Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. is proud to announce that New Jersey Principal Loren L. Pierce has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF). The NJSBF, the charitable and educational arm of the New Jersey State Bar Association, provides a wide variety ...

Dear Fellows, Can civility co-exist with an adversarial system predicated on zealous advocacy? In the oath of admission to the Florida bar, we “pledge fairness, integrity, and civility” to opposing parties and counsel. Florida is not unique in this regard. In fact, civility in our profession is required by the codes ...

Jeffrey S. Jacobson Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP New York, New York LCA Complimentary Webinar Series, March 3, 2022 Most states have laws—some enforceable only by the Attorney General, but many also enforceable in private civil suits—expressly prohibiting price increases during declared states of emergency. At least for AG ...

  Dear Fellows, As we emerge from the pandemic, what steps should we take to invigorate our marketing efforts, so we can capture and keep more clients? Clearly, COVID hindered traditional legal marketing activity, caused a re-examination of marketing efforts, and inspired some fresh marketing innovations. Who hasn’t marketed to ...

LCA Senior Fellow Kurt Zitzer, of the Minneapolis-based law firm Meagher + Geer, has been re-elected to the firm’s Management Committee. Kurt has served on the firm’s management committee since 2017 and will continue to serve in this role for another five-year term, commencing on March 1, 2022. Kurt is  ...

Dear Fellows, A scroll through our LCA website reveals that the LCA is “aggressively diverse” and is “the most diverse honorary professional society in American law.” As Fellows, we obviously deeply value diversity. The question is: Why? Why is diversity important to our litigation and trial practices? I recently explored ...

LCA Senior Fellow Barry Irwin, of the law firm Irwin IP LLC, in Chicago, IL, has been re-elected as President of the Board of Lawyers for the Creative Arts.  Barry founded Irwin IP LLC in 2014, but has been litigating mission-critical, high-profile intellectual property and technology related matters in federal ...

LCA Senior Fellow John Zavitsanos, cofounder of Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (AZA) in Houston, Texas, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box in a segment called “How Businesses Could Approach Return to Work in 2022.” Part of the interview can be seen here.   “Being a trial lawyer, that requires ...

By LCA Senior Fellow Peter S. Selvin

Litigation Counsel of America Fellow Melissa Luce, managing partner of the plaintiff's law firm Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC, was recently honored by the West Virginia Bar Foundation as a Fellow in its 2020 class of 15 lawyers and judges. Last year’s induction ceremony was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...