Judd N. Poffinberger, Jr.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle Judd N. Poffinberger, Jr. passed away on December 2, 2009. He was described by the ACBA as the most senior lawyer at K&L Gates, a product of merger involving the Pittsburgh firm last known as Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP. Poffinberger, who graduated from Harvard Law in 1949, had been the firm’s […]

Every Story Has a Legal Backstory.

Kudos to Angela R. Winslow who just made Shareholder at Dickie McCamie & Chilcote . . .

It goes to show: you don’t have to look very far from home to find a hero.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Iran Alleged to have Confiscated Human Rights Lawyer Sharin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize Medal.

Lawyers around the world applaud and support this heroic member of our profession.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog:Third Circuit Upholds School Policy of Banning Religious Holiday Songs.

This holding may be good law, this Court had no choice in this case, but exclusively secular Christmas music isn’t worth much artistically. Its like hot chocolate without the chocolate.

What is a “High Powered Lawyer” and How Do I Get Me One?

Since Richard Sprague gained national attention as the successful prosecutor of the murderers of UMWA presidential candidate Jock Yablonsky in 1970, he has been involved in quite a few headline-grabbing cases, mostly involving the criminal side of the bar. Most recently, he defended Senator Fumo, who will probably be spending all or most of the rest of his life as a guest of the Commonwealth. Maybe Mr. Sprague was not too high powered on that one.

1963: The Year When Everything Changed.

Lawyers should observe the inscrutable Draper carefully. He is rarely drawn into revealing himself through small talk. He doesn’t tell stories. He doesn’t talk about clients. As a matter of fact, he never talks much at all until all the cards are down — whereupon he springs something brilliant. He never wastes an idea by expressing it prematurely. And he is very, very cagey. “Who knows why people do what they do?” he asks, while deftly avoiding explaining his own motivation. He manages to remain mysterious and unpredictable to everyone, even his wife. Forget co-workers — he has no friends among them, let alone a closest friend.

Beyond the Milky Way and Forever.

WQED General Counsel, Jacqueline Thomas, says that there hasn’t been any pushback on contract language permitting WQED “to reproduce and publish the same throughout the universe in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereinafter devised, including without limitation, all forms of television, home video, digital download, radio and print.”

Staying Home With the Flu

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009 SUMMARY: Go to work with the flu and you may be in big trouble; stay home and you will be in big trouble. One associate at K&L Gates ended up on the managing partner’s list, the kind of list that may be terminal. Yes, he came to work with […]

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