Archive for October, 2008

What Happened To Heller Ehrman — And Who’s Next?

October 22nd, 2008

Until very recently, Heller Ehrman LLP was a mainstay of the San Francisco legal community.  Today it is gone.  Virtually overnight, a firm that in 2007 grossed $471 million and spun off $1 million in profits per partner has vanished. 

I’m not an alarmist by nature, but what happened at Heller – just a block from […]

David Newdorf in Lawyers & The Law

Newdorf Legal Wins $3.4 Million In Attorneys’ Fees For The City and County of San Francisco

October 22nd, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, 2008 —A San Mateo County (California) judge ordered a large national law firm and a Texas developer to pay the City and County of San Francisco $3.43 million in attorneys’ fees and costs for their unsuccessful four-year legal battle against the San Francisco International Airport.  This is the largest fee ever […]

David Newdorf in News