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Top Women Lawyers


Guylyn R. Cummins

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP San Diego Practice type: litigation ...


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Harriet S. Posner

May 9, 2013
By Don Debenedictisn

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates Los Angeles Practice type: litigation ...


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Robyn C. Crowther

May 9, 2013
By Chase Scheinbaum

Caldwell Leslie & Proctor PC Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation ...


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Nanci L. Clarence

May 9, 2013
By Hadley Robinson

Clarence Dyer & Cohen LLP San Francisco Practice Type: litigation ...


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Carla J. Christofferson

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles Practice type: litigation ...


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Apalla Chopra

May 9, 2013
By Laura Hautalan

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation ...


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Meryl K. Chae

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates Los Angeles Practice type: Corporate ...


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Stacy D. Phillips

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Phillips Lerner ALC Century City Practice type: litigation ...


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Linda Burrow

May 9, 2013
By Chase Scheinbaum

Caldwell Leslie & Proctor PC Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation ...


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Laura W. Brill

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP Century City Practice type: litigation ...


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Elena R. Baca

May 9, 2013
By Ameera Buttn

Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation ...


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Top Women Lawyers

May 9, 2013
By David Houstonn


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Kay Kochenderfer

May 9, 2013
By Pat Broderick

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles Practice type: litigation Specialty: complex business ...


Unfortunately, the federal courts' logic in declining to find creditors liable for their debt collector's actions may provide ...


Perspective


Women lawyers critical to health of industry

May 9, 2013
By Ben Armisteadn

Five women lawyers and mediators answer some insightful questions and offer some sage advice for up and coming women lawyers a...


Perspective


A decision is expected in June, and will be of great interest to the biotech and personalized medicine industry. By Jason G. H...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit


Federal prosecutors must pay a price when they destroy evidence before a criminal trial, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals p...


A bill to endow the State Bar with more power to pursue unauthorized practitioners of law unanimously passed the state Assembl...


Labor/Employment


The controversial rule improperly required employers to post information about workers' rights under the National Labor Relati...


Government


Chula Vista settles cell phone tax suit for $8M

May 9, 2013
By Chase Scheinbaum

A San Diego Superior Court judge has given the initial green light to an $8 million class action settlement over an allegedly ...


Expanding California's mental health care resources could go a long way toward tackling the state's prison overcrowding proble...


Obituaries


San Francisco litigator Allan J. Joseph died Tuesday morning after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. ...


Litigation


Test prep services win $3M from competitor

May 9, 2013
By Chase Scheinbaum

Two college admission and test-preparation services, Elite of Los Angeles Inc. and San Diego Testing Services Inc., last week ...


Bankruptcy


Howrey trustee goes to bat for Heller estate

May 9, 2013
By Joshua Seboldn

The Howrey LLP estate publicly declared its support for the Heller Ehrman LLP estate in a court filing late Monday over the tr...


Litigation


A requirement that at least 40 percent of graduates from State Bar-accredited law schools pass the bar exam is constitutional ...


Stakeholders were caught off-guard by a Wednesday announcement by Gov. Jerry Brown that he'll pursue significant reforms to P...


The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for how government agen...


In his 11-page order, Judge Otis Wright said Prenda Law principals John Steele, Paul Hansmeier and Paul Duffy, along with the ...


Top Women Lawyers


Tracey Kennedy

May 9, 2013
By Pat Broderick

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles Practice type: litigation ...


Judicial Profile


Dale S. Fischer

May 9, 2013
By Henry Meier

Life in Cold War Germany was only a brief stop on Judge Dale Fischer's inevitable path to law.