Business of Law

Lydecker Diaz adding two Florida offices

By: Julie Kay

The growth-minded Miami law firm of Lydecker Diaz is opening offices in Tampa and Jacksonville and moving to larger quarters in Orlando.

'Pandemonium,' tears prevail as Dewey cuts staff

By: Christine Simmons

Employees laid off by Dewey & LeBoeuf reported "pandemonium" and tears in what looks like the largest law firm failure in history.

Greenberg Traurig lays off staff to achieve 4-to-1 attorney-secretary ratio

By: Julie Kay

Greenberg Traurig's move follows the path of most large law firms that already have pushed their ratios to 4-to-1 to cut costs during the recession, experts say.

Diaz Reus and Targ open Iraq office

By: Julie Kay

Miami-based Diaz Reus and Targ aligned with the New Iraq Company for Legal Consultancy and Newton & Partners, an emerging markets law firm with offices throughout the Middle East.

Former Congressman Lawrence Smith joins Kelley Kronenberg

By: Deborah C. España

Kelley Kronenberg has added Lawrence J. Smith to lead the law firm's government consulting group.

Hogan Lovells may have found permanent home at Brickell World Plaza

By: Julie Kay

After being forced out of its Miami office by a flooding incident at the Sabadell Financial Center, Hogan Lovells has moved from space to space — but now has settled on permanent space at 600 Brickell.

Ex-judge Amy Steele Donner joins Broad and Cassel

By: Julie Kay

Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Amy Steele Donner, who was forced to retire from the bench after turning 70, will play an advisory role for Broad and Cassel's statewide litigation team.

Greenberg Traurig calls off talks with Dewey & LeBoeuf

By: Sara Randazzo

Greenberg Traurig has dropped talks about a potential business combination with troubled Dewey & LeBoeuf as the New York-based firm became the subject of an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney.

Berger Singerman seeks $360,000 for Ruden work

By: Brian Baxter

Lawyers for Ruden McClosky, whose prepackaged bankruptcy filing and sale have been cited as a potential template for the struggling Dewey & LeBoeuf, submitted bills to be compensated for their services.

Dewey's problems could be Greenberg's chance to expand

By: Brian Baxter

Greenberg Traurig is in talks with an unspecified number of lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf, the New York-based law firm that has been bleeding lawyers and is considering a bankruptcy plan.

Holland & Knight must pay $34 million for failed real estate ventures

By: Meredith Hobbs

A jury in Los Angeles ordered Holland & Knight to pay $34.5 million in a legal malpractice case stemming from failed real estate ventures in Florida and Georgia.