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Kemp Smith partner Gilbert Sanchez has been elected as Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas for the term June 2024 – June 2025. About Kemp Smith For 158 years, Kemp Smith has provided high quality legal services throughout the Southwest, with offices in El Paso, Austin and Las Cruces. The firm prides itself on the expertise of its attorneys in numerous specialt…

Frantz Ward is proud to share that Partner Allison Taller Reich has been invited to participate in Cleveland Leadership Center’s (CLC) Leadership Cleveland Class of 2025, which includes individuals from diverse backgrounds in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. C-suite leaders are chosen for this highly competitive annual program based on demonstrated leadership and commitment to Clevelan…

Benjamin W. Jones, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, has been appointed chair of ALFA International’s Hospitality and Retail Practice Group. The ALFA International Hospitality & Retail Practice Group focuses on helping its national and global clients navigate a myriad of litigation issues such as premises liability, safety and security failures, labor and employment issues, f…

John Cunningham and Rebecca Verble received a favorable verdict that successfully limited petitioner’s claim for damages to a probate estate against their client in Williamson County, Illinois. Their client, a bank, served as a court-appointed executor for the estate during a will contest between the decedent’s son and a third party. After resolution of the will contest, the decedent’s son sued th…

Morgan & Morgan is pleased to inform its distinguished clients that they have received authorization from the Nevis Ministry of Finance to offer the service of incorporation of legal entities and to structure trusts under their subsidiary MMG Trust (Nevis) Corp. Internationally acclaimed, the Nevis jurisdiction is revered for its strong legal system and business-friendly climate. The formatio…

Charles Russell Speechlys has received a Gold Award, for the third year running, from Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index for its commitment and dedication to being an LGBTQ+ inclusive employer. This year, they have improved their ranking in the Top 100 Employer’s List by 17 places and have risen to 15th. Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers List 2024 is the UK’s leading ranking of employers within the…

GPK Pegger Kofler & Partner long-standing law firm partners are repeatedly recommended as “Austria’s best lawyers” in the current Best Lawyers Ranking 2024 by the German newspaper Handelsblatt , thus building on the ranking successes from previous years: Attorney Stefan Kofler receives the award in transport law and foreign trade law. Attorney Franz Pegger is listed in his specialty area of …

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is pleased to announce a senior leadership appointment that will strengthen the firm’s ranks. Effective July 1, Patricia (Trish) Morrison, previously BLG’s National Business Leader for construction, has been appointed as the National Group Head of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Construction Group for a three-year term. Trish succeeds David Di Paolo, who will …

Defense Verdict: Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC Members Todd Hathaway and Tierney Chadwick recently secured a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case for a New Hampshire hospital and health system in which the Plaintiffs claimed over $50 million in alleged damages. The case involved neonatal intensive care unit care and involved almost three weeks of evidence. They were assisted by seni…

On July 2, 2024, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its decision regarding a three-year, 124 day trade secret trial in which Halloran Sage partners Joseph Fortner and Jennifer Pedevillano successfully obtained judgment in favor of their client, Indue Sales & Service (“Indue”).  The Plaintiff, Dur-A-Flex, claimed that Indue misappropriated the Plaintiff’s trade secrets when a former employee …