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Cody Fowler Davis driven to open new firm
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2010/05/05 09:00
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pLawyer and author Cody Fowler Davis has struck out on his own — again./ppHe left Davis amp; Harmon PA, which he formed in 2001, and opened another Tampa law firm this week appropriately named Cody Fowler Davis Trial Attorneys PA. His previous firm is now Harmon Woods Parker Hendricks amp; Abrunzo./ppBy all accounts a driven lawyer very much at home in a courtroom, Davis was polite about reasons for the change./pp“I just decided it was time for me to leave,” he said. “I was president of the firm and set it up, but some philosophical differences arose. They’re good lawyers, and they’ll do fine.”/ppThe back-story, Davis said, is that he “found a guy a lot like myself” with whom he wanted to practice law. He described Jonathan Brozyna as another driven civil trial and commercial litigation practitioner who successfully tried a lot of cases at a young age — like Davis./ppAnd, like Davis, Brozyna is a tennis player./pp“A tennis player bets on himself a lot,” Davis said./ppPrior to forming Davis amp; Harmon, Davis was a partner at Macfarlane Ferguson amp; McMullen in Tampa. He is certified by the Florida Bar in civil trial law and business litigation. Davis also is a certified mediator in state and federal courts./ppAlong the way, he winds down by writing and has authored two legal thrillers with Tampa ties, “Implied Consent” and “Green 61”. He has outlined a third book to which publishers want the rights, but Davis is a little too busy right now./ppHis credentials and profession come naturally almost by osmosis through his old Tampa family. Imagine the dinner table conversation when he was growing up at the Davis home. His late father was a judge, and his grandfather, Cody Fowler, was a founder of what is now Fowler White Boggs and an American Bar Association president./ppDavis plans to grow his new firm some, possibly to four lawyers./pp“I’m used to working hard and long hours and like a lawyer who shares the same desires and goals,” he said.
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Dugas to stay in BR, head law practice
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2010/04/28 08:47
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pFormer U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas will remain in Baton Rouge to head a New Orleans-based law firm’s nationwide energy practice, officials announced Tuesday./ppDugas, who resigned his federal post last week, will join McGlinchey Stafford on May 1, the law firm said in a press release./ppIn addition to chairing the firm’s energy practice, Dugas will serve as co-chair of McGlinchey Stafford’s governmental investigations team./pp“We are honored to have David join our team and are excited to offer his distinguished level of expertise to our clients,” Rudy Aguilar, the law firm’s managing member, said in a written statement./ppDugas was a private-practice attorney who focused on oil-and-gas litigation as well as environmental issues prior to serving more than eight years as U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana./ppThe 1978 graduate of LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center was appointed to his federal post by former President George W. Bush./ppIn addition to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, McGlinchey Stafford has offices in Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Monroe, Jackson, Miss., and Albany, N.Y.
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Dallas Employment Lawer - Weinberg Law Firm
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2010/04/23 08:02
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pThe number one mistake an employee can make is to sign an a href=http://www.wlfirm.com/practice-areasfont color=#336699employment contract /font/awithout seeking legal counsel beforehand.nbsp; Often the employee fails to ask for contract terms that will protect what he brings to a new job.nbsp; For example, if an employee brings his customers with him to a new job, he must have the employment contract exclude these customers from being considered the new employer’s customers.nbsp; Otherwise, when the employee leaves the company and tries to take those customers with him, the company has a claim that those customers are no longer his to take.nbsp; The cost of litigating over this dispute will be far greater than the cost of seeking legal counsel to review the employment agreement before signing it.
a href=http://www.wlfirm.com/font color=#336699Dallas Emploement Lawyer/font/a/ppQ. I have an employment contract that states it is for a one (1) year term.nbsp; Does that mean the company must employ me for one year?/ppNot necessarily.nbsp; The contract may provide that the company may terminate the agreement for any reason after providing an employee 30 days notice.nbsp; In such a case, the employee only has a 30 day term contract, not a one (1) year contract./ppQ. I have a contract that states the company will nbsp; “consider” me for bonus payments.nbsp; Does this mean it is obligated to pay me the bonus payments?/ppNo. Such language only obligates the company to consider you for possible payment.nbsp; The company can simply state they considered you and decided not to pay you any bonus payments.nbsp; More specific language is needed to guarantee an employee will receive bonus payments./p |
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Paul Weiss hires Justice Department Prosecutor
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2010/04/19 07:33
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pThe law firm Paul Weiss has hired a prominent Justice Department prosecutor in an effort to build a Washington practice that defends corporations accused of trying to gain business overseas through bribes. /ppPaul Weiss announced on Friday it had hired Mark F. Mendelsohn, deputy chief of the fraud section in the Justice Department's criminal division, who was the architect of an ambitious program to target foreign bribery. /ppMendelsohn was the top catch for Washington law firms looking to continue to participate in the thriving Foreign Corrupt Practice Act business. The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have been filing aggressive cases in recent years against such companies as Halliburton, BAE Systems and Daimler, reaching settlements in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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SHEPPARD MULLIN RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN GUY HALGREN
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2010/04/16 09:41
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| pSheppard Mullin Richter amp; Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that the firm's chairman of the executive committee, Guy N. Halgren, has been re-elected to a fourth consecutive, three-year term leading the firm.nbsp; Halgren was first elected to this management role in 2001.nbsp; Halgren is the first Sheppard Mullin chairman to hold this position for four terms. nbsp; /ppOur partnership is very fortunate to have Guy at the helm for another term.nbsp; He's smart, fair and forward-thinking, said Benjamin R. Mulcahy, New York-based partner and member of the executive committee.nbsp; Guy has been instrumental in growing the firm in terms of size, locations, and practice areas, while preserving Sheppard Mullin's tradition of collegiality and entrepreneurship. nbsp; /ppSheppard Mullin has experienced significant growth in the past nine years.nbsp; The number of attorneys is now more than 500, which is more than 70% greater than the firm's attorney headcount in 2001.nbsp; During the same time period, the firm has geographically grown from a California firm, to a national firm with locations in New York and Washington, D.C., to an international firm with an office in Shanghai.nbsp; The firm currently has a total of eleven offices, having significantly expanded from four locations in 2001. /ppComparing 2001 to 2009, gross revenue has climbed from $149 million to $361 million.nbsp; Practice area growth has occurred in a number of ways, including the establishment of an institutional entertainment and media practice in 2003, the significant growth of the firm's Intellectual Property practice group in recent years, and the strengthening of signature practices: Antitrust, Corporate, Finance amp; Bankruptcy, Government Contracts, Labor amp; Employment, Litigation, Real Estate/Land Use and Tax. nbsp; /ppAdditionally, Sheppard Mullin's Business Trial practice group co-chair, Robert S. Beall, has been re-elected as the firm's managing partner for another three-year term.nbsp; He has held this firm management position since 2005.nbsp; Beall, based in the firm's Orange County office, has also been re-elected to the firm's executive committee for another three-year term.nbsp; /p |
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