Attorney forced off lawsuits against banks over Pinochet money

Squire Sanders & Dempsey partner Pedro Martinez-Fraga has been forced — after at least four years of work — to withdraw from cases filed by the Chilean government alleging four banks helped former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet hide $26 million in government money.

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Ruden McClosky endures another round of layoffs

Fort Lauderdale-based Ruden McClosky has carried out another round of attorney and staff layoffs.

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State bars help lawyers cope with depression

State bar associations are broadening their programming and launching initiatives to help attorneys manage through the down economy.

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When elite firms plunge, what happens to the rest?

What has the world come to when Cravath Swaine & Moore has a terrible year? The firm that has served for decades as the touchstone for prestige in the profession last year suffered a 13 percent drop in revenue and a 24 percent plunge in profits per partner, and asked incoming first-year associates to delay their start dates.

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Stearns Weaver adds attorneys to Tallahassee office

The Miami-based firm plans to have three full-time shareholders and two full-time associates in the new office.

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Current job market may force lawyers to embrace their inner risk taker

How would you rate yourself from one to 10 as a risk taker? One indicates that you still haven't taken your first airplane flight, and 10 indicates that you jump out of airplanes and love it. If you would rate yourself anywhere from seven to 10, I have just one question for you: Why did you go to law school?

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New lawyers matched with public-interest groups

The lobby of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center was buzzing with young attorneys and 3Ls looking for public-interest law opportunities — and with public-interest organizations looking to hire them short term for free.

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Broward official joins renamed law firm as partner

Broward County Vice Mayor Ken Keechl has joined the renamed Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Keechl law firm in Fort Lauderdale as a name partner, focusing his practice on business and commercial litigation.

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Fallout continues from the breakup of Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin

Four attorneys left to join Akerman Senterfitt’s Fort Lauderdale office, and a three-attorney group from the Boca Raton office left to launch an office of their own.

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