversity Initiative of the
Year • CSR Initiative of the
Year • Best Use of Technology • Supplier of the
Year
He served for seven
years as Deputy Chair and Chair of Foley Hoag's
Litigation Department, and since 1989 has headed the firm's Product Liability and Complex Tort Practice Group.
Mr. Arquit has secured approvals for some of the largest and most complex mergers over the past 25
years, and represented clients in high - profile antitrust
litigation before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice (DOJ), as well as numerous state and international competition authorities.
Mr. Hensley was a shareholder at Jackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, serving as its
Litigation Department head for over two
years while at that law firm.
During that time, Mr. Pollack served for ten
years as Co-Chairman of the firm's
Litigation Department.
By thinking about where they came from, these
departments have realized that
years of
litigation have given them one precious thing that may help — enough historical data to build tracking and prediction methods for the future.
Managing partner and head of the firm's
litigation departments, Peter Clark, has more than 30
years of experience handling industrial disease claims, including mineworkers» and industrial deafness claims.
HOUSTON, July 3, 2017 — Texas Lawyer has honored King & Spalding with its Environmental
Litigation Department of the
Year award.
July 3, 2017 Texas Lawyer Honors King & Spalding With Environmental
Litigation Department of the
Year Award
Before joining chambers in 2004, Oliver spent seven
years in the Government Legal
Department working on the Northern Ireland peace process, prisons matters, public law
litigation and the Hutton Inquiry.
Before joining Discovery in 2011, Sims was a partner in the commercial
litigation department at Arent Fox, LLP, in Washington, D.C., where she spent more than 10
years working on complex commercial
litigation and intellectual property matters, including several engagements with Discovery.
Lewis and Robison will reunite with several former Vinson & Elkins partners who joined Gibson Dunn's Dallas office earlier this
year, including William Dawson, formerly the head of Vinson & Elkins»
litigation and regulatory
department; Michael Raiff, who served as Vinson & Elkins» media practice leader; corporate partners Jeffrey Chapman and Robert Little; and Robert Walters, formerly Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Energy Future Holdings (fka TXU Corp.), who had previously been a
litigation partner at Vinson & Elkins.
I do not want my
department and the legal aid market to face months if not
years of continuing uncertainty, and expensive
litigation, while it is heard».
The sports group's work helped make Proskauer a finalist in The American Lawyer's most recent Labor and Employment
Litigation Department of the
Year competition.
In January, sibling publication The American Lawyer awarded Gibson, Dunn the firm's second straight
Litigation Department of the
Year title.
Formerly a senior Tax Litigator with the Federal
Department of Justice for almost 10
years, Jeff focuses his practice in the areas of tax
litigation and other complex commercial
litigation, as well as tax planning and advisory services.