Fulbright Forms Global Subprime Group

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP has announced the formation of a Global Subprime and Credit Crisis Practice Group. The law firm said the group would address the needs of financial institutions, brokerage firms, title companies, corporate directors and officers, and public accounting firms. Fulbright said five co-heads from various disciplines have been designated to steer the practice group: Rodney Acker, a financial institutions litigator in Dallas; David Barrack, a bankruptcy litigator in New York; Anne Rodgers, a securities and complex commercial litigator in Houston; Richard Smith, a white collar defense and government investigations litigator in Washington, D.C.; and Chris Warren-Smith, a financial disputes and investigations lawyer in London. "Issues similar to those we now face with the subprime fallout date back to the late 1980s when many of our lawyers were handling litigation involving the failed savings-and-loan industry," said Stephen C. Dillard, the head of Fulbright's Global Litigation Department. "This is an area where we can offer our clients the advice and experience they need to successfully deal with the subprime collapse." The international law firm can be found online at http://www.fulbright.com.