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Tigges new CEO of McNair Law Firm
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2010/02/12 05:42
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David J. Tigges may be the youngest attorney to lead the McNair Law Firm, but don’t look for an iconoclast in this Hilton Head Island resident. The real estate, banking and hospitality industry lawyer has a deep reverence for the traditions of the firm, founded in 1971 by the late former Gov. Robert E. McNair. Tigges, 47, is the third partner in the firm to hold the CEO post, after William Youngblood and Wayne Corley, since a reorganization of the firm in 1988 created the position. “Everyone brings a little different view,” Tigges said. “I would not characterize this as a generational change. The legal community as a whole is undergoing a transformation.” Tigges said he plans no sweeping changes in the firm’s direction. “We want to grow when opportunity presents itself,” Tigges said, “but we are not looking to grow just for growth’s sake.” Much of Tigges’ first six months in the post will be focused on moving the firm’s headquarters from Columbia’s Wilbur Smith Building to a new office tower half a block from the Statehouse on Main Street. |
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Beaufort lawyer to lead McNair firm
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2010/02/11 04:16
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David J. Tigges has been elected managing shareholder/CEO of the McNair Law Firm. He succeeds Bill Youngblood, who had led the 126-lawyer, nine-office firm since 2003.
The firm is the Midlands' third largest. Tigges was with Bethea, Jordan & Griffin in Hilton Head Island when he negotiated the firm's merger with McNair in 2004. Tigges headed two offices in Beaufort County while specializing in business and tax law.
Tigges will spend about three days a week at the firm's Columbia headquarters. The firm will move this summer to the new Main & Gervais office building from the Tower at 1301 Gervais, its home for more than 30 years. |
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Ex-U.S. attorney joins law firm in Lafayette
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2010/01/20 08:45
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Former U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington, who served his last day in office Monday, has joined the law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre. Washington will practice from the firm’s Lafayette office, according to a release issued by the firm Tuesday. Washington will focus on complex civil litigation, federal and state criminal investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and internal investigations and compliance programs in such industries as health care, maritime and energy, the release stated. President George W. Bush appointed Washington to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana in September 2001. Washington announced his resignation Jan. 7. First assistant U.S. Attorney William J. Flanagan is serving as acting U.S. Attorney until a replacement is named. |
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Biographical information on Kenneth Feinberg
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2009/10/23 05:27
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NAME — Kenneth R. Feinberg. AGE — 63, born Oct. 23, 1945, in Brockton, Mass. EXPERIENCE — Obama administration "pay czar" for financial bailout program, June 2009 to present. He is serving without pay, as he did as special master of Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001; founded the Feinberg Group LLP, law firm specializing in mediation, in 1993; partner at Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler law firm, where he began mediating conflicts, 1980-93; administrative assistant to Sen. Edward Kennedy, 1977-79; special counsel to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1975-80; assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1972-75; law clerk for Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld, New York State Court of Appeals, 1970-1972. EDUCATION — Bachelor's in history, University of Massachusetts, 1967; law degree, New York University School of Law, 1970. FAMILY — Wife, Diane Shiff; three children. QUOTE — "My grandmother in Lithuania would be a little shocked. I'm no czar issuing imperial compensation edicts. We have been working daily to come up with actual dollars that can be endorsed by these seven" companies. |
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Ex-chief of staff for Gibbons takes new post
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2009/10/09 04:26
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The former chief of staff for Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has opened a Reno office for a national law firm.
Josh Hicks will work for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. The firm's work includes lobbying federal, state and local governments. It is expanding its government relations group. Hicks left his post as Gibbons' chief of staff this summer. He had also served earlier as the governor's legal counsel. Hicks will focus on public policy, administrative law, Nevada tax law and election law. The firm made the announcement on Monday. |
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Former US Attorney for Nevada joins law firm
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2009/10/06 09:34
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Former U.S. Attorney for Nevada Gregory Brower is joining a law firm with offices in Las Vegas. Snell & Wilmer LLP said Monday Brower will be a partner at the firm, which has more than 400 attorneys practicing in eight offices, including Los Cabos in Mexico. Brower was Nevada's U.S. attorney for nearly two years and announced plans to step down last month. He will be replaced by Daniel Bogden, who served as U.S. attorney for Nevada from 2001 to 2007 before becoming one of nine federal prosecutors told to resign by senior Bush administration Justice Department officials. Brower is a Republican former state assemblyman and general counsel to the federal Government Printing Office. The firm says Brower will focus on civil litigation, corporate compliance matters and administrative law issues, among other things.
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Nevada AG mentioned as possible Supreme Court nominee
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2009/05/11 08:16
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Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is being mentioned as a possible replacement for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter who is retiring the summer.
Masto, a Democrat, could have a chance at a seat on the nation's highest court were Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to whisper her name to President Barack Obama, writes Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Jane Ann Morrison.
In her Monday column, Morrison noted that Obama has said he is looking for a nominee with broader experience than just time on the bench, which would be in Masto's favor since she has never served as a judge.
Masto, 45, is quoted by Morrison as saying she would be open to a seat on the high court.
"If the Obama administration called? "I'd not hang up," Masto said.
As for her current plans, Mason is planning on running for a second term as the Silver State's chief legal officer.
Morrison noted that if Masto was confirmed as the nation's next Supreme Court justice, state Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley of Las Vegas would likely be appointed attorney general, taking her out of the race for the Democratic nomination for governor against Reid's son, Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid. |
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