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Dallas Trial Lawyer Dick Sayles Leaves Bradley Arant to Launch New Firm



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Richard “Dick” Sayles, who joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in 2019 to help launch its Dallas office, has left for a solo practice where he will continue to try lawsuits.

June 02, 2023 at 03:47 PM

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  • The trial lawyer joined Bradley Arant in 2019 to help launch its Dallas office.
  • Sayles said he sought more control over which lawsuits he will take and his billing arrangements.

Dallas trial lawyer Richard “Dick” Sayles is trying something new—again—by going solo just four-and-a-half years after he led a group of lawyers from his former trial firm to open a Dallas office for Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.

The Sayles Law Firm opened on Friday. Sayles’ career includes 19 years at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal in Dallas, 25 years at trial boutique Sayles Werbner, and then since 2019 at Bradley Arant.

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June 3, 2023 by LAW

‘So Many Unanswered Questions’: Broward Lawyer Suing Over NFL Player’s Death



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“The facts strewn out there aren’t really connecting,” said an attorney not involved in the litigation. “I feel there’s something missing to the story.”

April 11, 2023 at 01:27 PM

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A South Florida lawyer is set to take on 14 defendants in the death of an NFL player, who was struck and killed by a dump truck about a year ago on a stretch of highway in Broward County.

The lawsuit claims former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. might have been the victim of a crime the night before his death.

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April 15, 2023 by LAW

Is Insurance Adjuster a ‘Disinterested’ Party? Here’s Why That Matters



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“The majority’s failure to recognize this ambiguity will result in a financial burden on insureds of limited economic means,” wrote Justice Jorge Labarga.

February 10, 2023 at 04:53 PM

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February 13, 2023 by INSURANCE

More Aid for Prosecutors Coming, Hochul Says in State of State Address



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Hochul said he also wanted to untie judges’ hands by eliminating “the least restrictive” release conditions as part of the bail reform of 2020.

January 10, 2023 at 02:14 PM

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s aiming to increase the public safety in her annual State of the State address Tuesday, which promised to help strained district attorney offices.

Hochul said he also wants to untie judges’ hands in criminal cases by eliminating “the least restrictive” release conditions as part of the bail reform of 2020.

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January 11, 2023 by LEGAL

5 Ways Technology Helped Provide Legal Aid in Ukraine in 2022



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The legal community in Ukraine and in other parts of the world hoping to assist the country in battling the Russian invasion have relied on technology to bridge the distance and information gaps this year.

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December 31, 2022 by LEGAL

First Appearance Before SCOTUS: A Houston Lawyer Takes Wage Case All The Way



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Prior to taking on Helix Energy Solutions v. Hewitt, Sullivan had only performed oral argument in a court once in his 25-year career.

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December 24, 2022 by LAW

Text messages between Oath Keepers founder and lawyer not protected, US judge rules

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – US prosecutors will be allowed to introduce potentially incriminating messages between the leader of the Oath Keepers and the far-right group’s general counsel, a judge ruled on Thursday, saying the texts were personal in nature and do not fall under attorney-client privileges.

Prosecutors had briefly shown the court a December 2020 message from founder Stewart Rhodes to lawyer Kellye SoRelle before the defense objected last week. Rhodes is one of five Oath Keepers on trial for their alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

“This will be DC rally number three. Getting kinda old. They don’t give a shit how many show up and wave a sign, pray, or yell. They won’t fear us till we come with rifles in hand,” Rhodes said in the Dec. 29, 2020 message to SoRelle, according to testimony by FBI Special Agent Byron Cody.

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Prosecutors filed a motion this week seeking to admit messages sent between Rhodes and SoRelle in December 2020, arguing there was no evidence of an attorney-client relationship between the two before Jan. 6, 2021. The defense responded that SoRelle was a licensed attorney and had done pro bono work for the Oath Keepers in 2020 at Rhodes’ request.

“I think it’s quite clear from the context of the statements that these are personal text messages and do not meet the definition” of attorney-client messages, District of Columbia Judge Amit Mehta said on Thursday.

The move opens the door for the government to recall Cody and submit as evidence the December 2020 communications between Rhodes and SoRelle.

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October 17, 2022 by LAW

Shearman & Sterling debuts legal operations unit as law firms expand client offerings

  • New York firm creates new offering marketed as Legal Operations by Shearman
  • Shearman joins firms looking to get creative in services for companies

(Reuters) – Shearman & Sterling said Wednesday it has set up a new service to help corporate law department clients address legal operations challenges, becoming the latest law firm to diversify beyond traditional legal work.

The New York-founded firm is drawing from existing internal teams for the new service, which is being marketed as Legal Operations by Shearman. Shearman said the unit will provide knowledge management, legal technology, business intelligence and other services.

Law firms are increasing creating new subsidiaries and internal units that focus on areas such as technology, consulting and legal staffing for corporate clients, in part to differentiate their services and compete with alternative legal services providers.

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton launched a technology-driven business unit for transactional work in June. Such ventures still appear to be rare among Wall Street firms, but a growing number of other large US and international law firms are investing in the concept.

While 850-lawyer Shearman had already provided aspects of its new service to clients, it is expanding and formalizing the offering to meet growing operational needs for legal departments of all sizes, said Anthony Widdop, Shearman’s global director of legal operations.

Many clients are “quite early in their legal operations journey,” Widdop said, and the firm’s focus is to give strategic advice to companies either setting up or reshaping a legal operations function.

The goal isn’t to provide “low-cost or commodity work,” he said.

Shearman has internally piloted the offering since January, Widdop said. So far, the firm has worked to shape knowledge management strategy for a “major energy client” shaking up

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October 15, 2022 by LEGAL

Lawyer disbarred after email faking death to Calif. attorney regulators

(Reuters) – An attorney in California has been disbarred after state bar officials pursuing ethics charges against him received an email falsely stating that he had died.

Donald Martin Stone of Winnetka, whose Oct. 1 disbarment was disclosed by the State Bar of California on Thursday, initially faced disciplinary action for failing to disclose that he had been convicted of stealing from a Sears department store in 1995.

Stone could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

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When approached by the state bar about his alleged failure to disclose his conviction, Stone said in a May 2020 letter that the matter had been vacated and dismissed, records in the disciplinary case show. He also said he was retired from practicing law and requested the disciplinary case be dismissed.

The bar moved forward with a hearing against Stone in July 2021, but he failed to appear. In September 2021, the bar received an email from an address that Stone had used to communicate with officials about the case indicating that he had died “months ago.”

Bar officials sent investigators to confirm that Stone had died, but instead found him living at a new address, according to a filing in the case.

The bar submitted a petition for disbarment in November 2021, which the California Supreme Court approved last month.

The case is In the Matter of Donald Martin Stone, No. SBC-20-C-30304, State Bar Court of California.

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Colorado could be next to let non-lawyers provide limited legal services

  • Colorado Supreme Court accepting public comment on proposal until Sept. 14
  • Licensed legal paraprofessionals would provide some services in family law matters

(Reuters) – Colorado could soon join other US states that have set up programs to license some trained professionals who aren’t lawyers to deliver limited legal services.

The Colorado Supreme Court has released for public comment until Sept. 14’s implementation plan that would allow licensed legal paraprofessionals, like paralegals, to provide services confined to some types of family law matters.

The court will then review the proposal and comments and could decide whether to adopt the program, according to Rob McCallum, a spokesperson for the Colorado Judicial Department. There is no specific time frame for a decision to be made, he said in an email this week.

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Advocates across the country have held up limited non-lawyer licensing as a way to increase access to justice, though there have been some concerns such moves might open the door to unauthorized legal practice.

Oregon’s high court approved a licensed paralegal program in July. Utah, Arizona and Minnesota also have programs in place, as does Washington, though its high court last year decided to stop offering new licenses. Programs address issues including family law, housing disputes and debt collection matters.

California is weighing a proposal that has faced opposition from lawyers and some state lawmakers.

The proposed plan in Colorado would allow the paraprofessionals to assist in “less complex” family law cases, including some divorce matters where net marital assets fall under $200,000, and in certain child custody matters.

The initiative is an attempt to provide limited assistance to “those who can’t afford lawyers and are trying to do it alone,” said Jessica Yates, attorney

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