Former Mealey's Publisher Buys Mealey's Conferences, Renames as HB Litigation Conferences LLC.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Mealey's Conferences, producer of high-end legal programs on insurance, reinsurance, toxic torts and complex litigation, has been acquired by the former publisher of Mealey Publications, a legal news company now owned by LexisNexis. The conference company has been rebranded HB Litigation Conferences...

Kathleen A. Gallagher Joins Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. as a Partner.
HOUSTON, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. is pleased to welcome Kathleen A. Gallagher as a new partner in the firm. Ms. Gallagher's practice focuses on Commercial, Environmental, Torts, and Products Liability Litigation. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090120/DA60056) Prior to joining Beck, Redden & Secrest...

Targeted CLE Teleconferences for Insurance Attorneys, Legal Departments.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mealey's Conferences (now HB Litigation Conferences) released its upcoming schedule of CLE accredited teleconferences for insurance coverage litigators, insurance companies and in- house counsel at policyholder companies. January 28 - Trucking: Risk Management and Insurance. January 30 - Catastrophic Losses:...

Asbestos, Pharmaceutical Liability, Construction Defects, Nanotech: Covered by Targeted CLE Teleconferences.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mealey's Conferences (now HB Litigation Conferences) released its upcoming schedule of CLE accredited teleconferences for tort litigators, plus a professional development opportunity for women in the legal profession. Upcoming teleconferences include: January 22 - Asbestos Gaskets: Exposure and the State of the...

Zurich N.A., Chadbourne, Veris Chairing Reinsurance & Arbitration Conference.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight major reinsurance companies and five leading law firms, plus reinsurance intermediaries, forensic accounting firms, mediators and others will join at the Westin Grand here on March 2-3 to deliver papers and presentations at the "Reinsurance Claims & Arbitration Conference." The event...

Toxic Causation Training Day for Attorneys.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Philadelphia lawyer Robert Spinelli of Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna and noted Texas attorney Aaron DeLuca of DeLuca & Nemeroff LLP are presiding over a day of legal and medical education for attorneys featuring doctors, trial attorneys and judges, including Philadelphia Common...

Asbestos Law Conference Features Judges, Physicians, Litigators - and Erin Brockovich.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Judges from California, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania are appearing on the faculty of the "Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation Conference" scheduled for March 9-11, 2009 at The Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. Noted environmental activist Erin Brockovich -- the subject of...

Hunton & Williams, Jenner & Block Attorneys Co-Chairing Conference on Financial Crisis Insurance Litigation.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Experienced insurance coverage attorneys Walter Andrews and Matthew Jacobs are co-chairing a legal conference on the insurance coverage litigation implications of the financial crisis at The Harvard Club here on March 18, 2009. The event is being produced by HB Litigation...

Madoff Litigation Focus of New York Conference.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Litigation sparked by financial losses investors attribute to the conduct of alleged Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff will be the focus of a conference at the Harvard Club here on February 25, 2009. The program is being produced by HB Litigation Conferences,...

Noted Dallas Law Firm Announces New Partner Christopher J. Schwegmann.
DALLAS, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The nationally recognized trial firm Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP would like to congratulate Christopher J. Schwegmann for elevation to Partner. Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, the 15-year-old litigation boutique has been recognized twice by The National Law Journal for...