JUDGE CONRAD CYR RECEIVES NORTON JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

JUDGE CONRAD K. CYR of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit received the Third Annual Judge William L. Norton Jr. Judicial Excellence Award at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in November 2008. Mr. Deschene had the honor and privilege of serving as Judge Cyr's senior law clerk from 1991 to 2008.

ABA CITES VALUE-ADDED BENEFITS OF OUTSOURCING WORK TO FREELANCE ATTORNEYS

In November 2008, the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics issued Opinion No. 08-451, which discusses the significant benefits of outsourcing work to a freelance attorney, and clarifies that the hiring attorney ethically may earn a profit by charging his client a fee higher than the fee charged by the freelance attorney.

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