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Afternoon Briefs: 2 firms give special bonuses; immigrant leaves church sanctuary for first time in 3 years
Paul Hastings, Sheppard Mullin provide special bonuses to staff and paralegals
As many large firms continue to reward young lawyers for their work in the past year, Paul Hastings and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton are also providing special bonuses to staff. According to memos obtained by the American Lawyer, full-time and part-time support staff, paralegals and other timekeepers at Paul Hastings will receive $1,500 or the equivalent in local currency at the end of April, and staff and paralegals at Shepard Mullin will receive a bonus equal to one week’s pay June 25. Sheppard Mullin Chief Operating Officer Ted Tinson told the publication that “staff deserve the same level of benefit that the rest of the firm is seeing from their hard work.” (The American Lawyer)
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Afternoon Briefs: Slower-paying law students wait-listed; tiger mom law prof back in the news
Law school wait-lists students who finished late in deposit race
The University of Notre Dame’s law school is facing criticism for putting pressure on would-be law students to make their decisions quickly. The school requires admitted students to pay their $600 deposit by April 15 but if the school meets its maximum for admittees before that time, the admittee may be out of luck. The school hit its maximum April 6. Those who didn’t make the cutoff can get on a wait list. (Above the Law, Law.com)
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Afternoon Briefs: Judge’s husband heads to prison; Stephen Miller’s new legal group to sue over Biden policies
Husband of appeals judge goes to prison
Suspended lawyer Charles McCullough, the husband of a Pennsylvania appeals judge, reported to prison Tuesday after he was convicted of stealing $50,000 from an elderly widow. McCullough is married to Patricia McCullough, who is running for a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Charles McCullough, a former county councilman, was convicted of using his power of attorney to take money from the widow for campaign contributions and for a charity where Patricia McCullough was the executive director, according to an account of earlier news coverage by the Associated Press. (The Associated Press via How Appealing, TribLive.com)
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Afternoon Briefs: DA wants to vacate 90 drug convictions; BigLaw firm targeted by law student climate group
90 convictions could be vacated after detective is charged
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in New York says his office has lost confidence in 27 felony and 63 misdemeanor convictions in which an essential witness was a detective who’s now facing perjury charges. Gonzalez’s Conviction Review Unit is asking a court to vacate the convictions after the detective, Joseph Franco, was accused of framing people in drug cases. (The New York Times, NBC New York, the New York Daily News, Brooklyn district attorney’s press release)