Due to our dual qualification as English barristers and American attorneys, we have recently experienced a marked increase in calls relating to Internet investment or accommodation scams purportedly from the U.K. Click on the header to read more.
London law visitor spends time in HarlanFriday, July 15, 2005www.HarlanOnline.comby Emily KleinNews Reporter HARLAN — Katie Powell is almost 4,000 miles from her family and school in London, England but said the people of Des Moines and Harlan have made her feel at home. Powell recently finished her law studies in London and was chosen […]
June 17, 2005 To the Editors of the newspapers of Iowa The President of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Report to the Public Heard any good lawyer jokes lately? So goes the prelude everyone’s cache of legal comedy. Unfortunately the need for legal services and quality and training of those who render them are no […]
Passing the Gavel: Farewell Remarks of an Outgoing ISBA President June 2005 Angela Marie Chiodo, my maternal grandmother, used to say to me, “Nicky tell me who your friends are and I will tell you what [kind of a person] you are.” Grandma Chiodo was an Italian immigrant, as was my mother Maria Concheta. My […]
Article of the week from Lawyers Weekly USA November 1, 2004: Law Firm Thrives With Non-Traditional Office By Abigail Klingbeil There are no corner offices at The Law Chambers of Nicholas Critelli in Des Moines, Iowa. In fact, there are no offices at all. The law firm, which is dedicated to litigation and ADR, has […]
The Law Chambers of Nicholas Critelli, p.c., has been selected as the recipient of the College of Law Practice Management’s First Annual InnovAction Award. This award recognizes innovation in law practices around the world. The InnovAction Award is a worldwide search for lawyers and/or law firms, of all sizes, currently engaged in extraordinarily innovative effort. […]
President’s Letter: August 2004 The front page of the June 23, 2004, edition of the Des Moines Register detailed a controversy surrounding the friendship between U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett and defense Attorneys Alfredo Parrish and Leon Spies. The article stated that “gossip about Bennett’s relationship with Parrish and Spies trickled back to the […]
President Letter: July 2004 Life in a two-lawyer home. Life in a two-lawyer Bar Association-oriented household can be very interesting. Instead of talking about theater, cuisine, or the myriad other topics that engage modern couples, Lylea and I talk about Bar issues. The other morning I was complaining about the newest lawyer joke on late […]
As the 118th President of the Iowa State Bar Association, I want to welcome you to the 2004 – 2005 ISBA year. Last year President Collins lead us through a reorganization and gave us a streamlined organization. I liken it to an airplane. He re-built it, replaced the prop with a jet, and and taxied […]
Other attorneys’ perception of barristers and US attorneys can often been found in legal directories. Such directories are typically backed up by research and independent editorial and are used widely in the market place. The 2004 edition of the leading directories in the field, Chambers and Partners, has this to say about our practice: Chambers […]
