LOS ANGELES - James L Smith never planned on going into law. As an undergraduate at Redlands University, he was having a good ...

Dear Readers: Judge Delbert E. Wong, the first Chinese-American to be appointed to the bench in the continental United States,...

Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Allen J. Loeb - The Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave ...

Letter to the Editor - In her Op-Ed piece, "A Separate and Unequal Dropout Rate" (March 14 Daily Journal), Areva Martin opines...

SACRAMENTO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd is as deft at lobbing questions to lawyers as he is at hurling a baseball to ...

LOS ANGELES - They've taken some of the nation's highest-profile cases and are among the most famous attorneys in the world. A...

LOS ANGELES - Only individuals - and not consumer groups - can sue an insurance company, challenge the insurance commissioner...

Letter to the Editor - In his column ("Oregon and What's to Come with Property Rights," March 13 Daily Journal), noted propert...

Focus Column - By Bruce Givner - Parents should consult with competent counsel and complete their estate tax planning long bef...

Forum Column - By Enrique E. Zepeda-Vzquez - On February 23, the government of Mexico arrested the infamous Armando Garcia Arr...

SANTA ANA - Federal prosecutors wanted the first witness in the federal death-penalty trial of Aryan Brotherhood leaders to l...

LOS ANGELES - Jones Day partner Robert W. Dickerson once read a performance evaluation that described an associate as "out of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The current fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and ex-Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Ski...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission has fined attorney Pierce O'Donnell $147,000 for campaign finance violat...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles has given state health officials four months to come up with a plan to provide h...

By Robert Selna San Francisco Daily Journal George Kennedy's imminent retirement means that Santa Clara County will soon have ...

LOS ANGELES - Lawmakers looking to curb the flow of illegal workers are considering a broad range of sweeping reforms, includi...

LOS ANGELES - Terry N. Christensen may be down, but he's not out. Although the prominent entertainment attorney faces federal ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Does the First Amendment protect a private lawyer who published information about an individual's criminal pa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Boalt Hall can proudly tout the recent appointment of its Law Review's first black editor, who joins the schoo...

SAN FRANCISCO - After five years at the Federal Trade Commission, Silicon Valley veteran Susan Creighton will rejoin Wilson So...

Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - 'But I requested a jury," cried the disappointed plaintiffs' lawyer. "The gist of your ac...

Letter to the Editor - I read with great interest a recent news report about many prominent people who flunked the California ...

SAN BERNARDINO - A deputy associate defender in Orange County was named Tuesday to replace San Bernardino County's public def...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two big mistakes sunk the U.S. government's convictions of 10 Colombians in a two-ton cocaine bust at sea: the...

LOS ANGELES - Howard Dean had his yell. Michael Dukakis had his time in a tank. John Kerry whizzed by on a wind sail. "Sometim...

LOS ANGELES - Two fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian because of their Christian beliefs should...

SANTA ANA - A federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday about a secret message that launched a race war between the Aryan Brother...

SAN BERNARDINO - In 15 years on the bench, Larry W. Allen has switched assignments almost as much as he moved around with his ...

SAN FRANCISCO - When Berkeley City Attorney Manuela Albuquerque gazes from her large, fourth-floor office window, she's treate...