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Quinn Emanuel Names Olga Vieira as Co-Managing Partner of the Miami Office

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the global litigation powerhouse, has named Olga Vieira as the firm’s newest Co-Managing Partner of the Miami Office. Vieira will be serving in this role alongside Samuel G. Williamson, a Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Miami office. Vieira is a seasoned trial lawyer handling bet-the-company disputes for top global clients. Well-known to the […]

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Put Something Back Pro Bono Project trains lawyers to tackle probate and guardianship cases

Participants at Dade Legal Aid’s Put Something Back Pro Bono Project’s probate pro bono recruitment seminar learned to analyze real probate and guardianship case scenarios and collaborate with the experts, while stepping into the role of judge. Dade Legal Aid’s Put Something Back Pro Bono Project recently held its annual probate pro bono recruitment seminar, […]

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Rule proposal would allow lawyers to disclose confidential information to protect minors

The Supreme Court has asked the Board of Governors to consider an amendment that would create a new exception to the confidentiality rule. “Essentially what the amendment does is that it allows a lawyer to disclose confidential information to protect a minor client from potential risk of danger or harm,” Rules Committee Chair Stephanie Marchman […]

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