Trial attorney Pierce O’Donnell, whose plea agreement on campaign finance violations unraveled last month, has moved to whittle down the evidence that federal prosecutors can introduce during his impending trial and has indicated he plans to blame much of his behavior on his bipolar disorder.

Davis Polk & Wardwell is the latest firm to match the 2011 associate bonus structure established last month by Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Like Cravath, Davis Polk’s bonus scale starts at $7,500 for those in the class of 2010 and increases incrementally to $37,500 for the class of 2004.

A Savannah, Ga., attorney who was until last month one of 13 board members of the state commission that administers Georgia’s HOPE scholarship pleaded guilty last week to a federal charge of embezzling more than $50,000 from his clients.

A Savannah, Ga., attorney who was until last month one of 13 board members of the state commission that administers Georgia’s HOPE scholarship pleaded guilty last week to a federal charge of embezzling more than $50,000 from his clients.

Scott Simmons, whose salon lost power for four days in last month’s freak snowstorm, wants to make sure that Connecticut residents aren’t slammed again by the double whammy of a storm and extended power outages.