Meredith Hobbs
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Atlanta, GA, United States
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Ogletree Cancels Summer Associate Program
The national labor and employment firm had planned to field a class of 36 law students in 22 of its offices. → Read More
Kilpatrick Cuts Pay for Lawyers and Staff as Firm Anticipates Revenue Decline
The Atlanta-based firm has temporarily cut partner draws by an average of 10% and it will reduce pay by 5% for other lawyers and staff. → Read More
Troutman, Smith Gambrell Protect Volunteer PPE-Makers From Legal Liability
Troutman lawyers created an emergency supply agreement so the Atlanta Opera can make N95 mask covers for Grady Hospital, and a Smith Gambrell lawyer provided a liability disclaimer for PPE for first responders. → Read More
Atlanta Legal Aid's Great Whiskey Debate Goes Virtual
By supplying cocktail kits for participants to make at home the legal aid nonprofit has figured out a creative way to hold its popular spring fundraiser during the coronavirus quarantine. → Read More
Baker Donelson Cuts Pay Firmwide, Furloughs Employees
The 700-lawyer super-regional firm is temporarily cutting pay by 20% firmwide and the furlough will affect less than 4% of Baker Donelson's workforce according to a firm spokesperson. → Read More
Womble Lays Off Some Employees, Cuts Lawyer and Staff Pay Amid Pandemic
The trans-Atlantic firm which has about 550 U.S. lawyers is temporarily cutting pay and furloughing or laying off some employees. → Read More
Atlanta Lawyers Are Connecting Georgia Hospitals With N95 Masks
John Ayoub a real estate lawyer and Hall Booth Smith's Brad Carver delivered the first order of 9000 masks from a new Chinese supplier to Shepherd Center on Friday. → Read More
Peloton Is More Than a Workout for Lawyers Practicing Law From Home
Tony Kalka invited other Atlanta lawyers to join him for virtual bike rides to stay sane during quarantine and discovered a forum for handling remote law in a stressful time. → Read More
Fisher & Phillips Rapidly Launches 'Shelter-in-Place' Practice
It's a sign of the times. The firm's task force to help clients determine if they can stay open was just a concept Thursday. The firm launched it Monday. → Read More
Georgia Firm Launches Fundraiser to Aid Workers Affected by Coronavirus Fallout
Georgia Lawyers Care makes it easy for lawyers at the Robbins Firm and beyond to contribute to Giving Kitchen, which helps Georgia food-service workers, and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. → Read More
UPDATED LIST: Atlanta Firms Go Remote During Coronavirus Crisis
A look at Atlanta law firms' remote work arrangements and operations during the coronavirus crisis. → Read More
More Atlanta Firms Escalate to Mandatory Remote Operations
Many firms are shifting to mandatory remote operations this week for all but essential personnel—and Gray Rust finds that remote work hasn’t dampened productivity. → Read More
Atlanta Firms Go Remote: Updates During the Coronavirus Crisis
This list will be updated as we hear from firms on the status of their remote-work policies. → Read More
Drew Eckl Escalates Remote-Working to Mandatory During Pandemic
Other firms are following suit. Eversheds Sutherland directed all personnel to work from home except for the very few who still need to be onsite. → Read More
Coronavirus Prompts Atlanta Firms to Work Remotely, While Shuttered Courts Stall Cases
While client needs over COVID-19 are keeping many lawyers busy defense and plaintiffs lawyers are facing a slowdown from court shutdowns. Deal lawyers divorce practitioners and legal nonprofits are also affected. → Read More
Freeman Mathis Gains a Partner From Altisource—and Other 'On the Move' News
In awards news Emily Ward of Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever received the first-ever Catherine M. O’Neil Mentoring Award from the Women’s White Collar Defense Association—a national recognition in honor of the late King & Spalding partner. → Read More
Parker Poe Opens Georgia Lobbying Shop With Local Insiders
Amy Odom and Chuck McMullen are starting the Georgia operation for the firm's lobbying arm Parker Poe Consulting. → Read More
Federal Prosecutor Returns to Nelson Mullins and Other 'On the Move' News
Nekia Hackworth Jones' homecoming to Nelson Mullins reunited her with S. Wade Malone who was one of her earliest mentors in the Atlanta bar's Summer Law Internship Program. → Read More
4 Ways Law Firms Could Game the New Tax Law (But Probably Shouldn’t)
Possibilities include becoming a C-corp creating a holding company to license your firm's name and turning associates into minipartners. But the best bet may be doing nothing. → Read More
GSU Law Rolls Out LLMs in IP, Environmental and Health Law
The master's programs for U.S.-educated lawyers arrive three years after the school started an LL.M. program to prepare foreign-trained lawyers to sit for the Georgia bar exam. → Read More