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he helped select nominees to New York’s highest court NEW YORK – January 13, 2021 – Alan Mansfield, a beloved and highly respected New York litigation attorney who helped shape the New York State Court of Appeals as a 25-year member of the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, passed away January 11, 2021. He was a member of the Executive Committee at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he had also served as the co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice. Ma...

Paul, Weiss Expands Presence in Northern California With Four Prominent Lateral Partners News provided by Share this article Melinda Haag, Randy Luskey will join the firm as partners in the Litigation Department, and Jeremy M. Veit as a partner in the Corporate Department. The four additions will form the foundation for the new Paul, Weiss Northern California office, alongside litigation partner Meredith Dearborn. "We are thrilled that Melinda, Walt, Randy and Jeremy have chosen to join our p...

News Release January 19, 2021 PHOENIX⁠ — Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointments of Jeffrey Sklar, Lisa Abrams and Gary Cohen to the Pima County Superior Court to fill the vacancies created by the appointment of Judge John Hinderaker to the United States District Court, District of Arizona and the retirement of Judges Gus Aragón and Leslie Miller.   Jeffrey Sklar is a Partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, where he has been a commercial litigator since 2010. He repres...

Email address: Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in attendance at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday. Photo/Paula Tracy CONCORD, NH – Governor Chris Sununu on Wednesday announced that he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The nomination will be made January 7, at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired on August 23rd, 2019 ...

Posted on 232 One of the nation’s most successful and longest-established insurance recovery practices, led by noted policyholder advocate Robin Cohen, is launching its own law firm. Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna opens with over 20 lawyers and staff, many of whom have worked together for more than 20 years at prestigious litigation firms, recovering billions of dollars for policyholder clients and securing landmark judicial ruli...

Kim Bueno Joins Butler Snows Austin Office News provided by Share this article AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Trial attorney Kim Bueno  has joined Butler Snow LLP, expanding the firms bench of nationally-recognized first-chair trial attorneys.  Bueno represents companies in personal injury actions and complex commercial litigation. Nationally, she is recognized as one of the preeminent pharmaceutical and medical device trial attorneys, having served as trial counsel in high-prof...

Cravath; Yuqing Liu/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Cravath, Swaine & Moore is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms, both nationally and globally. The firm takes on prominent high-stakes cases, from Disneys landmark $85 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2018 to ongoing lawsuits against Apple and Google by Epic Games, the c...