Thomas Spigolon

2 weeks ago | law.com | Thomas Spigolon

Labor and employment and litigation were among the favored practice areas of the fastest growing law firms in the Southeast in 2024. And a survey of 35 large and midsize firms anchored in the Southeast (outside Florida) showed two-thirds of the firms increased their rankings in the annual NLJ 500 list of the largest law firms in the U.S. by head count.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Thomas Spigolon

Two familiar names continued to dominate the list of firms operating the 20 largest law offices in Atlanta, but a majority of those firms also decreased their presences in the city in 2024. Alston & Bird and King & Spalding topped the list of firms with the largest Atlanta offices in 2024 as they have done for many years, one longtime Atlanta legal talent expert said.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Thomas Spigolon

After more than 19 years, Michele Stumpe left Taylor Duma last week to launch a new Atlanta firm that is taking six other lawyers and about 200 clients with them. Stumpe was Taylor Duma’s managing partner for more than a year before launching Ardis Law on June 4 with six other former Taylor Duma lawyers, including litigators and those with practices serving the alcohol, food and regulated products industries.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Thomas Spigolon

Real estate finance attorney Bob Stupar has rejoined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as a partner in its flagship Atlanta office after three years with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Kilpatrick announced Monday. Stupar will rejoin the Am Law 100 firm’s real estate finance and capital markets team in the firm’s corporate department after practicing on the same team from 2007 to 2022.

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Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.