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Judges and Judiciary


Just 1 Lawyer Got High Court Sympathy

Aug. 13, 2003
By Peter Blumberg

Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg Mark E. Burton is a San Francisco plaintiffs injury lawyer who specializes in product l...


Criminal


SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Weinstein, a staff attorney for the state Judicial Council, was appointed Monday as a special master t...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Ex-Judge Liable for Old Legal Error

Aug. 13, 2003
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court has upheld a legal malpractice suit against former Sonoma County Judge Patricia Gray for...


Civil Rights


Mervyn's Disability Trial Opens

Aug. 13, 2003
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers fighting to make department stores more accessible for disabled customers have shifted tactics, invok...


Law Practice


Former Detroit Mayor Takes Helm of Bar

Aug. 13, 2003
By Don De Benedictis

SAN FRANCISCO - Taking office as the American Bar Association's first minority president Monday afternoon, former Detroit May...


Law Practice


Reporter's Notebook By Don J. DeBenedictis Reacting quickly to a call by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy that t...


Government


Column By Garry Abrams You're the governor of California! That's the gist of a nightmare I've been having the last few days. ...


Constitutional Law


Lawsuit Fights for Access To Guantanamo Prisoners

Aug. 13, 2003
By Pamela Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - Legal protection for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay may come down to a quibble over whether that small patch...


Constitutional Law


Land-Use

Aug. 13, 2003
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the Elsinore Christian Center hailed as a major victory Monday Los Angeles federal Judge Stephen V. ...


Zoning, Planning and Use


SACRAMENTO - A divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that landlords who truly intend to remove a property from the re...


State Bar & Bar Associations


ABA Approves Changes to Corporate Ethics

Aug. 13, 2003
By Joel Rosenblatt

SAN FRANCISCO - Delegates to the American Bar Association voted narrowly Monday to amend the organization's model ethics rules...


Natural Resources


Watershed Issues

Aug. 13, 2003
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - In an extraordinary irony, the fallout from the near-collapse of California's electricity system a few years ...


Litigation


By Stefanie Knapp Dean Hansell didn't have the home-court advantage when he embarked on his first trial in American Samoa in ...


Large Firms


Morale Boost

Aug. 12, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

A lot has happened in the three years since Bob Gunderson made his historic splash in the large law firm market. Everyone know...


Litigation


Early Selection and Hiring Can Save Money and Time

Aug. 12, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Adviser Column Expert Witness By Michael R. Brown You've found the perfect expert for a complex malpractice trial. Now, how d...


Firm Watch


Pennie Plans to Open San Diego Outpost

Aug. 12, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

New York's Pennie & Edmonds will open its San Diego office in early September with the help of an implanted partner and a ...


Labor/Employment


Grounded

Aug. 12, 2003
By John Ryan

By John Ryan Divorced, unemployed and homeless, Harold Archuleta blames his life's misery on American Airlines. The airline f...


Litigation


By Eron Ben-Yehuda A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy has resigned amid allegations that he sexually abused a woman he supe...


Education


UCLA Law School Gets Interim Dean

Aug. 12, 2003
By Jeff Berg

By Jeff Berg A former UCLA vice chancellor will serve as interim dean of the UCLA School of Law beginning Saturday. Professor...


Litigation


Catch Phrase

Aug. 12, 2003
By Contributing Writer

Column Litigation Strategies By David Hunter "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." Johnnie Cochran uttered those now-famous w...


Government


VENTURA - The briefcase has long since lost the luster of new leather, its surface scuffed and faded by the ravages of 25 yea...


Litigation


By Stefanie Knapp Actor Robert Wagner has presented a new challenge for Charlie's Angels, but it doesn't involve hit men or s...


Litigation


Pregnancy Center Sues State to Become Clinic

Aug. 12, 2003
By Eron Yehuda

By Eron Ben-Yehuda State health officials are interfering with the reproductive rights of women, according to a lawsuit filed...


Public Interest


Santa Monica Attorney Aids Crash Victims

Aug. 12, 2003
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - Attorney Thomas Larmore sat at a folding table, surrounded by other tables stacked with fat, beaming sunflowers...


Public Interest


Into the Night

Aug. 12, 2003
By Karen Coleman

By Karen Coleman Courtroom do-gooders from around the country blew off steam at the end of the Association of Trial Lawyers o...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis Chicago's Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has added another prominent politician and the first Republican, to it...


Firm Watch


Foley & Lardner Starts IP Practice in S.F.

Aug. 12, 2003
By Erik Cummins

By Erik Cummins Foley & Lardner is the latest national firm to start a Northern California intellectual property practice...


Firm Watch


Trio Forms Environmental Law Boutique

Aug. 12, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

By Liz Valsamis Richard Opper, Suzanne Varco and Linda Beresford have formed San Diego-based environmental law boutique Opper...


Firm Watch


By Liz Valsamis After two years of struggling to make its merger with Century City's Klein & Martin work, Shaw Pittman is...


Transactions


CHINO - HB Chino Roswell LLC, a partnership between Hanover Financial Co. and BR Birtcher Investments Inc. purchased the 214,...