Our seventh annual Lawdragon 500 represents the best of the best, from Supreme Court justices to Fortune 500 General Counsel, White House counsel to law firm leaders and superstars of the plaintiff bar. As such, it's an interesting proxy of which law schools produce the standouts of the legal profession. This year's #1 law school is Harvard, which ran away with the list with 71 alum featured. Those include: 5 U.S. Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts; the general counsel of KKR, Blackstone, Clorox and Twitter; … [Read more...]
The 2012 Lawdragon 500
December 31, 2012 By
We're proud to introduce the lawyers of the year - the 2012 Lawdragon 500. Our seventh annual compendium of the nation’s lawyers of the moment brings together those counselors who won the biggest verdicts and pulled off the biggest deals. Our heads were swimming as we factored in LIBOR to AIG, GM (and other federal government de-leveragings), BP's asset sell-off and other energy sector dealmaking to gay marriage and healthcare consolidation following the Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare. At the end of the day, it … [Read more...]
Cocktails With David Boies
December 2, 2012 By
Magazine feature: Lawdragon founder Katrina Dewey sat down with David Boies at the Four Seasons in Manhattan as his firm, Boies Schiller & Flexner, prepared to celebrate its 15th annivesary. (View PDF version from the 2012 magazine.) It’s 4:58 when David Boies walks up the steps to the Four Seasons bar in Midtown Manhattan and orders a Screwdriver in a tall glass. It’s a plush place and Boies’ preferred watering hole, just steps from his firm’s New York office. As ever, he’s juggling nine million things. Al … [Read more...]
Last Stop Belgrade
October 14, 2012 By
Magazine Feature: With the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia winding down, it has fallen to the national courts to hold war criminals accountable for the atrocities of the 1990s. Serbia’s experience shows that prosecuting these crimes in resistant domestic settings takes both courage and patience. (View PDF version from the 2012 Magazine.) Last summer, Radovan Karadzic, one of the most notorious accused war criminals to stand trial since the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals, cross-examined prosecution witness Milorad … [Read more...]
The New IP Lawyer
September 26, 2012 By
The founders of three-year-old Chicago-based Global IP Law Group have profited from a well-timed bet that the market for buying and selling patents has finally come of age. (View PDF version from the 2012 Magazine.) Nortel Corp.’s historic $4.5 billion patent portfolio auction in January 2011 was heralded as a tipping point for patents and how corporations value them. A few months after Google lost in the Nortel auction, they bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The purchase included 20,000 patents. The deals were followed by … [Read more...]
40 Up and Comers in Employment Law
June 15, 2012 By
Lawdragon's Guide to World Class Employment Lawyers also features 40 Up and Comers in Employment Law, presented below. Click here to return to the Top 100, or view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits, the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law or the Top 20 in Immigration Law. Name Firm City Reginald W. Belcher Turner Padget Columbia, S.C. Sarah E. Bouchard Morgan … [Read more...]
Top 20 Lawyers in Immigration Law
June 15, 2012 By
Lawdragon's Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers also features 20 top practitioners in the area of Immigration Law, presented below. Click here to return to the Top 100, or view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits, the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law or the 40 Up and Comers in Employment Law. Name Firm City Jeff T. Appleman Berry Applema San Francisco Daryl … [Read more...]
Top 20 Lawyers in Employee Benefits
June 15, 2012 By
Lawdragon's Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers also features 20 top practitioners in the area of Employee Benefits and ERISA, presented below. Click here to return to the Top 100, or view the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law, the Top 20 in Immigration or the 40 Up and Comers in Employment Law. Name Firm City Gregory C. Braden Morgan Lewis Washington Gregory K. … [Read more...]
The Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers
June 15, 2012 By
Lawdragon is proud to present The Guide to World-Class Employment Lawyers, the result of hundreds of law firm submissions and editorial research conducted over the past year. This is the fifth annual guide to leading employment lawyers we have produced in partnership with Human Resource Executive (HRE) magazine. In addition to the 100 Most Powerful Employment Lawyers below, you can also view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits; the Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law; the Top 20 in Immigration; as well as 40 Up and Comers in the … [Read more...]
Top 20 in Traditional Labor & Employment Law
June 15, 2012 By
Lawdragon's Guide to World Class Employment Lawyers also features the 20 top practitioners in the area of Traditional Labor & Employment Law, presented below. Click here to return to the Top 100, or view the Top 20 in Employee Benefits, the Top 20 in Immigration or the 40 Up and Comers in Employment Law. Name Firm City M.J. Asensio Baker Hostetler Columbus, Ohio Marshall B. Babson Seyfarth … [Read more...]
