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Lawyer Limelight: Taleah Jennings
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
When the 1990s tech bubble burst, one of the major legal battlegrounds was over the alleged riggin…
August 22, 2022
Lawyers as Essential Second Responders in Catastrophes
By David Lash | News & Features, Covid-19
In times of catastrophe, lawyers generally are not key first responders. The legal community provides assistance not just shortly after the devastation occurs, but for months and years into the future.
May 11, 2020
Lawyer Limelight: Michael Sorich
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights, Plaintiff Consumer Limelights
A former prosecutor in Chicago, Michael Sorich made the transition to plaintiff work and has since b…
February 10, 2020
Selendy Gay Elsberg Fuses Values With Results to Disrupt the Law Firm Model
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
The powerhouse corps of lawyers who formed Selendy Gay Elsberg nearly two years ago were well acquai…
January 26, 2020
Lawyer Limelight: David Wachtel
By Alison Preece | Lawyer Limelights
Dave Wachtel realized early in his career that he wanted to develop a practice aligned with his beli…
October 8, 2019
ABA Pro Bono Efforts to Focus on Serving Homeless Youth
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases, American Bar Association News
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2017 — Lawyers and law firms across the country are participating in voluntee…
October 26, 2017
NAPABA Names Jae Park as 2017 Pro Bono Award Winner
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is proud to present the…
September 27, 2017
Florida Bar Foundation Establishes Legal Aid Fund
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases, Florida Bar Foundation
MAITLAND, Fla. –The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors Sept. 7 approved an allocation of up…
September 8, 2017
New York Law Schools Launch March for Justice
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
NEW YORK, NY (March 7, 2017) - The Statewide Law School Access-to-Justice Council, which includes r…
March 7, 2017
Boies Schiller Files Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuits Against Backpage.com
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
New York, February 7, 2017 - Legal Momentum – The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund and …
February 7, 2017
Ballard Spahr Attorneys Help Human Trafficking Victims
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
PHOENIX (December 15, 2016) – Over the last few years, attorneys in Ballard Spahr's Phoenix office…
December 21, 2016
ABA Expands Free Q&A Legal Service
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2016 — The American Bar Association has more than doubled its new web program, …
October 26, 2016
Richard Carmody Named Adams and Reese Pro Bono Fellow
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 11, 2016 – Richard P. Carmody, a leading bankruptcy law attorney with t…
March 17, 2016
Dorsey and Alaska Innocence Project Win Release of Fairbanks Four
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. — (December 18, 2015) – International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP annou…
December 22, 2015
Public Counsel Announces New President and CEO
By Lawdragon News | Press Releases
LOS ANGELES-- Public Counsel announced today the selection of Margaret Morrow as its new Presiden…
December 2, 2015