Perkins Coie Labor Lawyer Joins Santa Monica Litigation Boutique
By Staff Writer
Employment and labor law attorney Colleen Regan is leaving Perkins Coie to join Santa Monica litigation boutique Van Etten, S...
Orrick Herrington's Seattle Outpost Takes Cooley Duo
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins In November, a Cooley Godward memo stated obliquely that its two remaining Kirkland, Wash., partners, Christo...
Defense Counsel Association Selects Officers for New Year
By Stefanie Knapp
The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel named its officers for the year 2003. Paul Fine is president-elect. He...
East West Bancorp Buys Another Bank
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes San Marino's East West Bancorp Inc. is continuing its buying spree, agreeing to purchase Pacific Business Ban...
Litigator Reassesses His Life, Joins Farella Braun
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins Midway through his career as a construction litigator, Jeffrey Sykes took some time off and reassessed his li...
Three Firms Make 'Best Place to Work' List
By Liz Valsamis
Liz Valsamis Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Places to Work is a list that sports a variety of corporations, but few law firms. T...
Bonne Bridges Opens Las Vegas Outpost
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols has opened its much-needed Las Vegas office. Los Angeles litig...
Cha-Ching!
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder Juries didn't buy into corporate America in 2002. Business fraud cases made up the bulk of the top 10 jury...
IP Litigator Jumps at Chance To Work Close to His Home
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis After 18 months of commuting from his San Diego county home to Fish & Neave's Palo Alto office, partner N...
Layoffs Worry Members of Employment Law Alliance
By Stefanie Knapp
By Stefanie Knapp For the first time in its three-year history, the Employment Law Alliance surveyed its member attorneys to ...
Counsel at Reconstruction Bank Joins White & Case
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis After three years of helping rebuild the economies of countries that had belonged to the former Soviet Union,...
JAMS Persuades Neutral to Rejoin In Oxnard Office
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Retired U.S. District Court Judge John G. Davies will rejoin JAMS as a neutral Feb. 3. After initially sig...
Former Ram Sues After He Allegedly Fell on Jail Toilet
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder A former professional football player and felon is suing San Bernardino County over an allegedly bad fall...
Davis Signs
By Linda Rapattoni
By Linda Rapattoni and Hudson Sangree Gov. Gray Davis signed 1,168 bills in 2002, dozens more than in any previous year of hi...
Lawyer Makes Leap to Nixon Peabody
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins Edsell "Chip" Eady was a big believer in Foley & Lardner's chances in California during the four years he...
Property Squabble Results in $25 Million Settlement
By Joan Osterwalder
By Joan Osterwalder It was an uphill battle. A hillside project of 572 luxury homes in the Verdugo Mountains caused a politic...
Manatt Phelps Entices Deputy AG To Join Its Office in Sacramento
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has lured Peter K. Shack away from the office of the attorney general. Shack, form...
L.A. Consumer Attorneys Group Selects Award Winners for 2002
By Stefanie Knapp
The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles has announced its 2002 award winners, who will be honored at the organizati...
PhotoMedex Buys Surgical Laser
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Laser manufacturer PhotoMedex Inc. of Radnor, Pa., has purchased Surgical Laser Technologies Inc., broadening...
Veteran Civil Judge Prepares to Vacate Martinez Bench in March
By Karen Coleman
Martinez civil Judge James Trembath will retire from the Contra Costa County Superior Court in March. Trembath, 63, says he h...
How Do You Find a Good Investigator You Can Trust?
By Contributing Writer
By Keith Rohman and Cathleen Watkins Deadlines are stacking up, the phones are ringing incessantly, and your calendar is out ...
Jones Day Adds Filmmaker To Its Employment Practice
By Liz Valsamis
By Liz Valsamis Patricia Kinaga, an employment litigator and award-winning film writer, director and producer, has joined the...
Orange County Purchases 91 Express Lanes Toll Road
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes The new year brought a new owner for the 91 Express Lanes. Ownership of the toll road officially shifted to t...
Paulson Reporting Purchases Competitor to Run Separately
By Stefanie Knapp
Los Angeles' Absolute Court Reporting Inc. has been bought by Paulson Reporting and Litigation Service Inc. Absolute will con...
Bingham McCutchen Finally Woos Counsel
By Erik Cummins
By Erik Cummins Recruiting former Bank of America associate general counsel Maureen Young was like getting the first pick in ...
Keesal Young Hires a Dozen New Associates Plus a Partner
By Staff Writer
Keesal, Young & Logan has added a baker's dozen, including partner Kimberly Wong, to the firm's Long Beach and San Franci...
Gas Firm Heads to New Territory
By Toni Vranjes
By Toni Vranjes Natural gas provider ENRG of Seal Beach has acquired a Denver-based company to expand into new markets. ENRG ...
Court Accepts Redistricting Case
By David Pike
Superior Court Judge Will Retire After Marking 20 Years on Bench
By Karen Coleman
While the rest of the county was celebrating the New Year, Pittsburg Judge John Allen was looking forward to 2004. Allen, 62,...
Patent Lawyer Hopes to Triple Jury Award
By Eron Yehuda
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Within the next few weeks, Silicon Valley attorney David Bohrer expects a hearing on his request to triple...