DEERFIELD BEACH, FL, August 4, 2015 – Roig Lawyers, a minority-owned, multi-practice litigation law firm dedicated to serving clients across six offices throughout Florida, is pleased to announce that Fernando L. Roig has authored a chapter titled “Diversity: An Essential Tool for Dealing with a Multicultural Marketplace” in the book Inside the Minds: Building and ...
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has approved partner, Ramina Dehkhoda-Steele to serve as a Dispute Resolution Arbitrator. She completed the onsite training and trainer evaluation components, and her primary hearing location is [ Read more…]
Troy N. Bell of the law firm Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC has been selected for inclusion into the Top 100 Black Lawyers, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. [ Read more…]
On July 22, 2015 at the National Bar Association Annual Meeting, Lisa D. Love, Managing Partner of Love and Long, LLP, participated in a CLE presentation entitled “Oil & Gas – Opportunities in a Distressed Market”, which was a joint presentation between the Bankruptcy and Corporate Law Sections of the NBA. Ms. Love’s presentation focused ...
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Johnson, a new partner in the Chicago office. One unique area of expertise that Robert brings to the table is “franchising” experience. Click here to read Mr. Johnson’s bio.
Global Atlanta recently spoke with Partner Sonjui Kumar about warming U.S. India relations and KPPB Law’s involvement with a Mumbai delegation’s recent visit to Atlanta. Ms. Kumar, a founding member of the Atlanta-based law firm, Kumar, Prabhu, Patel & Banerjee LLC, was in New Delhi, India’s capital, for a speaking engagement in late January when she ...
As the legal profession struggles to increase diversity, we find ourselves at a crossroad. Many firms have created diversity and inclusion policies and are working to increase the diversity of our membership. However, a look at the statistics finds that the diversity needle has barely moved. Law continues to be less diverse than other professions. ...
Partner, Sarah Marmor, appeared on The Morning Amp on Chicago radio Station Vocalo to discuss some of the most significant rulings from the Supreme Court in its last term. Among the cases discussed were Obergefell v. Hodges (gay marriage), King v. Burwell (the ACA) and Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. (confederate flags on Texas license plates). The ...
Partner Ted Banks published “Why You Should Love Your Antitrust Compliance Monitor” in the July 2015 issue of Competition Policy International. The article discusses the pros and cons of the use of monitors to resolve antitrust disputes with government enforcers. (Banks serves as a compliance monitor for the Federal Trade Commission and the Competition Bureau ...
A first-of-its-kind empirical study about the significant disparities between women and men as lead trial counsel in civil and criminal litigation has been written by Stephanie A. Scharf, partner at Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, and Roberta D. Liebenberg, senior partner at Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. The study was conducted under the auspices of the ...