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Prosecutor Is Put on Unpaid Leave

Feb. 12, 2003
By Robert Selna

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor accused of defrauding and embezzling funds from an NBA player while serving as his...


Sexual Priors Instruction OK'd

Feb. 12, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a jury instruction commonly given in sexual assault cases is n...



Environmental Practice Grows at Farella

Feb. 11, 2003
By Erik Cummins

The addition of three more environmental lawyers at San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel is welcome growth for a practice gr...


Costa Mesa's Albert, Weiland & Golden has added John D. Ott as a senior attorney. Ott, who focuses on commercial litigati...



When Jamie MacMillan was asked by a client to retool his services, he didn't expect that it would result in his own company. ...


Exit Strategy Gets Right Back to Basics

Feb. 11, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

Bankruptcy attorneys are busy practicing their ABCs. An out-of-court process known as assignment for the benefit of creditors,...



Sales Tax Poaching Dispute Near Resolution

Feb. 11, 2003
By Julie Nakashima

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Although the dispute now may be resolved, the city of Yorba Linda sued the city of Chino ...


Commercial Real Estate Designations

Feb. 11, 2003
By Christine Malamanig

If you're swapping business cards with people in the commercial real estate industry, chances are you will see your fair share...



Courting Trouble

Feb. 11, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

Criminal defense attorney Matthew Fletcher admits his aggressive behavior might rub some judges the wrong way. But some of Fle...


Kulik Gottesman Attracts Litigator

Feb. 11, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

If David S. Olson is superstitious, he'll have to hope that 13 is lucky for him. Olson is joining Sherman Oak's Kulik, Gottesm...



Consumer Attorneys of San Diego presented a President's Star Award to Thomas Penfield, partner at San Diego's Casey, Gerry, R...


A Mammoth Job in the High Sierras

Feb. 11, 2003
By Andrea Rosas

BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer When Dave McCoy built his first chairlift at Mammoth Mountain in 1955, he knew the location ...



Tenants Win $8 Million Settlement

Feb. 11, 2003
By Leslie Simmons

BY LESLIE SIMMONS Special to CREJ LOS ANGELES - A Glendale couple reportedly has agreed to pay $8 million to 27 tenants who s...


Judge Tosses Woman's Defamation Suit

Feb. 11, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

Successful movie producers are outspoken, passionate and aggressive. But a student at The Peter Stark Producing Program at the...



Karyn B. Zeldman, who joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from Dewey Ballantine in July, has been elevated to special co...


Fish & Richardson Gains Litigator Group

Feb. 11, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Boston intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has acquired a group of intellectual property litigators from Phoenix'...



San Francisco attorney Arnold Levinson scored the largest-ever verdict in Marin County Superior Court last month. Levinson of ...


Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter and Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Walter Rogers were named outsta...



The organization behind the Grammy's, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc., has chosen Charles Ortner to s...


By Cassandra C. Shivers After a complaint is filed and an answer is served, the parties to any lawsuit get down to the real w...



Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has filled two key administrative positions, the firm announced Jan. 21. Attorney Peter...


Patient's Advocate Settles Hospital Suit

Feb. 11, 2003
By John Ryan

The three-year legal battle between Jennifer Merin and Los Angeles' Barlow Respiratory Hospital has been settled, attorneys fo...



Latham & Watkins has scored a big hire in its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of partner William R. Baker III....


Leveraging Your Real Estate Career

Feb. 11, 2003
By Columnist

BY TODD DUNCAN In the real estate business, sharing your goals and dreams with the right people can be the difference between...



BY JIM WASSERMAN Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO - A powerful segment of the state's growth machine, which specializes in f...


Easy Transition

Feb. 11, 2003
By Columnist

Corporation Column - By Debra C. Scheufler - California's SB399, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows one business entity to...



Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has picked up two new attorneys, the firm announced Jan. 27. Ma...


Returning from their fifth anniversary wedding celebration in Laughlin, Nev., three years ago, Rosemary and David Waite were r...



When Howard Lind joined Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean in 1978, the Oakland firm had just 17 lawyers. Twenty-five years later...


On the Record

Feb. 11, 2003
By Contributing Writer

By John J. Buchanan "Ms. Holloway, I have a reporter from USA Today who'd like to speak to you about your client. Can I put h...