Smoke From Medi-Pot Policy Debate Casts Haze, Sparks Headache
By Garry Abrams
Column by Garry Abrams -The winds of change are blowing a lot of dope smoke lately. From California to Nevada to Washington, D...
O'Melveny Lands Private Equity Firm O'Sullivan
By Liz Valsamis
O'Melveny & Myers is only 159 attorneys shy of reaching the 1,000-attorney mark, thanks to its recent acquisition of 88-la...
Bond Issue Funds New Museum in San Francisco
By Toni Vranjes
Partner Adam Sachs and associate Mary King of San Francisco' Folger Levin & Kahn represented two nonprofit organizations t...
Sorry, the Check's Not in the Mail
By Columnist
BY MATTHEW J. SHIER The reality that the recession likely will not be short-lived has crept into the consciousness of even the...
$30 Million Arbitration Award Boosts Moviemakers' Lawyer
By Katherine Gaidos
Patrick Cathcart, whose practice often focuses on insurance coverage litigation or professional liability, has proved he can s...
Mediator's Golden Rule in Caucus? Confidentiality
By Columnist
Column by Jill Fannin - A significant portion of most mediations is spent "in caucus," with the mediator talking privately wit...
Hanson Bridgett Elevates Trio To Firm's Section Leadership
By Staff Writer
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy has named Allan Jergesen, Patrick Glenn and Lawrence Cirelli the leaders of its 12...
Appellate Academy Welcomes Attorney From Snell & Wilmer
By Eron Yehuda
Richard A. Derevan, a partner at Irvine's Snell & Wilmer, recently became a member of the exclusive American Academy of Ap...
Music Practice at Akin Gump Welcomes New Senior Counsel
By Staff Writer
Christian L. Castle joined Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld as senior counsel in its Los Angeles music practice July 15. ...
Actress Settles Lawsuit Over Topless Photos
By Christina Landers
There were no fireworks on July 5 when actor Jennifer Aniston, 33, settled her lawsuit against the publishers of two magazines...
The Clifford 50
By John Ryan
With 50 attorneys from San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, London's Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells open...
A Fine Vintage for Redevelopment
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer More than a year after owners of a former Ontario winery abandoned their plans to redevelop ...
Having a Numbers Plan Helps in Mediation Talks
By Columnist
Column by Bill McDonald - It is time for you to file your mediation brief. Assume there have been no negotiations on financial...
REIT Buys Two Southern California Shopping Centers for $47.1 Million
By Ron Mc Nees
Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc. acquired two grocery-anchored neighborhood centers in Southern California - Larwin Square ...
Westerfield Judge Draws Line in the Sand for Media
By Claude Walbert
SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge William D. Mudd saw the first signs of trouble with the media at the beginning of April. That...
Referee Faces Runoff, Again, For Court Commissioner Seat
By Leslie Simmons
Guillermina Byrne, a Los Angeles Superior Court referee, once again is facing a runoff for a court commissioner seat, this tim...
Coastal Clients Move Attorney
By Liz Valsamis
Project development and finance lawyer Charles E. Schwenck has plugged into Kaye Scholer's Los Angeles office, where he repres...
Rampart Case Judge Will Hear Civil Calendar In Santa Monica
By Leslie Simmons
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jacqueline A. Connor, who presided over the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart corruptio...
Group Honors Star for Three Decades in Criminal Defense
By Eron Yehuda
On the heels of a victory on behalf of a death row inmate, Douglas R. Young, a partner at San Francisco's Farella Braun & ...
Different View
By Contributing Writer
Column by Robert Steinberg - Did you ever wonder what running a company has in common with being a lawyer? After 11 years as a...
Pillsbury Welcomes Two New Partners in Southern California
By Staff Writer
The month of July brought two new faces to Pillsbury Winthrop's Southern California offices. On July 15, land use attorney Chr...
Big 5 Gets an Assist From Irell in $120 Million IPO
By Stefanie Knapp
Los Angeles' Irell & Manella assisted Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. in its June 24 initial public offering that brought in ne...
Onward, Upward
By Joel Rosenblatt
On the first Friday in June, Richard Odom boarded a plane in Los Angeles bound for San Francisco. Odom, chairman of San Franci...
In-House Counsel Makes Move to Of-Counsel at Procopio Cory
By Staff Writer
The former general counsel to a San Diego clothing company jumped to Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch as of-counsel. M...
Archer Norris Distributes Six to Southern California Offices
By Staff Writer
Walnut Creek-based Archer Norris is going for statewide appeal with its latest Southern California moves. The litigation and b...
Green Doesn't Have to Mean Expensive
By Joseph Sorrentino
BY JOSEPH SORRENTINO CREJ Contributing Writer When completed, Nueva Vista, a $13 million residential complex in Santa Cruz wi...
First Plaintiff Testifies In Racial-Profiling Case
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - One of three African-Americans in a racial profiling trial against the Los Angeles Police Department testified F...
Attorney Moves Toward Bar Readmittance
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - One-time civil rights attorney A. Thomas Hunt, who resigned from the State Bar in 1993 with charges pending, has...
Lancaster Judge's Absence Creates Problem for Court
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County judge charged by the Commission on Judicial Performance four years ago with the improper us...
Townsend, Lyon Merger Talks End
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - Merger talks between San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend and Crew and Los Angeles' Lyon & Lyon are dead....