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Matthew Steinhilber Elected to Board of Center for Watershed Protection
Law Firm News/Delaware |
2009/01/21 14:29
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Matthew G. Steinhilber, an associate in the Baltimore office of the law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews amp; Ingersoll, LLP, has been elected to the board of directors of the Center for Watershed Protection.
The Center for Watershed Protection works to minimize the effects of urbanization and other land use on drainage basins in order to provide communities with clean water and conserve natural resources.
Mr. Steinhilber is a member of Ballard’s Real Estate Department, where he regularly represents lenders and borrowers in a variety of commercial and real estate finance transactions, including health care matters involving the financing and refinancing of continuing-care retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing homes. He also has served as underwriter’s counsel and bond counsel in several tax-exempt and taxable bond financings. Mr. Steinhilber’s diverse practice also includes representing public housing authorities in mixed-finance and Capital Fund Financing Program transactions. |
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Gary Scott of Hirst Applegate Obtains Judgement
Law Firm News/Wyoming |
2009/01/21 11:13
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Gary Scott recently was successful in obtaining summary judgment in a state court medical malpractice action filed against a nursing home client of Hirst Applegate. The case arose from an incident in which a resident of the nursing home was inadvertently administered the wrong medication, causing the resident to be hospitalized. Subsequently, after discharge from the hospital the resident passed away, with the immediate cause of death being cancer. However during discovery plaintiff`s expert witness testified that it was his opinion within a reasonable degree of medical probability that the medication error hastened the resident`s death to some extent. Based upon that testimony a motion for summary judgment was filed, which argued that under Wyoming law if a person`s death is caused by the alleged wrongful act of another, the sole remedy is an action for wrongful death. The plaintiff in this instance had not brought a wrongful death case, but instead had filed a survival action. The Court found that since the plaintiff`s proof was that the former resident`s death had been hastened by the medication error, the sole remedy was a wrongful death action. The Court dismissed the plaintiff`s complaint with prejudice.nbsp;
a href=http://www.hirstapplegate.comHirst Applegate Website/a |
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Ballard Lawyers Recognized For Pro Bono Work
Law Firm News/Delaware |
2009/01/20 14:29
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37 Selected For 2008 First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Honor Roll
Thirty-seven attorneys from Ballard Spahr Andrews amp; Ingersoll, LLP will be honored Thursday, January 22, for their 2008 pro bono work in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, which comprises the courts in the Philadelphia County system.
The annual Pro Bono Publico Award Ceremony is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Alex Bonavitacola Law Library, City Hall. Ballard attorneys being named to the Pro Bono Roll of Honor are Raheemah F. Abdulaleem, Taimarie Adams, Sapna K. Anderson, Alexandra Bak-Boychuk, Aisha M. Barbour, Barbara R. Beckman, Tamar J. Cerafici, Frederic W. Clark, Colleen F. Coonelly, Katharine A. Crawford, Marc E. Davies, Eric Diaz, Shannon D. Farmer, Adiah I. Ferron, Adam M. Finkelstein, David S. Fryman, Farrah I. Gold, Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., William B. Igoe, Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin, Leslie E. John, Edward I. Leeds, Melissa J. Lore, Aldie Jennings Loubier, Jeffrey Meyers, Donna D. Page, Eileen B. Quigley, Thomas D. Rethage, Charles L. Rombeau, Mary Gay Scanlon, Amy Shellhammer, Gina M. Smith, Mark S. Stewart, Marc J. Weinstein, Sandra Wintner, Dena Zakaria, and Lynn G. Zeitlin.
To be included on the annual Roll of Honor, a lawyer must be in private practice, not employed by an organization that provides free legal services, and have rendered legal services to a low-income client without any fee, or expectation of fee, in the First Judicial District. |
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Ken Swindle Receives the Distinguished Service Award
Law Firm News/Alabama |
2009/01/18 11:28
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| Ken Swindle received the Distinguished Service Award from the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce for the service he provided to them during his entire career in law enforcement.nbsp; Ken Swindle worked in law enforcement for 34 years and served as the Tuscaloosa Police Chief for 20 years before coming to work as an investigator with Prince Glover Law. |
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U.S. appeals judge's order in Stevens case
Law Firm News/Alaska |
2009/01/17 19:55
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IN LIMBO: Explanation is not filed by attroney general.
Anchorage Daily News
The 5 p.m. eastern time deadline came and went Saturday and no explanation was filed by the Attorney General in U.S. District Court in Washington about how an Alaska-based FBI agent's complaint was handled by the Justice Department.
A Justice Department official said nothing was filed because the government appealed the unusual order on Friday by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan directing Attorney General Michael Mukasey to account for the agent's complaint. A stay of Sullivan's order was granted in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, said the official, who spoke on the condition of not being identified by name.
A copy of the appeal or the stay couldn't be obtained independently from the court on Saturday. With pre-inaugural plans and events taking over Washington, the normally difficult job of finding official information on a Saturday became nearly impossible.
Sullivan, the trial judge in whose courtroom former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was convicted in October of felony disclosure violations, has been dealing with a number of post-trial issues, including the complaint by FBI agent Chad Joy. Joy, one of the agents investigating political corruption in Alaska, asserted that the lead agent in the case engaged in unethical and possible illegal activities during the investigation. He also charged that Justice Department attorneys intentionally withheld information that Stevens' lawyers were entitled to.
Sullivan said he was dissatisfied with explanations from prosecutors about how Joy's complaint was handled and demanded a sworn statement from Mukasey himself or one of his top deputies. |
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Holme Roberts Owen LLP Signs Long-Term Lease Renewal for Headquarters in Iconic Wells Fargo Center
Law Firm News/Colorado |
2009/01/16 13:44
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International law firm Holme Roberts amp; Owen LLP (HRO) announced today the renewal of its office space lease at Denver’s iconic Wells Fargo Center. The new agreement with building owner Maguire Properties runs until 2022 and encompasses a total of 108,600 square feet of Class A office space on five floors.
HRO is delighted to renew its commitment to the Wells Fargo Center, one of Denver’s most iconic business addresses, said HRO Chief Operating Officer Patty Fontneau. The long-term lease renewal underscores HRO’s and the Wells Fargo Center’s shared commitment as driving forces in the Denver, and Colorado, business community. The new agreement will contribute to HRO’s healthy and competitive advantage for many years to come.
HRO also announced that the firm intends to modernize the five floors the firm currently occupies within the 52-story building and build a multipurpose communications center that will increase capacity for hosting best-of-class client service and educational programs. |
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