January 2012 Archives

The 2011 issue of Mid-South Super Lawyers is now available online, as a digital magazine and in print.

Larry Macon of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, who has been on our Texas Super Lawyers list every year since 2003, believes in the power of running. So he does it a lot. And by a lot, we mean A LOT.

Super Lawyers is proud to announce the eight recipients of the 2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award. The award honors legal professionals, students and institutions that exemplify excellence in the practice of law through offering volunteer legal services to the poor, disadvantaged or exploited.

Trevor Potter of the firm Caplin & Drysdale, a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers listee in 2008 and 2009, is in the spotlight these days for his political campaign work, which isn't unusual for him. He served as deputy general counsel for George H.W. Bush in 1988 and general counsel for John McCain in 2000 and 2008; he's used to working in big-time politics. But now he's doing something completely different: working in big-time comedy.

You don't have to be a super blogger to be on the Super Lawyers listing, but apparently it doesn't hurt. SL listees are well-represented on the American Bar Association Journal's annual list of its Top 100 favorite legal blogs. The rankings include a number of attorneys from our Washington state SL listing alone.

On Monday, News Corp. announced its new general counsel, Gerson Zweifach, whose position in Rupert Murdoch's media company will be effective Feb. 1, 2012. Zweifach, a partner at D.C.'s Williams & Connolly, has a robust practice, covering antitrust and securities matters, as well as media and first amendment cases. He has been selected to the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list since 2007.

Seattle attorney Thomas Ahearne with Foster Pepper just landed a big win for public education at the Washington State Supreme Court. We asked the insurance/government law attorney about the ruling in favor of his clients, a coalition of parents, community groups, teachers and school districts who accused the state of failing to adequately fund schools.

If you want to know how to put on a jury trial, ask someone who's done more than 200. That was our thinking when we interviewed Philadelphia trial lawyer Roy DeCaro of Raynes McCarty. What we learned: it's some backbreaking work, and there are some things you don't want to do in front of strangers. Keep reading to learn more.

Robert Barnett of Williams & Connolly, whom we featured on the cover of Washington, DC Super Lawyers in 2007, is the lawyer that big-name authors want negotiating for them. Among his clients that maybe you have heard of: President Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark. In this period in which the book industry is being dramatically reshaped thanks to the advent and booming popularity of cheaper e-books, we figured who better to check in on the plight of authors than Barnett? We got him on the phone Jan. 4 for a quick chat.

The latest issue of Ohio Super Lawyers magazine is out, and available for perusal in digital format and online as well as in print.