January 14, 2021 at 2:12 PM
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When the pandemic first hit, law firms understandably freaked out. Firms cut salaries and laid people off. Few really understood how to work remotely when this all kicked off. But by the end of the year, firms were reinstating salaries, holding the line on annual bonuses, and many even offered additional COVID-appreciation payments. So just how bad was the year for law firms?
The 2021 State of the Legal Market Report, a joint effort from Georgetown Law’s Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession and the Thomson Reuters Institute, offers some insight into exactly how this all played out. As it turns out, while there were definitely trying times in the early going, the year ended on a fairly positive note for attorneys.
In the days since President Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol, resulting in five deaths, prosecutors have been talking about potential charges that to many Americans sound arcane, such as sedition and seditious conspiracy. Lawmakers meanwhile voted to impeach the president for something called incitement of insurrection. The unprecedented events that shocked Americans and the rest of the world require some legal unpacking.
BREAKING: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), a Navy veteran and Annapolis grad who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said she saw fellow members of Congress who had groups coming through the Capitol that I saw on Jan. 5, a reconnaissance for the next day. pic.twitter.com/YbZkW1qq7T
Rep. Sherrill, of the Blue Dog Caucus, was a Navy pilot and a federal prosecutor. She has an M.Sc.from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Since I’m not on Facebook, I’ve only seen the clip above, plus the breaking news reports, about her comments this evening… but she does not seem like the sort to throw around allegations she doesn’t fully understand.
Richard Joseph DURBIN, Congress, IL (1944)
Senate Years of Service: 1997-
Party: Democrat DURBIN Richard Joseph , A Senator and a Representative from Illinois; born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1944; graduated from Assumption High School, East St. Louis 1962; B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC 1966; intern in the office of Illinois Senator Paul Douglas during his senior year in college; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1969; admitted to the Illinois bar 1969, and commenced practice in Springfield; legal counsel to Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon 1969-1972; legal counsel, Illinois State senate judiciary committee 1972-1982; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois 1978; associate professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 1978-1983; delegate, Democratic National Conventions 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996; chairman of Illinois state delegation in 1996; elected as a
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MedPage Today speaks with two experts to explore healthcare cases coming before the Supreme Court and their implications for the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and other health programs and services.
Guests: Kelly Cleary, JD, a partner in Akin Gump s healthcare and life sciences practice, who previously served as deputy general counsel and chief legal officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and Katie Keith, JD, MPH, a research professor at Georgetown University s Center on Health Insurance Reforms who teaches courses on the Affordable Care Act and LGBT health law and policy at Georgetown University Law Center.
When: Thursday, January 14, at 4:00 p.m. ET.