All the big firms are opening shops in the 305. Chiacgo's Sidley Austin is the latest with a 40 lawyer office. From Reuters:
After months of recruiting lawyers from rival firms in Miami, Sidley Austin said on Wednesday it has opened a physical office in the South Florida city that has become a popular spot for large firms' expansion efforts.
Chicago-founded Sidley said it already amassed more than 40 lawyers in Miami through hiring and relocations before formally opening the office.
Lawyers from the firm are currently working out of a temporary space in the city and will move next year into a new office tower in Miami's financial district.
Miami has attracted several other big law firms this year that are following the migration of lawyers and clients in the tech and finance sectors to South Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two other Chicago-founded firms, Kirkland & Ellis and Winston & Strawn, have opened up Miami outposts in recent months. Atlanta-founded King & Spalding and Quinn Emanuel Urqhuart & Sullivan, which was started in Los Angeles, have also planted roots there.
And Dearest Rumpole, the Verdict is great, but A Few Good Men is better:
My Cousin Vinny.
ReplyDeleteAnd although not a trial case, as a matter of realistic portrayal of civil litigation, nothing beats A Civil Action.
Here's an interesting opinion (concurrence really). And good law, at that. https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201910604.1.pdf
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't like the conclusion, I understand. But let's wait to see what the 11th says about challenges to the "don't say gay" laws. The concurrence clearly leads the way to striking down as unconstitutional bans on what can be taught. See concurrence at p. 9 ("Make no mistake: these regulations are content-based restrictions of speech, not conduct. Talk therapy is certainly a form
of treatment. But it 'consists—entirely—of words.' Otto, 981 F.3d at 865. If this speech is conduct, 'the same could be said of teaching or protesting,' of '[d]ebating' and '[b]ook clubs.' Id.")
Public school teachers are government employees and what they say and teach in the classroom is government speech. The state can tell them what to say or not say in the course of performing their duties as teachers. There's no "ban on what can be taught." Teachers do not have a First Amendment right to teach whatever they want in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why I like the verdict is that it is more of a legal Rocky story. Lawyer with talent but down and out. Down to his last case. Fighting alcoholism. Framed for the bar issue he didn’t do. Not afraid to fight both a bad judge and evil civil defense attorney. In AFGM the bad guy is Jack Nicholson and the hero really isn’t down on his luck. And I’ll tell ya - “you’re goddam right I gave the code red “ is a great moment - but watch the nurse on cross explain why she changed the time the patient last ate and kept a copy of the medical record and how the defense attorney is Blindsided and then objects and keeps the record out - and then watch the jury return a verdict for more than the plaintiff asked for. Pure gold. And the secret spy in Paul Newman’s camp. The expert who disappears replaced by the aging African American doctor who is no real expert. The character arc is better in the verdict. Plus that’s where I made my bones as a young lawyer - in bars with lawyers like Paul Newman. It resonated with me and still holds up. Although the NY BOSTON Eastern airline shuttle is gone. Guaranteed seat. No reservations needed. About twenty five bucks. It was a great thing to have.
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