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1 Dec 2011, 8:58 am by lawshucks
Howrey, of course, was the notable exception – Robert Ruyak, in an utterly classless move, tried to claim that there was nothing wrong with the firm that couldn’t be fixed by trimming the fat. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 11:49 am by David Lat
Robert RuyakOne of the most colorful characters in the saga of Howrey LLP, the once-thriving law firm that dissolved this past March, was Robert Ruyak, former chairman of the firm. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 10:36 am by Matthew Huisman
The former managing partner and CEO of the now-defunct Howrey, Robert Ruyak, has joined the global litigation practice of the Washington office of Winston & Strawn, the firm announced Monday. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 9:32 am by Nathan Koppel
Getty Images Robert Ruyak, the former chief executive of Howrey, has found a new home: Winston & Strawn. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 7:01 am by Sara Randazzo
Six months after presiding over the dissolution of the firm he led for 11 years, Robert Ruyak is returning to his trial lawyer roots by joining Winston & Strawn's Washington, D.C., office as an equity partner in the firm's global litigation practice. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 9:17 pm by Sara Randazzo
Court filings detailing monthly expenses incurred by the bankrupt firm's estate show that Robert Ruyak, Howrey's chairman and CEO until its demise, received payments totaling $113,000 last month. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 5:08 pm by Randall Reese
Related: Howrey LLP Involuntary Bankruptcy Converted to Chapter 11; Venue Transfer To Be Considered Later This Month Complimentary Copy of the Declaration of Robert Ruyak, Member of Howrey's Dissolution Committee and Former Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, in Support of Howrey's First Day Motions Howrey Cash Collateral Budget (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 1:45 pm by Brian Baxter
Former Howrey managing partner and CEO Robert Ruyak has also filed a declaration giving the current financial state of the now defunct firm. [read post]
6 May 2011, 6:22 am by Larry Ribstein
” Howrey boss Robert Ruyak blamed clients’ resistance to hourly billing and e-discovery vendors. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 5:53 am by John Wallbillich
We take a look at the assertion by Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak that an increase in litigation work on a contingent fee was a major contributor to the firm’s demise. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 3:46 pm by Steven Harper
Former Howrey chairman Robert Ruyak's recent explanations about the failure of his firm avoid the accepting of personal responsibility. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 12:23 pm
The remaining partners of Howrey are set to hold "a series of votes" in coming days on winding down the firm, Chief Executive Robert Ruyak told the Wall Street Journal in an interview Tuesday. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 7:13 am by John Wallbillich
Most of these comments spring from the interview of Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak in the WSJ Law Blog. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 6:26 am by Rob Robinson
http://tinyurl.com/4hkpwkm (Felix Hofer) Social Media Data and the Cloud - The Omnipresent eDiscovery Challenge (Podcast) - http://tinyurl.com/4q4atpa (ACEDS) Solid-State Disk Behavior Underlying Digital Forensics - http://tinyurl.com/4mvbbfm (Robert Geselter) This Data Isn’t Dull. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 11:48 am
In an interesting interview, Howrey's CEO, Robert Ruyak, mentioned that BigLaw Partners have very little tolerance for “change” and that some of the new ways of conducting business (Client push back on billable hours through Alternative Fee Arrangements, outsourcing of e-discovery to cheaper vendors) led to the reduction in profits for Howrey, which lead to partner's jumping ship (free agency), and the vicious circle continued until Howrey could no longer… [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 9:46 am by John Wallbillich
At the close of the WSJ Law Blog interview with Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak, was this simple and rather sad bit of information: A law-firm merger “never was an option,” he said. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 2:08 pm by David Lat
[Law of Fashion]* Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak blamed alternative fee arrangements for contributing to Howrey’s downfall, but Jay Shepherd isn’t buying it. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 3:25 pm by David Lat
Robert Ruyak’s ruminations on his law firm’s fall. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 4:14 am by Larry Ribstein
CEO Robert Ruyak is quoted in the WSJ article:  “What we found is that partners at major law firms have very little tolerance for change and very little tolerance for fluctuation in profits. [read post]