BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer Once upon a time, Lane Menezes couldn't picture himself standing in anything but a field ful...

After nearly 10 years at Crosby Heafey Roach & May , commercial litigator and bankruptcy lawyer Gregg M. Ficks has left to...

Sean Hayes, one of the stars of NBC sitcom "Will & Grace," had a manager before he found fame as "Jack," the flamboyant ga...

California's Continuing Education of the Bar named Janet Reese, partner at Oxnard's Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, to its...

The San Francisco Ethics Commission elected Paul Melbostad as its chair June 10. Melbostad, partner in San Francisco's Goldste...

BY ALAN NADITZ CREJ Staff Writer Some people think Ronald Meer is crazy for planning an ultraexpensive apartment complex in N...

The Association of Legal Administrators named Erica Tamblyn, director of administration for the Los Angeles office of Milbank ...

Legal Aid Society of San Francisco honored Caroline Mitchell, of-counsel at San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop, with the Roll...

To win work from lawyers, law firm librarians have worked hard to master the various electronic databases, such as LexisNexis,...

The Burton Foundation celebrates lawyers who write for the common people. On June 18 at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York...

BY GEORGE PAPPADOPOULOS A number of commercial property markets have been feeling the sting of the current downturn for quite...

By Arpy Hatzikian The requirements for disabled access to public accommodations and commercial buildings in California are set...

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Taking risks is what creates opportunity in commercial real estate, but in the mon...

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer "Infill urban development is not for the faint of heart or short of cash." Kenneth W. Ag...

The Contra Costa Council awarded Walnut Creek's Archer Norris the Contra Costa Medal on June 13. This award is presented each ...

Advanced Medical Optics Inc. closed a $200 million bond offering June 20 and a $135 million credit facility June 21, in prepar...

Business Engine announced June 21 that it has raised $22 million in its recent round of financing. Oak Investment Partners led...

Boalt Hall Alumni Board named Charlene Shimada, partner at San Francisco's McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, president. Shi...

BY DANIEL E. JOHNSON The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, signed into law by President Bus...

BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswire The need to forecast demand for industrial real estate has rarely been as murky -or import...

The Council of the American Law Institute re-elected its incumbent officers to another one-year term May 12. Michael Traynor, ...

The California Bankruptcy Forum elected Penelope Parmes, partner at Costa Mesa's Rutan & Tucker, vice president. She began...

Allergan Inc. hired partner Cary Hyden to handle its spinoff of Advanced Medical Optics Inc. The most recent aspect of this sp...

Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to acquire the managed hosting business of Loudcloud Inc. for $64 million. Electronic...

Enticed by the firm's acquisition last week of New York-based Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman , corporate lawy...

SACRAMENTO - Richard Barber is on a mission, fueled by the tales of his great-aunt, who grew up as a slave on a North Carolina...

SAN FRANCISCO - While most of the Alameda County judges fared well in the county bar association's most recent judicial evalua...

LOS ANGELES - The garden at the house on Stockwell Street overflows with collard greens, lacy baby tears and pink flowers; ins...

SAN FRANCISCO - The filing by San Francisco prosecutors of a notice of appeal of the trial judge's grant of a new murder trial...

LOS ANGELES - As Los Angeles County enters its second year of implementing Proposition 36, the drug-treatment initiative, thos...