Her first job was research, but not what she'd thought. Page XX By Stefanie Knapp In 1984, Shannon Hansen thought that her su...
Firm Watch
State's Larger Practices Continue Rapid Pace of Associate Elevations
By Staff Writer
The flurry of associate elevations into the partnership at large law firms continues at a rapid pace. With most of the promot...
Judges and Judiciary
Two Veteran Orange County Judges Will Retire in January
By Leslie Simmons
Two veteran Orange County Superior Court judges will retire after the New Year. Judges J. Michael Beecher and Daniel T. Brice...
By Sharon E. Jackson and Sabina Bhalla Most new litigators start their careers practicing law at small firms or government of...
Judges and Judiciary
Volatile Commissioner Keeps Children's Interests in Forefront
By Jenna Bordelon
MONTEREY PARK - The scuttlebutt around the Los Angeles juvenile dependency court is that Commissioner Stanley Genser intimidat...
LOS ANGELES - Former Santa Monica attorney John Patrick Maginnis, who represented one of the men convicted in the brutal attac...
SACRAMENTO - Former San Francisco County supervisor and new Assemblyman Mark Leno has been named chairman of the Assembly Pub...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Apparently, very little shocks the judicial conscience any more. In cond...
Forum Column - By Marjorie Shelvy - In Los Angeles County, more than 30,000 abused and neglected children are in foster care p...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rocked the country this year with just two words - "under God." Judge A...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Federal Law Has Little Impact On Religious Land Use in State
By Columnist
Focus Column - Land Use - By Terence R. Boga - Local governments increasingly are having to litigate disputes involving religi...
SAN FRANCISCO - State regulators are locked in a bankruptcy court dispute with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over conditions t...
SAN JOSE - Regarded as a thoughtful jurist with a keen intellect, 6th District Court of Appeal Justice Franklin Elia can put ...
LOS ANGELES - The grandson of a Jewish woman who fled Berlin during World War II has won a temporary restraining order to keep...
SAN FRANCISCO - For a Sacramento doctor with a law degree, taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance was no miracle, just ha...
SAN FRANCISCO - State regulators are locked in a bankruptcy court dispute with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over conditions t...
By Joan Osterwalder At the close of a recent settlement in a breach of contract case, both parties were happy - even the one ...
By Eron Ben-Yehuda Jurors may be holding dog owners on a tighter leash after the intense media attention over the Diane Whipp...
SAN DIEGO - Stuart M. Rees lives in a cartoon world. The honors graduate of Harvard Law School has 100 cartoonist clients, amo...
LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court Wednesday reversed a Los Angeles man's murder conviction, saying the trial court should ha...
LOS ANGELES - A California State University Northridge pitcher can press his suit against the makers of the "Air Attack 2," a ...
LOS ANGELES - In response to the rapid growth of the firm's Asia practice, Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers has opened ...
Law Practice
Award Honors Lawyer for Devotion, Integrity
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - It didn't matter how hectic his day was, how many appointments filled his book or how many mounds of paperwork clu...
Employment Column - By Phillip R. Maltin - What does an employer do when an applicant lies during an interview? Consider this ...
LOS ANGELES - A popular author of books on moving money offshore to avoid taxes and his attorney were indicted Thursday for al...
SAN FRANCISCO - Carl Whitaker, a pioneer in the legal marketing field, has stepped down as chief marketing officer for San Fra...
LOS ANGELES - Government officials announced Thursday that they are backing off of a controversial program in which hundreds o...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo took on another gang Thursday, seeking what he said was the largest-e...
SAN FRANCISCO - Under mounting pressure from bar groups, the California Supreme Court announced Thursday it will study propos...
Focus Column - Banking Law - By Raymond J. Tittmann - The American Civil Liberties Union has issued privacy warnings concernin...