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Be well.
Barry Barnett
The 2015 edition of Best Lawyers has emerged from embargo.
It lists 17 partners in Blawgletter's firm. And, yes, it includes Blawgletter. For the 11th time. Go figure.
Get ready for the Supreme Court to resolve a question that has divided courts of appeals for years:
Whether and in what circumstances is the dismissal of an action that has been consolidated with other suits immediately appealable?
If that doesn't sound sexy enough for you, consider that the issue arises in massive litigation over
Vault just came out with its 2015 rankings of the Best Law Firms.
In the Litigation Boutiques category, Susman Godfrey L.L.P. won top honors. Vault's Overview notes:
Count Susman Godfrey . . . as one of the true boutiques. The litigation star maintains five offices — its Houston headquarters, a smaller Dallas branch, two
A Chance to Shine
How often do fourth-year associates get an opportunity to argue before a U.S. court of appeals?
That sort of thing occurs a lot at the place where Blawgletter has worked since 1985.
It happened most recently to Amanda Bonn, an associate in Susman Godfrey's Los Angeles office. Let us tell you the story.
If you'd like to read about the Chambers and Partners recognition, you can find it here.
Walter Brennan (1894-1974) played Will Sonnett.
In 1967, at the tender age of eight, Blawgletter started watching a new TV western, The Guns of Will Sonnett. It lasted two seasons. We loved it.
The namesake of Will Sonnett handled a pistol as well as any man alive. He revealed his skill by citing his son ("the
I recognize that my partners are essentially unmanageable.
Neal Manne, "Lawyer Limelight: Neal Manne", Lawdragon, May 20, 2012 (interview by Xenia Kobylarz).
On Saturday, the partners in Blawgletter's firm voted to make five associates partners as of January 1, 2011.
Congratulations to each of them:
Matt Berry (Seattle)
Daniel Charest (Dallas)
Ryan Kirkpatrick (Los Angeles)
Stephen Shackelford (Dallas)
Arun Subramanian (New York)
Two of Blawgletter's partners, Terry Oxford and Ophelia Camina, today brought in a verdict for $250 million on behalf of Dillard's.
At the end of a trial that started on May 17, a Dallas County jury found i2 Technologies, a software company, liable for fraud and awarded Dillard's about $100 million in actual