Patricia Gopaul

In an unrelated personnel move, Patricia Gopaul former senior counsel with the New York City Economic Development Corp., has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as counsel in its corporate department.

A $110 million settlement was reported yesterday on behalf of the families of 27 of the 68 persons who were killed when an American Eagle plane, while in a holding pattern, suddenly plunged into an Indiana farm field nearly three years ago.The settlement was reached with the airline and the French manufacturer of the ATR-72 turbo-prop.Suits over the deaths of six other persons are in negotiations; the status of cases involving the other 35 deaths was not immediately clear.

The Lawyers Alliance for New York will present awards to 10 attorneys, five law firms, and two corporations in recognition of their pro bono legal services to nonprofit corporations at a reception next Tuesday.Details appear on page 7.

In an unrelated personnel move, Patricia Gopaul former senior counsel with the New York City Economic Development Corp., has joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as counsel in its corporate department.

A $110 million settlement was reported yesterday on behalf of the families of 27 of the 68 persons who were killed when an American Eagle plane, while in a holding pattern, suddenly plunged into an Indiana farm field nearly three years ago.The settlement was reached with the airline and the French manufacturer of the ATR-72 turbo-prop.Suits over the deaths of six other persons are in negotiations; the status of cases involving the other 35 deaths was not immediately clear.

The Lawyers Alliance for New York will present awards to 10 attorneys, five law firms, and two corporations in recognition of their pro bono legal services to nonprofit corporations at a reception next Tuesday.Details appear on page 7.