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02.03.2020
Ex-Lawyer Who Murdered Wife Not Protected From Wrongful Death Suit
A lawyer who killed his wife claimed that his status as the surviving spouse protected him from being sued by the estate for wrongful death – the Georgia appeals court disagreed. The court said his “argument ignores the fact that he caused his wife’s death, and the law doesn’t authorize a surviving spouse to benefit […]
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02.03.2020
Cars Frontman Disinherits Wife In Midst of Divorce
The late Cars frontman Ric Ocasek made no provision for his wife Paulina Porizkova in his Last Will and Testament because, among other things, the two were in the midst of a divorce. His estate is governed by New York law, which might allow Ms. Porizkova to claim her elective share. Had they been New […]
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01.24.2020
Steven K. Mignogna Speaks to National Audience at Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning
Archer partner Steven K. Mignogna recently presented at the 54th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. He has lectured regularly at the Institute during the last fifteen years and serves as an Advisory Committee Board Member. The Institute is the premier conference in the nation, attended by almost 3,500 estate planning professionals. Speaking in front […]
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01.06.2020
Archer Promotes Melissa Osorio Dibble To Partner
Archer is pleased to announce that attorneys Melissa Osorio Dibble, Pete Jamison and Jonathan P. Rardin have been named partners of the firm, effective January 1, 2020. The new partners were previously associates with Archer, one of the region’s largest law firms. They represent a diverse base of clients in several practice areas, which include […]
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Denis J. Lawler
Denis Lawler has spent his entire career trying cases. Most recently, those matters have involved: the defense in arbitration of a supplier who had terminated a long-term supply contract on the grounds of impossibility, resulting in a defense verdict and the award of $1,000,000 in attorneys’ fees under a fee-shifting provision in the contract involved