SAN FRANCISCO - David I. Frazee had a $22,000 stack of chips when the dealer dealt him the ace and queen, suited in spades. It...

Focus Column - Mediators spend a lot of time discussing, among themselves, what makes a good mediator. These discussions are l...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Michael Nash, presiding judge of Los Angeles County's Children's Court, has been honored for his leadershi...

LOS ANGELES - When Charulata Pagar rejoined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' Los Angeles office as a partner in the advertising,...

SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Jeff Adachi will run unopposed in November for a second four-year term. ...

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys and court personal struggled last week to continue work with the closure of the Central Civil West Cou...

WASHINGTON - Time may be running out for the federal judiciary to convince Congress that judicial seminars aren't junkets in d...

SAN FRANCISCO - A clearly exasperated Superior Court judge threatened the city's Housing Authority chief with jail time Friday...

Fast forward 20 years in the events in James Heiting's life, and he might not be a member of the State Bar, let alone its curr...

A federal appeals court cited ineffective assistance of counsel Friday in reversing the death sentence of a Bay Area man convi...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Maureen A. Tighe touts the accomplishment possible in her court, but attorneys who have practiced before...

One the Move - Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has announced the addition of Daniel N. Yannuzzi as special counsel in ...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jo-Lynne Q. Lee finds so much satisfaction in the theater of her courtroom that she doesn'...

Whether editing a literary magazine in college, pouring over footnotes when he was a law clerk or assessing arguments from the...

SAN FRANCISCO - Steve and Virginia Pearcy's first foray into peace activism came on a rainy winter night, when they arrived at...

LOS ANGELES - A small but unlikely group of people are starting to question a popular ballot initiative targeting sex offender...

There is a view that the practice of law has little to offer society and that lawyers often hinder the practical resolution of...

LOS ANGELES - A law firm specializing in employment law was hit with $1.1 million in monetary damages after firing a longtime ...

Forum Column - Almost 40 years ago, I decided to become a university teacher instead of a practicing lawyer. I have no regrets...

The structure of employment in California shifts rapidly. The traditional employer-employee relation continues to be impacted ...

LOS ANGELES - Though med-arb, a mix of mediation and arbitration, is getting attention, some lawyers say it doesn't sit well w...

Whether they realize it or not, lawyers are writers, artisans hired to compose enlightening pleadings, ingenious contracts and...

BURBANK - Eleanor Oths Barr started mediating when she was 35 and found herself in competition with retired judges who had spe...

WASHINGTON - Though the Pamela Vitale murder trial is likely to conclude in the next few weeks, Los Angeles attorney Gloria ...

The U.S. Department of State should not have ditched a senior foreign service officer when he got into a car accident in Russi...

SAN JOSE - A federal judge has dismissed a class action filed by California counties alleging that a group of pharmaceutical c...

An old gravel pond used by the city of Healdsburg to help filter treated sewage is subject to the federal Clean Water Act, the...

SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of 17 cases from around the country alleging that phone companies helped the government eavesdrop on ...

SAN FRANCISCO - On the YouTube Web site, viewers can catch a snippet of John Stewart on "The Daily Show," review French soccer...

Forum Column - A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way to preserving a precious piece of American history. ...