Bankruptcy can get expensive
Posted on February 16, 2010 at 11:58 amIn motions filed late last week to authorize its bankruptcy co-counsel, Spheris disclosed some hefty legal payments. Its New York City law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, took home $3.3 million in the 90 days ended Feb. 3. (The firm’s attorney fees range from $290 to $995 per hour, according to the filing).
Co-counsel Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, out of Delaware, was retained on Oct. 15. The firm was put on a $75,000 retainer on Dec. 10 and through the end of ’09 received three payments totaling $72,500.
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Adams and Reese raids Florida firm a second time
Posted on February 2, 2010 at 11:44 amRegional law firm Adams and Reese has recruited another eight attorneys from the Florida law firm it raided two months ago. The lawyers will open a Tampa office in a few weeks.
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MCC involved in foreclosure
Posted on January 28, 2010 at 1:10 pmNot that one.
But fellow Deed Geeks trawling the Register of Deeds site lately may have noticed the surprisingly frequent occurrence of “MCC TN LLC” in foreclosure filings.
Persistent Deed Geeks will see the company is the grantee on the form, immediately assuaging fears that somehow a yet-to-be-built civic project is facing a bank takeover. It turns out MCC TN is the local arm of McCurdy & Candler, a Georgia-based law firm specializing in business and real estate law. The Tennessee branch formed in November.
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Two Tennessee companies on Best Places to Work list
Posted on January 21, 2010 at 1:28 pmLaw firm Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz and logistics giant FedEx have been named to Fortune’s list of the United States’ best places to work. Here’s the release from Baker Donelson, which runs a large office on Commerce Street downtown.
Other companies with a decent Nashville presence that made the list: Deloitte, Publix and Balfour Beatty Construction.
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Name change for regional law firm
Posted on January 14, 2010 at 1:34 pmDefense law firm Wilkins Stephens Tipton — which set up a small Maryland Farms office in 2007 — has changed its name to Wilkins Tipton. The firm employs 27 attorneys and about 80 people in all.
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Adams and Reese grows in Sunshine State
Posted on December 4, 2009 at 10:47 am
Adams and Reese, which acquired Nashville’s Stokes Bartholomew earlier this decade, has lured away more than two dozen attorneys from a Florida firm stung by the real estate crash. New Orleans-based Adams and Reese is picking up offices in Sarasota (at left) and St. Petersburg.
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Now it looks official
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 1:13 pmThough the merger that brought together law firms Bradley Arant Rose & White and Boult Cummings Conners & Berry was completed what feels like ages ago, the firms maintained separate Web sites until recently. Check out the shiny, new unified home of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings here.
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Think Halloween is scary? Try getting a bunch of lawyers to move by December 15
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 2:08 pm
That’s what the Bass Berry team needs to do.
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Two from Waller up for women-in-business awards
Posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:41 am
Two women from Waller Lansden are finalists in the 2009 edition of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Also up for two awards is Marcie Allen of event marketing firm MAC Presents. Here are some details on the work Owen (pictured here at left) and Walker have done.
Carol Owen, finalist in the “Mentor of the Year” category, developed and launched the national organization “Women’s Roundtable” from Waller Lansden’s headquarters in Nashville, after noticing the low female representation in the field of law. This unprecedented nationwide referral and support network for attorneys provides female colleagues with a platform for new business development, referrals, mentorship and a general support system.
Teresa Walker, finalist in the “Best Executive - Service Business - up to 2,500 employees” category, played a pivotal role in helping Waller Lansden remain stable and even grow during the recent economic decline. In 2008, she oversaw the development of a strategic plan that focused on increasing Waller Lansden’s national recognition and raising the profile of its successful healthcare practice. This plan also included a strategy to integrate critical technology that would monitor and improve the firm’s financial management.
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Looking for a cut-rate trial lawyer?
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 2:30 pmIt had to happen: In an era when the prices people are willing to pay for music, movies, art and even yoga lessons have fallen starkly, Bass, Berry & Sims is turning young associates into low-price litigation attorneys. WPLN’s Blake Farmer has the story.
Joe Freedman is launching companies again
Posted on October 16, 2009 at 8:17 amApparently seeking to claim once and for all the title of Nashville’s serial-est entrepreneur, Joe Freedman tells Milt Capps about three new ventures in the legal services arena. And he’s not afraid to say where he doesn’t expect to snare funding for them.
He said his professional networks in New York City, Los Angeles and elsewhere make it much easier for him to raise money in those cities than in Nashville, where investors are “so healthcare-ingrained,” not familiar with software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups, and “too damn nice” to give you a quick No, when they’ve made their decision.
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Former federal prosecutor joins Waller
Posted on October 12, 2009 at 8:16 am
The Birmingham office of Waller Lansden earlier this month welcomed ex-federal prosecutor William Athanas to its ranks. Athanas spent eight years with the Justice Department, most recently as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Alabama’s Northern District.
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The signs they are a’changin
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 7:53 am
Baker Donelson is moving quickly with putting its name on the downtown building where it recently signed on to expand. Workers will have all the required red letters on the side of the Baker Donelson Center well before NBC’s cameras switch on to transmit the Titans taking on the Colts this Sunday night.
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Justice center director gets national award
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:48 am
Gordon Bonnyman Jr., executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville, is the 2009 recipient of the Morris Dees Justice Award. The award is given annually by law firm Skadden, Arps and The University of Alabama School of Law to a lawyer who has brought about positive change by devoting his or her career to serving the public interest and pursuing justice.
Bonnyman has spent his career representing low-income clients, the elderly, prisoners, disabled persons, and uninsured. Read more about Bonnyman and the award here.
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Buck Cole has a new boss
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:19 amLouisville-headquartered law firm Greenebaum Doll & McDonald has named Patrick Northam to lead its hometown and Nashville offices. Buck Cole is the only attorney in the Nashville outpost, which has never recovered numberswise from a Burr & Forman raid three years ago.
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