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Federal Circuit Tosses Out $104 Million Patent Verdict in DirecTV Case
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Sunnyvale, Calif.'s Finisar was sitting pretty two years ago with $104 million in damages from a patent infringement case against DirecTV in the Eastern District of Texas. But on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit threw out the verdict because terms used to describe the patent at issue were interpreted too broadly by the district court. The case is now headed back to Texas for another go-around.

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Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees, but Not for Employers
The National Law Journal

As consumer, employee and other groups carefully build momentum in Congress for changes in the nation's arbitration landscape and business groups just as carefully organize their opposition, a new empirical study reports a "disturbing trend" at the state level: state courts vacating many arbitration awards for employees, but not for employers. The study, focusing on federal and state court review of employment arbitral awards, reflects a sense of "snowballing futility for employees," says the author.

Former Clients Sue Howrey After Alleged Patent Deal Sours
Texas Lawyer

Two former clients have sued Howrey partner Michael S. Dowler and the firm, alleging breach of fiduciary duty after an alleged deal to buy a patent for $1 million went sour. The plaintiffs allege that Dowler was their lawyer in a variety of patent matters and that he brought a patent to them for potential purchase, demanded an "under the radar" verbal deal for 50 percent of net profits to be derived from the patent and breached his fiduciary duty by misrepresent[ing] the value of the patent."

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Shearman to Shake Up Top-Level Management Structure
Legal Week

Shearman & Sterling is due to make a number of changes to its senior management structure, streamlining its main decision-making body and appointing New York bankruptcy partner Fred Sosnick to the new role of management team coordinator. According to an internal memo seen byLegal Week, the international executive group will be reduced from six partners to three.

Judge Throws Out Negligence Action Stemming From Fifth-Grade Graduation Melee
New York Law Journal

A New York judge has thrown out a negligence action filed against New York City by a woman who allegedly suffered a torn shoulder ligament when a minor melee broke out at her son's overcrowded fifth-grade graduation ceremony. The judge held that a security guard's actions, not the city's alleged failure to properly supervise the event, was the proximate cause of her injuries. According to news accounts, bedlam ensued when as many as 3,000 people showed up at the auditorium, which had a capacity of 489.

Herbert Smith Tries More Management
The American Lawyer

For the last 15 years the U.K.'s Herbert Smith has been one of the few international firms in London without a managing partner. That ended last week when the firm appointed corporate partner David Willis to that position. Willis, who spent four years running the firm's practice in Asia in the late 1990s, steps in as senior partner David Gold's managerial sidekick. The move puts Herbert Smith closer to the norm among U.K. firms, which tend to put more resources into management than U.S. firms.

Chief Justice Roberts Presides at Columbia University Moot Court
The Associated Press

Chief Justice John Roberts grilled the counselors on their oral arguments, pushed for answers on policy questions and interrupted speeches for clarification on law. But this was no regular appeals hearing; it was a moot court competition at Columbia University School of Law on Thursday. The event was in an auditorium packed with students and faculty eager to catch a glimpse of Roberts, who was hard on the competitors but also cracked jokes and offered insight and advice to the budding lawyers.

Former Legal Colleagues Now Adversaries in Pa. Democratic Primary, but With a Common Goal
The Legal Intelligencer

Two former colleagues on election law matters are finding themselves in opposing camps for Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. Mark Aronchick is state co-chairman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, while John P. Lavelle Jr. is the state election counsel for Barack Obama's campaign. Because most of the lawyers working with the two candidates know each other, Aronchick predicts that, even if primary day problems arise, people won't be "running around trying to score points or going to courts."

Webb to Head DLA Abu Dhabi Team
Legal Week

DLA Piper is to formally launch in Abu Dhabi later this month, with projects and finance partner Stephen Webb -- currently based in the firm's Dubai outpost -- appointed office managing partner. The new office is expected to have around 10 lawyers by the end of the month, including three partners. In addition to focusing on projects work, Webb expects the office to cover corporate and construction work as well as media and film financing issues.

For Its Anniversary, Small Calif. Firm Donates $125,000 to Food Bank
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Instead of rocking out over cocktails and caviar, Oakland, Calif.'s Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley celebrated its 125th anniversary by handing the Alameda County Community Food Bank a check for $125,000. In two shifts one day, lawyers and staff in jeans and FAB T-shirts volunteered in the warehouse, sorting food and packing up boxes for distribution to needy families in the area. One associate says he was shocked when he heard his 32-lawyer firm was donating about what a fifth-year associate earns in a year.
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IBM Bid Suspension Rattles Contractors
Legal Times

When the EPA suspended IBM from seeking federal contracts due to alleged bidding violations, the move rattled contractors and lawyers for the industry. It's almost unheard of for a major company to face suspension without being notified it is in jeopardy, says Rand Allen, chairman of Wiley Rein's government contracts practice. The suspension was also a jolting reminder of what others might face if a souring atmosphere for contractors in Washington results in more investigations or stiffer penalties.
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E-Discovery Keeps an Eye on the Job
New York Law Journal

A plethora of articles parade the horribles awaiting counsel and client who fail to preserve and produce electronic data in discovery. But in employment litigation, all is not "gloom and doom," says Littler Mendelson's A. Michael Weber, who recommends that employers exercise caution.
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Commentary: I Like My Professional Uniform
The National Law Journal

While Womble Carlyle litigator Pressly Millen is no clotheshorse -- he often gets help from his family matching a tie to the rest of what he's wearing -- he has some strong views on what constitutes appropriate attire for a lawyer. He's watched the evolution of what lawyers wear for the past 25 years and is not a fan of the trajectory. Millen just can't imagine a client would feel comfortable forking over $500 an hour to the attorney who looks like he's going to hit the links immediately after the meeting.
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Most GCs Find Jobs Rewarding

Most GCs Find Jobs Rewarding

Here's a twist: Lawyers who like their jobs. Sheri Qualters reports in The National Law Journal on a new Association of Corporate Counsel survey that finds 85 percent of chief legal officers find their careers to be rewarding. But their job satisfaction was not without its downside. Qualters writes:

While 59 percent of CLOs and general counsel revealed that increased monitoring by law enforcement and regulators had only a modest influence on their career satisfaction, 30.6 percent said it would make a 'considerable impact' on their future decisions, such as looking for a new CLO job or retiring.

Survey respondents also reported strained relationships with outside auditors, with only 16 percent noting improvements over the past few years, 25 percent characterizing interactions as more difficult and 59 percent responding that the relationship was unchanged.

ACC President Frederick J. Krebs attributes these strained relationships to changes in how GC and outside auditors perceive their roles and boundaries. "Although employed or engaged by the same company, and sharing a common interest in appropriate financial disclosure as required by securities laws, outside auditors and in-house lawyers bring different perspectives to their roles and each must meet different legal and regulatory requirements that apply to their respective missions in the audit process," Krebs said.

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Podcast: The Case for the Federal Shield Law

John McCain's endorsement this week of a federal shield law for journalists has given renewed momentum to the Free Flow of Information Act pending in Congress (S 2035). At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice has renewed its offensive against the bill with the launch of a special section of its Web site devoted to its opposition and an op-ed in USA Today by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. The debate takes on greater urgency as former USA Today reporter Toni Locy awaits word from a federal appeals court on whether she will be forced to pay contempt fines of $5,000 a day for protecting her sources.

We discuss the journalists' privilege and the need for a federal shield law in this week's episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Joining my co-host J. Craig Williams and me as guests on the program are three experts in constitutional and media law:

In the program, we discuss the federal bill, high-profile cases involving reporters, states' efforts to enact their  own shield laws, and the rights of journalists and bloggers. The program can be streamed or downloaded from this page.

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Site Makes It So Easy to Sue

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch calls it a "Shangri-La for ambulance chasers." Peter Lattman at The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog describes it as a "reverse Martindale Hubbell -- it's a client directory for lawyers." Davit Lat at Above the Law says it is "like Match.com for lawyers and litigants." Kevin O'Keefe at Real Lawyers Have Blogs views it as "crazies running free of asylums." Luke Gilman at The Blawgraphy labels it "a hairball generator." Eric Turkewitz at New York Personal Injury Law Blog says it might be "the worst lawyer idea ever."

The object of these bloggers' comments is SueEasy.com, a new Web site whose own description of itself is "instant legal bliss." The idea behind the site is to "simplify the lawsuit process" by helping consumers find "the best in legal help with the least amount of hassles." Potential litigants use the site to post their grievances and complaints and then wait for responses to roll in from attorneys competing to represent them. The site also allows users to search for lawsuits and class actions -- real or envisioned -- and join in with other litigants.

The site had been slated to launch in the fall, as TechCrunch reported in October, but it officially went live only recently. When TechCrunch asked the reason for the delay, the company responded that "it took us a while to come up with a complete Class Action case repository where affected people can ... be in touch with Class Action lawyers in real time."

Overlawyered blogger Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy, told LegalNewsline.com, that consumers should be concerned about the site's quality control. "If this were a dating service," Olson said, "you'd have to wonder -- whichever side of the dating you were on -- what kind of dunce are they going to bring me?" Eric Turkewitz is even more blunt in stating his concern: "This one has the potential for some serious damage in a unique way to both client and attorney in personal injury cases."

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A Salmagundi of Secret Searches?

When we last visited Senior 1st Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, it was in a Feb. 1 post titled, A Salmagundi of 'Selyaisms' -- a reference to the jurist's well-known propensity towards "erudite and arcane vocabulary," as former Selya law clerk Frederick A. Brodie described it in a piece published in the National Law Journal, A Guide to 'Selyaisms.' Now comes the news, via the ABA Journal and the Providence Journal, that Selya has been named presiding judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, the court that hears appeals involving wiretaps of suspected spies and terrorists. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. made the appointment on March 27, to take effect May 19. When the ProJo asked Selya how he felt about being involved in such a controversial aspect of national policy, here is how he replied:

In my line of work, you learn you are there to do the job as it presents itself. In my regular work, I never know when I decide a case if it will only be of importance to the parties or of national or historic significance. And you have to handle them all the same way -- to be fair and to approach the problem as intelligently as you can and get the right answers.

Note that Selya answered the reporter's question without ever using the words defenestration, encincture, perlustration, philotheoparoptesism, rodomontade or ultracrepidarian. But given that all of those words have appeared in his written opinions, the lawyers who represent our nation's spy agencies may want to brush up on their vocabularies.
  

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The 17 Types of Lawyers

Ever since he started his blog The Legal Underground in 2004, Evan Schaeffer has periodically pondered the different types of lawyers. What initially inspired him was a Google query, "types of lawyers," that consistently drew readers to his blog. At some point, he decided "to really think about the question: How many types of lawyers are there?" His conclusion: 17. And in 17 blog posts that show Schaeffer to be as funny as he is perceptive, he describes each type's characteristics. See if you recognize yourself among these:

My only question about Schaeffer's list is, Why did he leave off the blogging lawyer? Any others he omitted?

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Lawyers Help Out at Papal Mass

As Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass today in Washington, D.C., before a throng of faithful estimated to number at least 45,000, more than 90 lawyers and judges were there to help out. As W.J. Hennigan reports at The BLT, the lawyers and judges served as ushers, helping to direct, greet and seat those who came to Nationals Park to hear the Pope. They were there under the auspices of the John Carroll Society, a Roman Catholic charitable organization whose members come mostly from the legal and business communities.

"A papal Mass in the United States is a rare occurrence, and opportunities to serve as an usher are even rarer," Paul G. Scolese, parliamentarian for the Carroll Society and a policy adviser at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, told The BLT. The volunteers were walked through a rehearsal on Tuesday, Scolese said, adding, "They certainly need a lot of volunteers in this big effort."

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The Best Law School... Softball Team

Forget the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings. Here is an honor that reveals the true grit of a law school -- the best student softball team. Over the weekend of April 4 to 6, more than 100 law school softball teams faced off in Charlottesville, Va., at the University of Virginia School of Law's 25th annual spring invitational tournament. Forty-eight regular-division and 64 co-recreational teams participated, with top honors going to UVA in the regular division and to Florida Coastal School of Law in the co-rec division. In the home run derby, top honors went to Boston College Law School 2-L Dan Healy. Smitha Dante of the UVA law school newspaper provides this recap:

The UVA Gold Regular division team won its fifth consecutive title in a close and low-scoring championship game against DoJ darling, Regent University School of Law. In the Co-rec division, Florida Coastal won its second consecutive title by defeating upstart Penn State. The UVA Co-rec Blue and Regular Blue teams also gave strong performances over the weekend, going undefeated in the round robin pod play, only to lose in the rainy bracket play on Sunday. Co-rec Orange went 2–1 in pod play, and Regular Orange, described by organizer Kyle Schindler as 'the best dressed team of the tournament,' drew a tough pod and were unable to advance.

Complete results can be downloaded in this spreadsheet. Proceeds from the tournament were donated to Charlottesville's Children, Youth & Family Services. This year, the event raised a record $18,000 for the charity. A number of law firms and legal vendors provided sponsorship for the tournament.

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Pontiff Prays With Sex Abuse Victims

Meeting Follows Stadium Mass

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By Jacqueline L. Salmon, Michelle Boorstein and Alan Cooperman

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Friday, April 18, 2008; Page A01

Pope Benedict XVI talked and prayed with a small group of victims of clergy sex abuse yesterday, the first publicly known meeting between a pontiff and victims since the most recent scandal erupted in Boston six years ago.

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The 25-minute meeting at the Vatican Embassy put an intensely personal focus on a subject that has become an important part of the pope's Washington visit. It came after a morning Mass that Benedict celebrated for about 45,000 people at Nationals Park, the new baseball stadium in Washington.

Later, he met with interfaith leaders and Catholic educators, telling the latter not to stray from the mission of the church. The pope's visit to the nation's capital ends this morning, when he flies to New York. There he will meet with United Nationsofficials.

The Mass was the third time in as many days that the pope addressed the sex abuse issue, telling the silent crowd: "No words of mine could describe the pain and harm inflicted by such abuse. . . . Nor can I adequately describe the damage that has occurred within the community of the Church."

A few hours later, the pope met with at least five abuse victims, all middle-aged men and women from Boston. Benedict requested the meeting, saidCardinal Sean O'Malley, the Boston archbishop, who was present during the gathering.

"It was very positive -- healing, I think -- and very prayerful," O'Malley said, describing some of the victims as being in tears. "It was a moving experience." The meeting was not announced in advance, and the names of the victims were not made public.

Each of the victims had a brief private conversation with the pope. Afterward, O'Malley gave Benedict a list of more than 1,000 people victimized over the years in the Boston archdiocese and asked the pope to pray for them.

National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" quoted Bernie McDaid, a victim who attended the meeting, as having told Benedict: "Holy Father, I want you to know you have a cancer in your flock and you need to correct that, and I hope you do. You need to do more."

Gary M. Bergeron, 45, a sex abuse victim from Boston who was not included in the meeting, welcomed it. "This is the first time in seven years that the leader of the Catholic Church has come out saying the behavior of the past is not acceptable anymore," he said.

Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II, never met with sex abuse victims. Bergeron and a small group of Boston area victims flew to Rome in March 2003 in an effort to see John Paul II. They knocked on doors for five days and eventually met with an official from the Vatican secretary of state's office. But they failed in their effort to talk with the pope.

Since 1950, more than 5,000 U.S. priests have been accused of abusing about 12,000 children, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The church has spent about $2 billion on legal claims.

While Benedict was planning his trip, some U.S. cardinals urged him to include a meeting with victims, according to Bishop Gregory M. Aymond of Austin, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse. Other parties had urged him to visit Boston, the epicenter of the scandal.

 

 
 
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Qué Pasa le propuso a 31 destacados abogados el siguiente desafío: en caso de que cada uno tuviera que elegir personalmente a un colega para que lo representara en materia penal y otro en temas comerciales, ¿a quiénes seleccionaría? La única condición era que los elegidos no trabajaran junto a ellos en sus bufetes. Los más votados fueron Jorge Bofill y Luis Ortiz Quiroga. A continuación, los sufragios en detalle y sus respectivas justificaciones.

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Enrique Barros

Arturo Alessandri (Alessandri & Compañía)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Enrique Barros

"A Enrique Barros, presidente del Colegio de Abogados, lo conozco desde la época en que era ayudante de Derecho Civil en la Escuela de Derecho de la U. de Chile; lo he vuelto a ver periódicamente en mi condición de consejero del Colegio, y me consta su gran inteligencia, equilibrio, sólida formación académica (estudios de Derecho Civil en Alemania) y profesional, así como su muy variada experiencia en materias corporativas. Es autor de un importante libro sobre responsabilidad extracontractual. Además, lo he tenido de contraparte y aprecio sus bien fundadas alegaciones.
Luis Ortiz fue uno de mis profesores de Derecho Penal en la Escuela de Derecho de la U. de Chile. Aparte de haber compartido directorios de sociedades anónimas abiertas donde enfrentamos ciertos problemas penales con sus muy buenos consejos, hemos sido consejeros del Colegio de Abogados por muchos años, donde he comprobado su buen juicio, inteligencia, experiencia y el profundo conocimiento de los temas penales. Además, por algunos clientes comunes y personas cercanas, siempre he recibido los mejores comentarios de su gran labor profesional.

Fernando Barros (Barros & Errázuriz)
Penal: Juan Ignacio Piña
Comercial: Marcela Achurra

"Son abogados jóvenes, de ideas creativas, sentido de justicia, profundo conocimiento jurídico y mucha fe en el Derecho como pilar de desarrollo de la actividad empresarial y del país".

Leonardo Battaglia (Puga Ortiz Abogados)
Penal: Rodrigo Ávila
Comercial: Felipe Bulnes

"Para mí es importante que exista cercanía generacional, por eso en lo penal elegiría para mi defensa a Rodrigo Ávila, del estudio de Hugo Rivera, porque tiene la expertise necesaria en el nuevo sistema procesal penal. En el área comercial, acudiría a otro abogado joven como Felipe Bulnes, quien tiene el conocimiento y habilidades necesarias para enfrentar un litigio comercial".

Jorge Bofill (Bofill, Mir Abogados)
Penal: Julián López
Comercial: Andrés Jana

"Me parece más o menos obvio por qué uno recurre a un abogado -o un médico- determinado: porque cuando se tiene un problema serio se busca al mejor disponible. Julián y Andrés son de la misma generación, brillantes alumnos,  postgrado en el extranjero, gran dominio de sus áreas de especialidad, bastante experiencia y buenos equipos de apoyo. Eso es lo que yo buscaría en un abogado".

Felipe Bulnes (Bulnes, Pellegrini & Urrutia)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Enrique Barros

"Ante un problema penal recurriría a Luis Ortiz por su extraordinaria combinación de capacidad, experiencia  y conocimientos. Mientras que en lo civil/comercial, recurriría a Enrique Barros por su sobresaliente capacidad analítica y dominio global de los temas".

Jorge Carey (Carey y Cía.)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Enrique Barros

"Enrique Barros es profesor de Derecho Civil, de buen criterio, honesto e inteligentísimo. Luis Ortiz es igualmente inteligente, también profesor, modesto, simpático y gran expositor. Hace buenos diagnósticos y está bien contactado, porque todos lo quieren".

Jose Ramón Correa (Abogado de la Contraloría)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Enrique Alcalde Rodríguez

"A Bofill lo elegiría porque, además de ser un excelente abogado y un gran conocedor de las leyes, es un muy buen estratega. A Enrique Alcalde Rodríguez, porque aparte de ser un distinguido profesor de Derecho Civil, tiene la capacidad de aplicar muy bien esos conocimientos en los juicios".

Carlos Perez-Cotapos (Cariola Diez Pérez- Cotapos y Cía.)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: José María Eyzaguirre

"Ambos son profesores, excelentes abogados y exitosos".

Francisco Cox (Balmaceda, Cox & Piña Abogados)
Penal: Juan Pablo Hermosilla
Comercial: Pablo Jorquiera

"En un tema penal recurriría a Juan Pablo Hermosilla, porque su capacidad de diseño de estrategia es excelente. Para un tema civil recurriría a Pablo Jorquiera (de Jorquiera y Cía.). Se trata de una oficina chica, donde sabes que la persona que dice que se hará cargo de tu caso, efectivamente es la que responde. Además, Jorquiera fue uno de los primeros abogados en vivir dos años en China, cuando nadie aún  hablaba de ese país".

Monica Fernandez (Abogada de Deloitte)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Álvaro Anríquez

"A Álvaro Anríquez lo conocí en la universidad, donde era brillante y no hacía alarde de lo que sabía, razonaba o estudiaba. En la actualidad conserva las mismas características, sumadas a mayores estudios y experiencia. A Luis Ortiz también lo conocí en la universidad, fue mi profesor, y tiene un gran manejo, prestancia y conocimientos".

Michael Grasty (Grasty Quintana Majlis & Cía.)
Penal: Antonio Bascuñán
Comercial: Pedro Pablo Gutiérrez

"Antonio es un penalista agudo, visionario y líder de opinión; y Pedro Pablo es profundo, analítico y muy buen negociador".

Roberto Guerrero (Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa y Errázuriz)
Penal: Gonzalo Insunza
Comercial: José María Eyzaguirre

"José María Eyzaguirre padre tiene experiencia y seriedad. Gonzalo Insunza, una gran calidad profesional, experiencia y contactos".

Juan Francisco Gutierrez (Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido y Brunner)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Carlos Villarroel

"Si tengo un problema en Santiago, de un delito comercial-económico (por ejemplo, que un gerente desvió fondos de la empresa para construirse la casa), recurriría a Jorge Bofill. Si tengo un problema que se ventilará en forma de arbitraje, en Santiago, sobre un incumplimiento de pacto de accionistas o de infracción a la ley de sociedades, llamaría a Carlos Villarroel".

Pedro Pablo Gutierrez (Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Alfredo Alcaíno de Esteve

"Ambos saben de leyes, y mucho. Tienen sangre fría y son pragmáticos".

Hernan Felipe Errazuriz (Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa y Errázuriz)
Penal: Miguel Schweitzer

"Miguel es garantía de seriedad, solvencia profesional, buen criterio e inteligencia. Su discreción y eficiencia las he comprobado reiteradamente en casos extraordinariamente complejos, donde hay que combinar aspectos penales y civiles, de derecho interno e internacional".

José Tomás Errázuriz (Barros y Errázuriz Abogados)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Juan Carlos Dörr Zegers

"La justificación de los dos nombres que menciono, dada la dificultad ante tantos profesionales de excelencia, es que apliqué el criterio de elegir dentro de la categoría de "mayores de 60 años", mencionando entonces a Luis Ortíz Quiroga, en penal, y a Juan Carlos Dörr Zegers, en civil/comercial".

Andrés Jana (Álvarez, Hinzpeter Jana)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Nissim Jana

"Uno recurre a un abogado porque piensa que se trata de una persona confiable y rigurosa, que resolverá el problema de modo eficiente y con altos estándares profesionales. En el caso de Jorge Bofill, a ello debe agregarse su privilegiado conocimiento de la reforma procesal penal. Si tuviera que elegir un abogado que me representara en materia civil, elegiría sin duda a mi padre, Nissim Jana. Me formé con él como abogado siendo muy joven y he conocido pocos litigantes como él. No creo que exista otro abogado que me pudiera defender con su dedicación y competencia".

Jose Luis Letelier (Cariola Diez Pérez Cotapos y Cía.)
Penal: Hugo Rivera
Comercial: Pablo Rodríguez

"Ambos son brillantes y experimentados".

Julián López (Harasic y López)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Álvaro Ortúzar

"Para una defensa penal elegiría a Jorge Bofill, porque es un litigante nato, que mezcla una gran visión estratégica con mucha atención por los detalles y porque creo que, como cliente y abogado, nos entenderíamos bien. Para una defensa comercial, elegiría a  Álvaro Ortúzar, porque tiene una tremenda capacidad de persuasión y talento para distinguir lo importante de lo accesorio y convertir en sencillos los asuntos complejos".

Pablo Mir (Bofill, Mir Abogados)
Penal: Julián López
Comercial: Enrique Barros

"Julián López es una de las personas con más experiencia en el nuevo sistema procesal penal y tiene una sólida formación jurídica. A Enrique Barros acudiría para un problema comercial por su impresionante conocimiento y sabiduría jurídica, por su gran capacidad para entender rápidamente el fondo del problema y no enredarse en los temas accesorios. La experiencia que he tenido con {él como árbitro me hace presumir que es el tipo de abogado capaz de hacer ver al cliente cuándo vale la pena y cuándo no involucrarse en un juicio. Finalmente porque conjuntamente con don Mario Mosquera fueron los mejores profesores que tuve en la Universidad de Chile".

Alvaro Morales (Hermosilla, Chadwick & Morales Abogados)
Penal: Hugo Rivera / Nurieldín Hermosilla
Comercial: Gabriel Cáceres

"Para un problema comercial, sin dudarlo Gabriel Cáceres. Si se trata de un tema penal, depende del problema: si es financiero, probablemente llamaría a Hugo Rivera; si es algo más personal, a Nurieldín Hermosilla".

Guillermo Morales (Morales & Beza)
Penal: Carlos Balbontín
Comercial: Felipe Vial Claro

"En lo penal, acudiría a Carlos Balbontín por reunir las calidades de prestigio, bajo perfil, dilatada experiencia y manejo en el nuevo sistema procesal penal. Mientras que en lo comercial acudiría a Felipe Vial Claro por sus sólidos conocimientos, seriedad, discreción a toda prueba y dedicación personal a los asuntos que se le encomiendan".

Nicole Nehme (FerradaNehme)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Cristóbal Eyzaguirre

"Ambos por su excelente calidad personal y profesional, responsabilidad, creatividad en su acercamiento al derecho y buenos resultados en juicios".

Luis Ortiz Quiroga (Puga Ortiz Abogados)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Álvaro Ortúzar

"A Jorge Bofill por su eficiencia, conocimientos jurídicos, especialmente en el área penal, y por su inteligencia. Álvaro Ortúzar domina el área del derecho comercial en profundidad, es muy brillante e inteligente. Tiene buen desempeño en la parte oral para alegatos".

Cristián Saieh (Puga Ortiz Abogados)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Felipe Bulnes

"Bulnes es metódico y creativo. Bofill se mueve tanto en civil como penal, lo que da garantías".

Gonzalo Sánchez (Silva & Cía.)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Marcelo Montero Iglesis

"Podría decir el currículo de Marcelo Montero, que incluye un máster en Sciences of Law de la Stanford Law School o que es profesor de Derecho Civil y Filosofía del Derecho, pero en realidad su mejor atributo, además de su brillantez, es la relación de confianza  profunda que construye con el cliente y que se basa en una rectitud a toda prueba. En materia penal, qué duda cabe, Jorge Bofill, es de una claridad conceptual y argumentativa muy célebre y comentada entre sus pares, maneja la teoría penal en forma brillante, lo cual debe tener que ver con que posee un doctorado en Derecho obtenido en Alemania".

Juan Pablo Schwencke (Aninat, Schwencke & Compañía)
Penal: René García
Comercial: Davor Harasic

"A Harasic por su dedicación, pasión y simpatía, mientras que para un problema comercial recurriría a García por lo ponderado de su juicio y prolijidad".

Miguel Soto (Miguel Soto & Compañía)
Penal: Jorge Bofill
Comercial: Juan Ignacio Correa

"Como asesor civil o comercial elegiría a Juan Ignacio Correa porque es un buen litigante, una persona empática y aguda en sus análisis. En lo penal, elegiría a Jorge Bofill porque también es un buen litigante y por su gran competencia teórica".

Juan Tagle Q. (Prieto y Cía.)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Rodrigo Zegers

"Luis Ortiz tiene una buena mezcla de base académica e infinita experiencia práctica, confiable, con llegada en los tribunales. Rodrigo Zegers, no tan famoso, socio de Ricardo Rivadeneira, es confiable, detallista, con background penal y últimamente con una fuerte especialización en litigios comerciales, business-oriented".

Arturo Vergara (Vergara, Labarca & Cía. Abogados)
Penal: Carlos Balbontín
Comercial: Alfredo Alcaíno

"Ambos nombres bordean los 50 años, lo que me parece la edad ideal para conjugar experiencia y energía. En el caso de Alcaíno, además de su inteligencia, destaco su versatilidad y experiencia en la asesoría comercial. Se trata de un tipo riguroso y serio, con capacidad de entender un problema mas allá de lo estrictamente jurídico, involucrándose en los aspectos económicos y técnicos que normalmente presentan los temas. Carlos Balbontín tiene gran dedicación y rigor en la defensa de sus clientes, de lo que a veces adolecen los llamados famosos. Cultiva un bajo perfil, lo que en materia penal se agradece, pues la exposición pública es casi siempre lo menos que quiere alguien que esta involucrado en un caso penal".

Gabriel Zaliasnik (Albagli Zaliasnik & Cía. Abogados)
Penal: Luis Ortiz
Comercial: Carlos Villarroel

"En mi opinión, Ortiz es un extraordinario litigante que se desenvuelve con elegancia y respeto en el foro. La seriedad y prudencia con las que litiga son valoradas no sólo por los jueces, sino también por sus contrapartes. Tiene gran habilidad para discernir la esencia de los problemas y participa con mucho criterio en el trabajo en equipo cuando se requiere. Por su parte, Carlos Villarroel es un abogado extremadamente meticuloso y estudioso. Tiene grandes conocimientos y una responsabilidad extrema, lo que permite sacar adelante las más complejas negociaciones comerciales. Es muy asertivo con sus diagnósticos y recomendaciones, lo que le permite diseñar con claridad estrategias y trabajar en equipo".

 

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