As general counsel of one of the country’s largest automakers, Sandra Phillips Rogers oversees very busy legal happenings every day, yet she always sets aside time for her passion: making the legal profession more diverse. At Toyota Motor North America Inc., Rogers has already built a diverse team of lawyers in her legal department. Her …
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Shot of Bourbon? This Big Law Partner’s Got You Covered
Lawyers are used to filing paperwork in a pinch. But Mayer Brown partner Russell Nance was motivated like never before when armed state police raided his bourbon business, alleging he and his partners were running an illegal moonshine operation and committing a felony. Police gave them until the end of the week to secure a …
Dementia Dilemma: When Older Partners Pose a Liability
He’s a senior partner at the firm—an accomplished, 50-year attorney and beloved mentor—who has begun to arrive late for court. He forgets key facts in cases. He dresses a little sloppily. He’s frequently impatient and quick to anger. It’s a scenario that’s becoming more common as baby boomers enter retirement age. The normal reaction from …
As Austin’s Legal Market Explodes, Firms Rush In
This article originally published in Texas Lawyer magazine on April 4. When John Gilluly started practicing law in Austin in 1998, the city’s legal market lived and breathed real estate, government and practices surrounding those areas. But everything was changing. The growth of the city’s technology sector in the dot-com boom of the late 1990s …
Nonprofit Law Firms Benefit Disenchanted Attorneys, ‘In-Between’ Clients
This article published originally on law.com on Sept. 7, 2016. Lee DiFilippo earned hefty paychecks for 13 years as a corporate transactional attorney in Big Law and later as in-house counsel to a couple of corporations. But it wasn’t enough. “I was pushing paper for corporate America. I was paid a lot of money. But …