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Firm News
January 2007 Robert E. Kleinpeter
Bob Kleinpeter has been honored by selection to the first edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers, published as a supplement to Louisiana Life magazine in the January, 2007 issue. Started in 1991 as a consumer’s guide to the best attorneys in the state of Minnesota, annual Super Lawyers listings now appear for 48 states. A statewide mail survey of licensed attorneys in each state with more than 5 years experience is used to identify the best lawyers they have personally observed in practice. The candidate pool is reviewed for objective evidence of professional accomplishment such as honors and awards, verdicts, special certifications, bar activities, professional lectures and writings, and other outstanding achievements. A review of bar standing and any disciplinary status is made to ensure there are no adverse outstanding matters affecting a nominated attorney. Candidates are grouped according to firm size and their areas of legal practice. Final selections are limited to the top 5% of the total number of lawyers in the state.
April 2006 Yigal
Bander
The firm is pleased to announce that Yigal Bander is a new member of the Pennsylvania
State Bar as of April 21, having passed the Pennsylvania State Bar Exam and
met their professional enrollment requirements. He may now accept cases and
practice independently as a lawyer in the state courts of Pennsylvania. This
honor expands his admissions to practice, which already include all Louisiana
State and Federal Courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 2006 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
Bob is interviewed and quoted extensively in the January
17 issue of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report feature story
on the shifting legal landscape for Southeast Louisiana caused
by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Baton Rouge has seen a
large influx of lawyers and legal support staff and services.
For some the changes are likely to be permanent, as New Orleans
will be a significantly smaller city for the foreseeable future.
Corporate lawyers have been the first to return to practice in
New Orleans, but small firms and plaintiff lawyers have much more
difficult problems, for example, as the Civil Courts in New Orleans
are not expected to be ready until March, and mail service to
call jurors is still spotty. Bob predicted the Legislature may
consider temporary shifting of some trials to Baton Rouge at the
upcoming Special Session this spring.
January 2006 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
There is an extensive article in the January 15, 2006 edition
of USA Today about the enormous legal problems facing
Louisiana residents and the justice system after Hurricane Katrina.
Bob is quoted twice about the problems of delayed trials and resolution
of legal disputes, and the larger consequences that result from
such delays for both citizens and business.
September 2005 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
The Wall Street Journal published an article titled
“Louisiana Legal System Is Snarled” on September 9,
just two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated large parts
of southeast Louisiana. As President of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers
Association, Bob was one of three experts asked to give a preliminary
assessment of the physical damage to court records and facilities
in affected areas.
September 2005 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
On September 2, Bob formally assumed the office of President of
the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA). The installation
ceremony, scheduled to take place at the annual convention in New
Orleans at the end of September, was cancelled by the devastation
caused by Hurricane Katrina. The formalities were completed during
a telephone conference call of LTLA officials, as the organization
mobilized to help. More than 400 members whose lives and practices
were disrupted by the storm, along with hundreds of thousands of
their fellow Louisiana citizens in the most severely affected parishes.
July 2005 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
There is a new member of the Board of Governors of the Association
of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) from Louisiana. K&S Partner
Bob Kleinpeter has been elected to serve a three year term on
the board. He joins two other Louisiana attorneys on the national
board, and will be installed at the ATLA Convention in Toronto,
Canada at the end of July.
July 2005 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
The Baton Rouge League of Women Voters held an event on July 21
in Baton Rouge about the recent controversial 5-4 US Supreme Court
decision (Kelo v. City of New London, 04-108) on the
taking of private property for public use (known as eminent domain,
or in Louisiana, as expropriation). Bob was part of a panel of
speakers and gave a talk about three general kinds of private
property taking and possible repercussions of the new Court decision
in Louisiana. Other speakers included representatives of business,
state government, a university professor, and the press.
December 2004 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
K&S Partner Bob Kleinpeter, with Attorney Elizabeth A. Alston
of the Alston Law Firm, jointly gave a presentation at a seminar
sponsored by the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA) in New
Orleans on December 17 called “Legal Ethics for Plaintiff
Attorneys”. Louisiana adopted complex new ethics rules for
all attorneys effective March 1, 2004. The lecture was designed
to help explain the significant new requirements and offer advice
to practicing attorneys about how to comply with them.
November 2004 Yigal
Bander
K&S Attorney Yigal Bander volunteered as an on the ground
observer and legal advisor at the polls in New Mexico during the
November 2 Presidential election. His job was to help ensure that
all eligible local voters were able to fully exercise their vital
voting rights and cast their ballot for the candidates of their
choice.
October 2004 Robert
E. Kleinpeter
At the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA) annual meeting
on October 2, members voted K&S Partner Bob Kleinpeter as
president-elect of the group for 2004-2005. Louisiana Lieutenant
Gov. Mitch Landrieu administered the oath of office to Kleinpeter
following the election.
November 2003 Alan
L. Schwartzberg
Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster appointed K&S Partner Alan Schwartzberg
as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Massage Therapy on
November 17. This licensing board is one of the State’s
health professions regulatory boards, responsible for ensuring
that all State requirements for therapist professional training,
practice conditions, and registration fees are properly administered
and enforced.
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