Lawyers of the Year – Shannon Minter 
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: lawyer of the year
It’s been a year of ups and downs for Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco.
Minter served as lead counsel for same-sex couples suing for the right to marry in California. In May,
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Lawyers of the Year – Charlie Henn
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: lawyer of the year
Intellectual property attorney R. Charles Henn made history in May when a jury awarded his client $304.7 million – the largest trademark verdict ever.
Back in 2001 shoe maker adidas alleged that Payless Shoesource, a discount shoe store, was selling
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Lawyers of the Year – Alan Gura
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: lawyer of the year
Alan Gura scored an historic victory for gun rights advocates with his first U.S. Supreme Court appearance.
A partner in the Alexandria, Va. office of Gura & Possessky, a two-lawyer firm, Gura represented Dick Anthony Heller, a District of
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Pay scale: Who makes what where?
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: 20 things, salary, Your Practice
San Francisco and Dallas top the list of metropolitan areas that have the highest median salaries for attorneys in 2008.
According to Payscale.com, the salary research site, San Francisco offers a median salary of $105,800 for associates with at least three years of experience, nearly $10,000 more than the second-highest
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The next generation: Why lawyers should care about Millenials
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: 20 things, gen-y, Your Practice
Running about 70 million strong, Generation Y, aka the Millenials, is settling in as the next generation of the American workforce with its own set of beliefs and concerns.
Managing the e-mail beast
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: January 19, 2009
Tags: 20 things, email, technology, Your Practice
It’s not uncommon for attorneys to receive 150-200 new e-mails a day. That’s a lot of e-mail, about 25,000 per year. Lawyers USA spoke with several experts about their suggestions for how to best manage the unceasing flow of e-mail.
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