News and Updates

The 36th National AAHGS conference will celebrate Virginia’s unique place in African-American family history while recognizing that the year 2015 also marks the anniversaries of various national events in the history of the Civil War, Emancipation, and the Civil Rights Movement. The conference will explore Virginia family history, local and national episodes in the American ...

Princeton, New Jersey – May 21, 2015 – Wong Fleming, a woman- and minority-owned U.S. law firm with offices throughout the country announced today that it has entered into a working cooperation agreement with Hamburg, Germany’s Schomerus & Partner (“SCHOMERUS”), effective immediately. Read the full press release here. The agreement will effectively operate in the United ...

Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, located in San Diego, California, is known for successfully defending manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products in both federal and state court.  In recent months alone, WTK reports the following successes with motion practice, protecting their clients’ interests in the most cost-effective way possible:   In April 2015, Sotera L. Anderson, ...

Joe H. Tucker Jr., of the Tucker Law Group LLC was recently selected for Membership by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel in the “Nation’s Top One Percent.” Read the press release here.

Thacker Martinsek LPA is honored to be recognized as a “Law360 Ceiling Smasher” and to be listed as number 1 of the 25 firms given designation for their diversity and inclusion of women. This ranking was included in Law360’s annual announcement of “The Best Law Firms For Female Partners.” Out of more than 300 firms ...

The Firm is delighted that partner Stephanie Scharf has been selected by the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women to receive its Founder’s Award.   The Award will be presented on May 22, 2015 at the Alliance’s Annual Award Luncheon at the Standard Club in Chicago. Read more here.   

Berens & Miller, P.A. has announced that Nancy Geegnan and Justi Miller were panelists in the Professional Development for Litigators – ABA Law Practice Today. The ABA’s online magazine has over 400,000 recipients. Click here to read the article.                       

Schmoyer Reinhard is pleased to announce John A. Ferguson, Jr. has joined the firm as a Partner, and Justin Barbour has been promoted to a Partner at the firm. Read more here.

On March 18, 2015, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a report (Report), the purpose of which is to provide guidance to employers on which employee handbook rules, in the NLRB’s view, comply with the National Labor Relations Act (Act) and which employee handbook rules do not. Work rules could ...

Congrats to Gary Lafayette and Rebecca Kimura of Lafayette & Kumagai LLP.  On April 13, 2015 their Motion for Summary Judgment was granted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of a Fortune 500 gas and electric company in an employment matter in which Plaintiff alleged race discrimination, ...