Ten Leaders Cooperative Hires Kim Eisler as National Editor

RESTON, VA., Sept. 1 (TLC) — Kim Eisler — author, veteran journalist and respected observer of the American legal establishment — has been hired as national editor for The Ten Leaders Cooperative, TLC Director Stephen Clark announced today.

Eisler is the author of four books on the law and law firms, including “Shark Tank” and, most recently,  “Masters of The Game”, published by St. Martin’s Press in 2009.  “Masters of The Game” focuses on the personalities, power and influence of Williams & Connelly, one of Washington’s best known law firms.  For many years he wrote profiles and narratives on the legal community for The Washingtonian magazine.

“Kim and his remarkable skills and experience are an excellent fit for The Ten Leaders Cooperative,” said Clark. “He’s a talented writer and insightful observer of smart and accomplished people. We look forward to distributing and promoting his profiles of our members in the years ahead.”

For additional information related to this announcement, contact Kristin Kahl of The Ten Leaders Cooperative, American Press Institute Building, Reston, Va.

 

 

Bill Johnson, Clay Greene Polled Most Experienced among Marin County, Calif., Divorce Lawyers

SAN FRANCISCO – April 1, 2011 (TLC News) – Veteran Bay Area divorce lawyers Bill Johnson and C. Clay Greene were cited as “most experienced” among divorce lawyers of Marin County by 20 Bay Area lawyers polled in 2010.
Johnson, based in Sausalito, and Greene, of San Rafael, each have more than 30 years of experience handling divorce matters.  They received 15 and 13 references, respectively, when The Ten Leaders Cooperative asked 20 Bay Area divorce and trial lawyers, all based outside Marin, who are the “most experienced” divorce lawyers Marin County. The poll was taken over a three-month period in late 2010.
Johnson is a founding partner of Johnson & Miskel in Sausalito.
Johnson was inducted into Ten Leaders in 2008. His Ten Leaders profile, developed the following year, can be found here:
http://www.tenleaders.com/law/matrimonial-divorce-law/california/north-bay-marin-sonoma-napa/william-johnson/1477/

Greene is a partner of Greene Jordan Taubman & Taubman. His Ten Leaders profile can be found here:
http://www.tenleaders.com/law/matrimonial-divorce-law/california/north-bay-marin-sonoma-napa/clay-greene/1473/

Also receiving votes were Madeleine B. Simborg of Corte Madera and John McCall of San Rafael; according to their offices both are serving as “private judges” handling arbitrations and mediations.

Four TL Members Named Judges in NY, NJ

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2011 — (TLC News) — Three divorce lawyers and one employment lawyer who are original members of Ten Leaders have been appointed judges in state jurisdictions since 2005, according to Ten Leaders Project Manager Kristin Kahl.

All four — Employment lawyer Kathleen Tomlinson of Long Island,  Linda Christopher of Rockland County, NY, Margaret Goodzeit of Warren County, N.J., and Eric Spevak of Camden County, N.J. — were inducted into Ten Leaders groups in New York and New Jersey in 2003.

The Hon. Linda Christopher was named to The Rockland County Family Court bench in 2004. In 2006 she began serving as an acting member of the New York State Supreme Court.

http://www.judgelindachristopher.com/index.html

Maggie Goodzeit, a member of the Ten Leaders of Matrimonial & Divorce Law of Central New Jersey, was a partner at Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis in Iselin, N.J., prior to being tapped as a Somerset County Family Court Judge in 2007.

http://www.greenbaumlaw.com/Newsletter/Article.asp?articleCode=873M39C21I25

Finally, Eric Spevak of Haddonfield, N.J., was named an administrative law judge in 2009 by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wc/content/offices.html

All three are now listed as Alumni of Ten Leaders. The judicial appointments “certainly reflect the competence and integrity of the professionals inducted into Ten Leaders every year,” said Kahl, who is responsible for providing Ten Leaders profiles and related materials to the cooperative’s active members.

(TLC News — March 23, 2011)

Tiki Barber Found His Divorce Lawyer on TenLeaders.com

NEW YORK, N.Y. , March 10, 2011 (TLC News) — Longtime New York Giant star Tiki Barber told his divorce lawyer that he found her on TenLeaders.com, the lawyer reported to TLC this week.

The New York City lawyer, who due to confidentiality constraints could not be identified, is representing the former running back in Barber’s “nasty split” from his wife of 11 years, Ginny Cha.

http://www.bvonmoney.com/2010/06/24/tiki-barbers-divorce-battle-gets-uglier-wife-accused-of-nasty/

What’s more, this week Barber, retired for four years and who will be 36 next month, filed papers with the league to make a comeback in the NFL. The Giants said they plan to release Barber after any settlement in the current talks with owners and players.

Major Upgrades to TenLeaders.com Unveiled

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 2, 2011 — (TLC NEWS) — The Ten Leaders Cooperative went live with major upgrades to its principal web site this week, announced Cooperative Director Stephen E. Clark.
The site and related domains — TenLeaders.com, TenLeaders.org and .net, as well as LeadingDivorceAttorneys.com, LeadersinPlasticSurgery.com, and Criminal Defense Attorneys’ unique link, NotGuiltyYourHonor.com — now include new search-by-region and search-by-state functionality.

The upgrades came in response to the steady and sustained growth of the Cooperative, which as of December 2010 had active members originating from California to Texas to New York, said Clark. Members can be found in 29 states.

“Beyond an entirely new look and feel to TenLeaders.com, our web presence contains much greater user-friendly features,” says Clark.  “It is a tremendously high quality presentation — I believe there is no better presentation of experienced professionals on the Internet today.”

Furthermore, TenLeaders.com now contains a news feed from both Ten Leaders New Service (TLC News) and Digital Press International’s main site, DPI.com. These features are intended to broaden the value and scope for the Ten Leaders Cooperative and its more than 5,000 members.

The Ten Leaders Cooperative was founded in 2002 as a presentation of experienced, qualified professionals in specific fields of the law, medicine, finance and architecture and technology. It was founded by Mr. Clark, a former newspaper publisher and Wall Street financial writer. The Cooperative is now headquartered at The American Press Institute Building, Reston, VA, outside of Washington, D.C.

For more information about The Ten Leaders Cooperative contact Kristin Kahl at 703-391-6833.

TL Member Rubin Sinins Retained in Rutgers Suicide Case

SPRINGFIELD, NJ, Jan. 19, 2011 – (TLC News) — Rubin Sinins, partner at Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, PC., represents one of the defendants in the September 2010 privacy-invasion case in which a Rutgers University freshman committed suicide after his tryst was recorded by a roommate.

In the incident, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge, after his roommate, Dharun Ravi, secretly recorded Clementi and another male student kissing in a dorm room.  Sinins is representing Molly Wei, who along with Ravi was charged with privacy invasion.  The incident triggered worldwide reaction, particularly among gay rights groups.

Notably, since the incident and subsequent filing of charges, prosecutors have brought no other charges against the students.

Sinins, 41, was inducted into The Ten Leaders of Criminal Defense Law of New Jersey in 2010.

Sinins in January 2011 declined to comment on the progress of the case.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/rutgers_student_tyler_clementi_5.html

Jon & Kate Plus 2 Ten Leaders

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17, 2011  — (TLC News) — Jon and Kate Gosselin, whose 2009 divorce remains unresolved, are each represented now by Ten Leaders members.

Kate Gosselin last year retained Cheryl Young of the Norristown, PA, office of Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin. Last spring, after issues of custody of the couple’s eight children could not be resolved, Jon Gosselin retained Mary Vidas of Blank Rome’s Philadelphia office.

Both Young and Vidas are members of The Ten Leaders of Matrimonial & Divorce Law of Greater Philadelphia. Each was inducted into Ten Leaders in 2004.  Both lawyers declined to comment on the case.

http://www.radaronline.com/category/tags/mary-vidas