One Family’s True Account of Migrant Life During the Great Depression Focus of New Book

In Glorified Chicken Coops, author Tanya I. Cole provides a riveting portrait of an American family that takes us through the great American diaspora, which began with the Great Depression, when nearly 400,000 people from Oklahoma and the Great Plains were displaced. In this uniquely personal story, we see a family’s life defined by a constant daily struggle to survive and the unexpected humor that can be found even in the direst of situations. more information

Seyfarth Shaw Adds Team of Labor and Employment Attorneys to New York City Office: Brian S. Cousin, Neil A. Capobianco and Jonathan E. Goldberg Join
Firm Partnership; Of Counsel and Associate also Join Firm

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that a team of employment law attorneys and litigators headed by Brian S. Cousin joined the firm’s New York office. In addition to Cousin, the team includes partners Jonathan E. Goldberg and Neil A. Capobianco. Cousin had been a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig where Goldberg and Capobianco were of counsel. Ronald B. Weisenberg and Lauren Breitman Tanen also join Seyfarth Shaw; Weisenberg as of counsel and Tanen as associate. Previously, they were both associates at Greenberg Traurig. All five follow the earlier addition of former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Richard Scharlat who joined Seyfarth Shaw’s Labor and Employment Department as a partner in the New York office in January. more information