Salt Lake City Associate Emily L. Rutter recently joined the Utah Defense Lawyers Association (UDLA) as a member.

Lewis Brisbois provides a wide range of services to clients that conduct business in Idaho and plans to expand its presence further in the Gem State.

The firm’s attorneys who are licensed and currently practice there – California and Idaho Partner Shawn Toliver; Portland, Idaho, Montana and Washington Partner Francis Torrence; Portland and Idaho Associate Dan Schmidt; and Chicago and Idaho Associate Brandon Strom – collectively have almost eight decades of legal experience across many areas of law and consistently achieve clients’ objectives inside and outside the courtroom, including at trial.

The Newark trial team of Partners Afsha Noran and Colin Hackett were asked to drop in and try a personal injury matter with a multiple seven-figure demand, thirteen days before trial,  for a longstanding firm client. Following jury selection – the Newark trial team’s sixth of 2025 – the matter settled for 38% of the plaintiff’s demand prior to the team’s appearance in the matter. 

Atlanta Partner S. Christopher Collier will join the faculty at an upcoming National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Deposition Skills Program, hosted from September 17-18 at Nashville School of Law in Nashville.

Fort Lauderdale/New York Partner David Shannon and New York/New Jersey Partner Dan Feldman recently published an article for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) titled “100% Bonus Depreciation, Advanced Technical Implications,” which discusses the planning opportunities that aircraft buyers may be able to use to avail themselves of bonus depreciation deductions under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA).

Philadelphia Associate Brian P. Drach recently joined The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) as a member.

Tampa Partners Nicholas Dareneau and John Rine obtained a determination of civil immunity for their client after a bifurcated wrongful death trial.  

A recent New York appellate opinion focused on an all-too-common occurrence in the defense of injury actions: an entry in a hospital or medical record containing a statement from the plaintiff concerning the accident that contradicts the version the plaintiff has presented in litigation. Although encountering such an entry often feels like locating the proverbial silver bullet, it is largely worthless if it is not admissible. The problem is that such entries tend to constitute hearsay

Miami Managing Partner Todd R. Ehrenreich was inducted as a Fellow into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers at the organization’s 2025 Mid-Year Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 23-27.

New York Partner Jennine Gerrard was recently re-elected as a board member of the Defense Association of New York (DANY) for the 2025-2026 term.

Fort Lauderdale/Miami Partner Sean P. Shecter, co-chair of the firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice, recently helped a client avoid SEC enforcement in connection with a multimillion-dollar insider trading investigation tied to merger activity. 

On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration released its AI Action Plan, which aims to promote AI infrastructure, innovation and America’s global influence. In conjunction with the Action Plan, President Trump signed three executive orders (“E.O.”) aimed at executing the Plan and reshaping the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States. Together, these documents are part of a broader plan designed to enhance U.S. leadership in AI technology, reduce regulatory barriers, and promote the export of American AI technologies globally.

New Orleans Partner James W. Hailey III will join two panels on travel and catastrophe fraud, respectively, at the International Association of Special Investigation Units' (IASIU) Annual Conference, hosted in Denver on August 26.

Orange County Associate Christopher A. Brown was named to The National Black Lawyers (NBL) “Top 40 Under 40” list.