December 2008
38 posts
HK - Edward Ryan - Biography
Edward F. Ryan Partner Chicago: 312-578-6552 Email: edward.ryan@hklaw.com Edward F. Ryan has focused his practice on commercial litigation on behalf of major corporate clients for more than 30 years. During this period he has served as lead trial counsel in over five dozen trials and has extensive civil litigation experience, including national class action defense, at the trial and...
HK - Petition to cap plaintiff attorney fees
Florida Tort Reform The Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment to limit attorneys’ fees in med mal cases to 30% of the first $250K in damages and 10% in any recovery about $250K. So, a $1M verdict would entitle the patient’s attorney to a total fee of $130K. A $2M verdict would result in a fee of $260K. The result: in other than a slam dunk case where no liability or...
HK - Florida Public Service Commission transcript...
FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 776 1 Q And can you share that with us? 2 A Yes. I’ve examined the legal bills, the consultants’ 3 bills and in-house charges from Aqua Services associated with 4 rate case expense. 5 I...
HK - Rockville City Attorney
Civic Strategy as presented by Brad Rourke Download now or preview on posterous Rockville-City-Attorney-Revision3-Fi.pdf (1240 KB) Posted via email from HKLaw Investigation | Comment »
HK - FDIC Audit questions $222,690 of fees
Legal Fees Paid by FDIC to Holland & Knight (Audit Report No. 98-058, June 12, 1998) Summary The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of legal fees paid to Holland & Knight, a law firm hired by the FDIC. The audit was conducted by the independent public accounting (IPA) firm of Doshi & Associates, through a contract with the former Resolution Trust...
HK - Ethical Concerns
Competition Sprouts One-Stop Law Firms; Diversification Means Higher Profits But Opens Door to Ethical Concerns By CRYSTAL NIX HINES Published: May 31, 2001 Need a private investigator? Try H & K Investigative Solutions. Want advice on how to win government subsidies for environmentally sound real estate projects? Turn to H & K Conservation Solutions. How about money management...
HK - OIG Billing Audit identified $1,422,038 of...
Legal Fees Paid by RTC to Holland & Knight (Audit Report No. 98-062, June 19, 1998) Summary The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of Holland & Knight, a law firm hired to provide legal services to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). The audit was conducted by the independent public accounting firm (IPA) of Doshi & Associates, P.C. through a contract with...
HK - The Perfect Crime?
The Perfect Crime? Posted by Ashby Jones William Ross, a professor at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., calls it “the perfect crime.” NYU legal ethics guru Stephen Gillers says there’s a “general consensus” that the practice is on the upswing. The practice? Law-firm billing fraud, and the WSJ’s Nathan Koppel takes...
HK - Ryan oversees the firm's billing and...
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:3rMtBraXWYwJ:goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-834719/Automation-hasn-t-solved-old.html+edward+ryan+holland+%26+knight&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=54&gl=us Automation hasn’t solved old-school problem: billing; Paper chase: Law firms still wrestle with in-house records, deadbeat clients. Publication: Crain’s Chicago Business...
HK - Ryan Contributions
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=Hinsdale&st=IL&last=ryan&first=edward edward ryan » IL » Hinsdale Contributor Candidate or PAC Amount Date FEC Filing RYAN, EDWARD FRANCIS Hinsdale, IL 60521 Holland & Knight/Lawyer RYAN, EDWARD FRANCIS Hinsdale, IL 60521 Holland & Knight/Lawyer RYAN, EDWARD FRANCIS Hinsdale, IL 60521 Holland...
HK - runs into new sex, race quips imbroglio
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/07/State/Law_firm_runs_into_ne.shtml Law firm runs into new sex, race quips imbroglio by KRIS HUNDLEY and SCOTT BARANCIK Holland & Knight, which recently demoted a partner, faces a flap over comments made at a training session. Comments by two of Holland & Knight’s Jacksonville partners during company-wide training last week led to complaints about what...
HK - Suck.com Patrick Maier
http://www.suck.com/vacuum/96/07/29/content.html PATRICK MAIER <PMAIER@hklaw.com> writes: Being a library science professional, I winced at your reference. My indignation forces me to respond that nickel and diming patrons for overdue books is not what I’m best known for. I am, in fact, best known for my awesome Kurtis Blow impersonation. You’d be amazed at how many...
HK - A related company of Dreier LLP forms Madoff...
http://www.jigsaw.com/id151306/dreier_company.xhtml Dreier LLP Company Information on Jigsaw Headquarter 499 Park Ave New York, 10022-1240 www.dreierllp.com Country USAPhone Number +1.212.328.6100Industry Business ServicesEmployees 25 - 100 Revenue $1 - 10M Ownership Privately Held Related Companies Jones Day Holland & Knight LLP Mayer Brown Chutzpah...
HK - $613,891,356 Revenue $603,000 per lawyer.
HOLLAND & KNIGHT 10 St. James Ave., Boston 02116 Telephone: (617) 523-2700 Fax: (617) 523-6850 www.hklaw.com Founding date: 1889 Managing partner or chairman in charge: Howell Melton Firm mission statement (250 words maximum): Holland & Knight is among the 15 largest firms in the world, with more than 1,150 lawyers located in the firm’s 17 domestic and six international offices....
HK - Lobbying Activities
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?lname=Holland+%26+Knight&year=2008 Lobbying Holland & Knight Firm Profile: Lobbyists, 2007 Year: 2008”) 2007”) 2006”) 2005”) 2004”) 2003”) 2002”) 2001”) 2000”) 1999”) 1998”) Total Lobbying Income: $15,890,000 Lobbyists working for Holland & Knight: Lobbyist ...
HK - Consulting Conflicts of Interest
Holland & Knight severs consulting arm Washington Business Journal - by Tim Mazzucca Staff Reporter H&K Consulting, a unit of law firm Holland & Knight, has spun off its consulting subsidiary — H&K Strategic Business Solutions — through a management buyout at a time when professional services are reconsidering the model of multidisciplinary practices. H&K Strategic...
HK - MARC Associates Lobbyists join law firm
Thursday, December 11, 2008 Holland & Knight snaps up lobbying firm Washington Business Journal - by Bryant Ruiz Switzky Staff Reporter Law firm Holland & Knight LLP is buying the assets of lobbying firm MARC Associates and adding the company’s lobbyists to its payroll. The move, effective Jan. 1, will add 11 lobbyists to Holland & Knight, furthering the...
Luna Gaming case documents
Luna Gaming v. Dorsey & Whitney and Holland & Knight Here are the materials in this ongoing contract and legal malpractice claim against two major law firms and a few lawyers by an Indian gaming developer. The court just granted partial summary judgment in favor of the firms, with some claims against Dorsey still remaining. Download now or preview on posterous...
HK - IARDC 08 CH 113 - Edward Ryan
BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD OF THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION In the Matter of: EDWARD FRANCIS RYAN, Attorney-Respondent, No. 2430355. Commission No. 08 CH 113 FILED - November 14, 2008COMPLAINT Jerome Larkin, Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, by his attorneys, Scott Renfroe and Allison L. Wood, pursuant to Supreme...
HK - Inside Story
A law firm’s sexual harassment case: An inside story By SCOTT BARANCIK and KRIS HUNDLEY Published April 24, 2005 http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/24/Business/A_law_firm_s_sexual_h.shtml It was supposed to be a networking breakfast for young, female lawyers at the Tampa office of Holland & Knight. But when an organizer of the December 2003 get-together said she thought the law firm...
HK - Matthew Farmer
Lawyer’s charge opens window on bill padding Wednesday, August 30, 2006 By Nathan Koppel, The Wall Street Journal http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06242/717520-28.stm The career of Matthew Farmer, a junior partner in the Chicago law offices of Holland & Knight LLP, was on the upswing in December 2004. He had just won a monthlong trial for Pinnacle Corp., a Midwestern home builder...
IARDC - In re George Clive Hook - Commission No....
Filed July 26, 2005 In re George Clive Hook Commission No. 98 CH 50 Synopsis of Hearing Board Report and Recommendation NATURE OF THE CASE: committing criminal acts that reflect adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation; and conduct that is prejudicial to the...
HK - Engagement Agreements
Download now or preview on posterous BOSAgendaItem.pdf (177 KB) Download now or preview on posterous C200650.pdf (1205 KB) Download now or preview on posterous CAO08-0416_1_CAO08-4616-Engagement_Letter_Dated_12_18_07.pdf (3901 KB) Posted via email from Case...
HK - Ryan charged with Billing Fraud
Former partner with Holland & Knight charged with billing fraud Edward Ryan inflated bills for Pinnacle Corp., says Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission By Ameet Sachdev | Tribune reporter December 24, 2008 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-lawyer-billingdec24,0,5980179.story A former high-ranking partner at Holland & Knight’s Chicago...
HK - Bill Padding
Lawyer’s Charge Opens Window on Bill Padding By NATHAN KOPPEL August 30, 2006; Page B1 The Wall Street Journal The career of Matthew Farmer, a junior partner in the Chicago law offices of Holland & Knight LLP, was on the upswing in December 2004. He had just won a monthlong trial for Pinnacle Corp., a Midwestern home builder accused of copyright infringement, and gotten kudos from...
HK - Managing Partner Ryan Accused of the Perfect...
Former Holland & Knight Partner Accused of the Perfect Crime Posted by Nathan Koppel Several years back, we blogged about a WSJ profile of Matthew Farmer, a former Chicago partner at Holland & Knight who blew the whistle when he believed a fellow partner had inflated bills to a client. Farmer in 2005 reported to the firm, and then to Illinois bar authorities and to a trial court,...
HK - Ex-Director Edward Ryan Billing Fraud
Absolved by Firm, Ex-Holland & Knight Partner Faces Ethics Case re Timekeeping Posted Dec 22, 2008, 03:19 pm CST By Martha Neil After Matthew Farmer complained in 2005 that a fellow partner at Holland & Knight’s Chicago office had allegedly added hours to a client’s bill for work in a litigation matter that Farmer and others didn’t actually perform, the law firm...
HK - Negligence Suit
Negligence Suit TV station buyers say Holland & Knight botched deal November 05, 2008 By: Billy Shields Frances Gail Faigenblat he owners of Spanish-language GenTV are suing four Holland & Knight partners, alleging the $48 million purchase price of a Key West television station was millions of dollars too high because of botched legal work. Web Extra:...
HK - Paralegal sues
Paralegal Sues Holland & Knight for Raising Conflict that Cost Her a Job Posted Jan 3, 2008, 01:54 pm CST By Debra Cassens Weiss A paralegal has sued Holland & Knight for tortious interference for raising concerns about a conflict of interest caused by her planned move to a new law firm. Paralegal Patricia Dillman had landed a new $200,000 job at Hughes Hubbard & Reed when the...
HK - Brownell - Criminal Charges
Lawyer of the Day: Thomas Brownell Tuesday, June 3, 2008 1:12 PM - By Kashmir Hill The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column has a short piece about Holland & Knight partner Thomas Brownell, who apparently got a little too caught up in a family feud over a property in Virginia wine country. Brownell doesn’t look like much of a fighter in his firm mug shot, but...
HK - Sonberg discount fees
Holland & Knight Tries Success Fees, Considers Ousting Unproductive Partners Posted Jul 16, 2008, 09:44 am CST By Debra Cassens Weiss The new managing partner of Holland & Knight is making some changes. Some clients may be pleased but unproductive partners may not. The firm’s new managing partner, Steven Sonberg, says his primary goal is keeping the law firm on sound financial...
HK - Fred Grady
Holland & Knight lawyer making fool of himself and his firm in little league episode This would be hard for me to believe but for some of the pieces of work I met while coaching little league and practicing law. From the St. Pete’s Times, Fred Grady, a lawyer at Holland & Knight in Tampa, was coaching his son’s little league team. A spectator said Grady hit one of the...
HK Sued for Fraud, Age Bias
Dismissed Partner Sues Holland & Knight for Fraud, Age Bias Saturday, September 9th, 2006 Ex-partner John K. Weir is suing the 1,300-lawyer firm Holland & Knight in Manhattan federal court, claiming he was fired because of his age and because he raised questions about the “disappearance” of $5 million the firm was awarded in 1999 for a class action representation. Among the...
Hosteny PDF
Florida Lawyer Playing Hardball in Little League Dispute Posted by Ashby Jones It seems like every other day, there’s some story out there about alleged parental misbehavior at a little league game. But what puts one of these tales in the Law Blog’s strike zone, so to speak, is when one of these parents toils at a big law firm and, in the midst of the dispute, rolls out the...
HK Silva - Cocaine Addiction
Former Holland & Knight Partner May Face Disbarment D.C. Bar Counsel finds that cocaine addiction isn’t a valid defense for attorney’s alleged misconduct Brendan Smith Legal Times February 8, 2008 Cocaine addiction, forgery, false notarizations, and lying to a client and a fellow partner. The alleged ethical violations by former Holland & Knight partner Theodore Silva...
HK Sex Harass
Holland & Knight: One of the last sex harass suits for BigLaw? Speaking of sanctions, I have a few remarks on the sexual harassment scandal at one of the nation’s largest firms, Holland & Knight, after reading Dan Lynch’s excellent report. I buy that partner Douglas A. Wright, 44, a tax lawyer, “maybe had watched one episode too many of ‘Ally McBeal,’”...
Big Firm Overbilling Scandal by Eric Goldman
August 30, 2006 Forget stock option backdating; the real emerging scandal is big law firm billing practices. In the past month, we’ve had public scrutiny of the billing practices at old-line white-shoe NY firm Wilkie Farr, DC/Boston powerhouse WilmerHale and now the latest—1200 attorney national firm Holland & Knight. What big brand is headed for the fall next? The Holland...
