WASHINGTON - Los Angeles attorney Milan D. Smith Jr. is set to sail smoothly toward confirmation as a federal appeals court ju...
Appellate Practice
Homeland Security Rule Is Unconstitutional, Panel Says
By Itir Yakarn
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel on Tuesday reversed the conviction of a man who transported nearly 60 pounds of mariju...
Appellate Practice
O'Donnell Aiming for a Katrina Bull's-Eye Over Storm Surge
By Garry Abramsn
Column - By Garry Abrams - "The worst place in the world to bring a class action is the 5th Circuit," Pierce O'Donnell told me...
LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case are pointing fingers at eac...
LOS ANGELES - With a recent poll showing him 41 points behind his Democratic opponent, Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadi...
Administrative/Regulatory
Courtroom Artist Records the 'Soul of the Case'
By Alexa Hylandn
Artist Mona Edwards sat in the front row every day at Michael Jackson's molestation trial sketching scenes the world's TV and ...
Judicial Profile
Bringing Simplicity to Complex Cases
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Judge E. Michael Kaiser doesn't want jurors in complex civil trials to begin their deliberations in a confused haz...
SAN FRANCISCO - Charles Smith's dislike for Wal-Mart prompted the Georgia resident to change the Arkansas retail giant's logo ...
Judges and Judiciary
'One Day, One Trial' Opens Lawyers' Eyes About Jury Service
By Amy Kalinn
Forum Column - By Jacqueline Connor - One Day, One Trial has made enormous changes to the landscape of jury trials, more than...
Focus Column - By Martin Fern - Many lawyers continue drafting business contracts using the same stilted language that a lawye...
SANTA ANA - A memorial service will be held Wednesday for Martin B. Weinberg, a prominent supporter of theater and women's rig...
Law Practice
Capitol Lobbyist Fights to the Death for His Laboring Clients
By Jennifer Hammn
SACRAMENTO - Barry Broad is a hard-charging lobbyist who isn't the type to throw a punch at an opponent after the fight is ove...
WASHINGTON - President Bush nominated Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez to the U.S. District Court for the ...
LOS ANGELES - A Mexican woman who obtained her green card more than a decade ago can't be deported because she was three week...
Goodwin Procter's California dreams have become a reality. The Boston-based firm will announce today that it has lured away ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Boils Over; Defendant's Legal Souffle Collapses
By Garry Abramsn
Column - By Garry Abrams - If super chef Wolfgang Puck wanted to create a delicious U.S. Supreme Court case, he might come up ...
VENTURA - Santa Barbara County Judge Diana R. Hall, under fire for allegedly violating judicial ethics, testified Monday she u...
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's method of charging companies to support hazardous waste ...
SAN JOSE - In a decision that could have far-reaching implications in the semiconductor memory chip industry, a federal jury a...
Firm Watch
Townsend Leaps Across the Pacific, Opening Tokyo Outpost
By William Arthur Haynes
LOS ANGELES - Townsend and Townsend and Crew, the San Francisco-based intellectual property firm, announced Monday that it has...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Bruce E. Mitchell keeps his unfinished novel in a cardboard box a...
LOS ANGELES - Forced to flee the violent political revolutions of his native Uruguay at the age of 9, Los Angeles County Supe...
Administrative/Regulatory
Force of George Proves Empowering for Judiciary
By Amelia Hansen
Athlete, adventure traveler, literature aficionado and soon-to-be grandfather, Ronald M. George believes there is more to life...
TOP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW FIRMS - At just 24, Sonal Mehta already has worked on complex patent litigation matters for client...
TOP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW FIRMS - Northern California law firms aren't partying quite like they did in 1999, but many partne...
Corporate attorney Stephen Schrader worked and lived in Tokyo in the early 1990s during Japan's economic boom. When he retur...
Law Practice
Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame After Half-Century Career
By William Arthur Haynes
SAN FRANCISCO - It takes effort to get E. Robert Wallach to acknowledge his accomplishments during half a century career of ci...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
To Tell the Truth in Deception, First Be Aware That It's There
By Amy Kalinn
Focus Column - By Jeffrey Krivis and Mariam Zadeh - Although few will admit to it, there is no doubt that deception plays an a...
SAN FRANCISCO - For Wesley Skow, helping people build things is the epitome of job satisfaction. The bigger and more complicat...
TOP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW FIRMS - Eric Newman is a lawyer and a lobbyist. That combination, he thinks, gives him an advant...