Tag Archives: law

Which BigLaw Partners Bill At The Highest Hourly Rates? (List)

In what is always one of the more popular articles of the year, presenting the list of BigLaw firms sporting partners who charge the highest hourly rates! As a caveat, however, while it’s interesting to see the hourly rates at the top of the legal food chain, at the same time it’s an extremely painful […]

Is the US facing a coming shortage of lawyers?

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This question is based on a recent study showing that in Fall 2014 enrollment in law schools has reached a 27-year low! Is this decline in law school enrollment a harbinger of the US facing a shortage of lawyers at some point in the future? And, if we do face a shortage, before you start […]

Links to news you can use!

Or at the very least articles you will find of interest whether in the national, financial, real estate or technology arenas! Top News Family accused in $20 million mortgage fraud scheme USA Today – An extended family and several business associates were indicted on federal charges Thursday in a mortgage and… Bank of America: we’re […]

New Yorker Gary Port: A Profile In Americanism

Law, Politics and the Military You typically get to know someone very well through business and networking which is how I met Gary Port, a matrimonial attorney and partner in the New York law firm Port and Sava. But for the most part there is usually going to be more to a person than just business […]

Leslie Feifer NYREJ Interview: Law, Time Management and Business Development

Commercial Real Estate Law, Time Management and Business Development! Leslie Feifer, a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at the firm Jaspen Schlesinger, recently offered her insights into time management and business development in an interview with NYREJ. I have known Leslie for some time and have come to understand and respect the way in […]

The 2014 Top 500 Lawyers in America List

The publication LawDragon has once again published its list of the Top 500 Layers in America! The list is all-encompassing and includes the various legal specialties as well as members of academia and government. The 2014 LawDragon Top 500 List of America’s Lawyers! H/T JT __________________________________________ Written by Michael Haltman, President of Hallmark Abstract Service, New York. HAS […]

A question of law: Can an attorney double as a bikini model?

In today’s business world the dual presence of political correctness and the potential litigiousness of an employee scorned is prevalent everywhere that you look! This reality has served to make the specialty of employment law now, what real estate law was in the early 2000’s. In other words busy! In the field of law, where […]

2014 Best Title Agency

Hallmark Abstract Service is very proud to announce that we have been nominated by the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings in the category Best Title Agency 2014! For our firm, this nomination represents an acknowledgment of the of the hard work, expertise and attention to detail that we bring to every client and every […]