Posts on ‘August 17th, 2009’

Allen & Overy could rack up further costs from this year’s $76 million global restructuring, after it emerged that the firm is involved in at least one lawsuit in Germany. The Magic Circle firm confirmed that at least one former associate in Germany still has a case pending against it, an unfair dismissal dispute relating to redundancies made in the Frankfurt office as part of A&O’s worldwide restructuring.

It may have been a while since you have drafted a resume, and you might be surprised to learn that the rules are slightly different for a more seasoned candidate than for a junior attorney. For instance, consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass recommend using a combination functional/chronological format rather than a straight reverse chronology of your work experience. Also, if you have more than five years of practice experience, you should be emphasizing your expertise over your education.

Judge David Young snapped his fingers, danced with his bailiff and launched plenty of innuendo from his TV bench as the first openly gay TV judge. But after two seasons, Sony Pictures Television has pulled the plug on the former Miami-Dade judge’s show. Sony also axed former Miami-Dade County Court Judge Karen Mills-Francis’ show, “Judge Karen,” after its first season. Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alex Ferrer, the star of “Judge Alex,” said his former colleagues are the victims of market oversaturation.

Chicago cell phone users fighting to fend off a city ordinance that bars them from driving and chatting on their phone without a hands-free device have lost another round. The 7th Circuit has upheld a district court ruling that the class action mounting a constitutional challenge to the 2005 city law, which also precludes texting and surfing the Internet while driving, “has no legs.” The plaintiffs attorney said his clients will not appeal the decision.

Another lawyer is seeking argument time in the intensely anticipated Sept. 9 Supreme Court hearing on the campaign finance case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Noted First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams has filed a motion seeking to share or expand former Solicitor General Theodore Olson’s time in arguing against the FEC. For his part Olson, now with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is having none of it; he opposes Abrams’ motion.

A Maryland judge who acknowledged deflating a tire of a car parked in a restricted area near a courthouse has resigned as chief administrator of the Charles County Circuit Court but is not resigning from the bench. Police say an investigation is continuing into the tire incident.