In his youth, Christopher Chandler had no interest in staying put - but now he thrives working as a judge in his small hometow...

Forum Column - Richard M. Coleman - The "Musings of a Discovery Referee" series continues with a look at a procedure that can ...

Marsha Revel enrolled in law school on a lark - now, after 22 years on the bench, she's seen every kind of case imaginable. ...

Federal judges Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento and Thelton Henderson of San Francisco said Monday that a three-judge panel shou...

LOS ANGELES - In a move that could signal the end of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's once-robust real estate practice in Los An...

Forum Column - Clay Calvert and Robert D. Richards - Although the recent "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case garnered much media attentio...

Noted litigator John C. McCarthy, a World War II veteran and director of the Peace Corps in Thailand during the Kennedy admini...

Focus Column - Laurie L. Levenson - Understanding the procedural differences between federal and state grand juries is an esse...

Forum Column - Todd Gordinier - A single case coming before the Supreme Court in its next term will have huge implications for...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld California's ban on the importation of products made with kangar...

Deals Column - By Jason Song - Looking for the next big M&A trend? It might be in the quickly growing Internet security bu...

One of the lead attorneys in a nationwide lawsuit filed Monday accusing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of mistreating...

SAN BERNARDINO - In a highly unusual move, the State Bar announced Monday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May appointed a S...

SAN FRANCISCO - The defense lawyer for Brocade Communications Systems Inc.'s former chief executive officer, Gregory Reyes, ca...

SAN DIEGO - Jan Mark Adler grew up in a small town nestled in the Catskill Mountains in New York, where his family owned and o...

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer who claimed his better judgment was impaired by a hypoglycemic attack was found not guilty of attemptin...

Web Exclusive - Rumors swirled the past week that real estate and land-use transactional partners Robin B. Kennedy and Michael...

Under both the United States Constitution and California law, indigent defendants in California are entitled to legal represen...

Focus Column - By Michael P. Judge - Public defenders perform an invaluable service for poor communities. For MCLE credit. ...

Forum Column - Mike Davis - With black and Hispanic prison populations swelling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to appoint m...

Industry Watch - By Rebecca U. Cho - Seyfarth Shaw last week added labor and employment litigator Jeffrey Wortman, formerly of...

Industry Watch - Alexa Hyland - LOS ANGELES - California-based Buchalter Nemer continues to strengthen its appellate practice ...

Forum Column - Donald Kilmer - The hysteria over gun violence ignores statistical realities. ...

LOS ANGELES - Throughout his 50 years as a prominent divorce lawyer, Harry M. Fain was know for reinventing the practice of fa...

Lobbyists from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips have been walking the hallways of the state Capitol, drumming up support for tort...

WASHINGTON - The long-running federal corruption investigation focusing on U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Cal., has stalled. ...

SANTA MONICA - Jeffrey L. Bleich, a San Francisco partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, will be the new president of the Stat...

On the Move

Whether she's competing on the track, winning political office or rising in law, Judge Karen L. Robinson has her eyes on the n...

The Free Speech Movement at Berkeley propelled Joel Pressman into a legal career, and as a judge he says he is 'doing his best...