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Public Interest


SAN FRANCISCO - Tirien Steinbach has been awarded a Post-Graduate Berkeley Law Foundation grant to work with the poor in Alame...


Constitutional Law


Misguided Debate

Jun. 17, 2002
By Columnist

Forum Column - By Barry S. Willdorf - The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "A well regulated Militia, being n...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By Don Thornburgh - "Deep linking" is the practice of directing Web site visitors to content within a site oper...


Intellectual Property


Focus Column - By Edward Van Gieson - Companies are increasingly recognizing the need to develop a strategic patent portfolio....


Law Practice


Extreme Rainmaking in the Sea

Jun. 17, 2002
By Leslie Simmons

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to networking, lawyers can always lean on the usual yawners: bar association meetings, mixers, and...


Litigation


Up To Her Eyeballs

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Nancy Sher Cohen - Representing big business in insurance and mass tort litigation, Nancy Sher Cohen...


Litigation


Court Appearances

Jun. 15, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

Top 30 Women Litigators - Lynne C. Hermle - Employment litigator Lynne C. Hermle quickly learned that as a female attorney her...


Litigation


Preserving Dignity

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Elizabeth J. Cabraser - Dealing with legal fights over human remains can be a depressing business. B...


Litigation


Political Ambitions

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Angela Alioto - Considering her family background, it's no surprise San Francisco attorney Angela Al...


Litigation


Dressing for Success

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - N. Denise Taylor - After a legal publication chose her as Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1997, ...


Litigation


Outspoken Solo

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Jennifer L. Keller - Irvine sole practitioner Jennifer L. Keller knows what it's like to be the only...


Litigation


Coming to the Rescue

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Edith R. Matthai - It's stressful enough litigating against attorneys. Imagine having to represent t...


Litigation


Powering Up

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Susan L. Brandt - Hawley One would think that, having lived 20 years without electricity, environmen...


Litigation


What Really Matters

Jun. 15, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

Top 30 Women Litigators - Jennifer Pizer - Whenever Jennifer Pizer, a senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal Defense and Educat...


Litigation


Spidy's Guardian Angel

Jun. 15, 2002
By Marisa Navarro

Top 30 Women Litigators - Carole Handler - The blockbuster movie "Spider-Man" wouldn't have been made were it not for O'Donnel...


Litigation


Breaking News

Jun. 15, 2002
By Donna Huffaker

Top 30 Women Litigators - Kelli Sager - Kelli Sager marked the pinnacle of her success with three words she - and every journa...


Litigation


Media Darling

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Gloria Allred - Critics may carp about her affinity for the media spotlight, but Los Angeles attorne...


Litigation


'Gladiator Mentality'

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Cynthia R. Chihak - When Cynthia R. Chihak went to law school, she remembers, only 5 percent of her ...


Litigation


Cycling On

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Christine D. Spagnoli - Attorney Christine D. Spagnoli's preferred method of travel when she takes a...


Litigation


The Glow Success

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Carol A. Salmacia - The victories of plaintiffs' attorneys often make for splashy headlines. But whe...


Litigation


The Doctors' Defender

Jun. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Top 30 Women Litigators - Margaret Holm - Margaret Holm Margaret Holm led the way for female attorneys in Orange County. Holm'...


Litigation


She's the Boss

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Nancy L. Abell - As a young woman in college, Nancy L. Abell found grappling with people's mental an...


Litigation


Hurdling the Obstacles

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litiagtors - Mary E. Alexander - Next month, San Francisco attorney Mary E. Alexander will take over as president...


Litigation


Underestimated Lawyer

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Juanita Brooks - With a father serving in the Air Force, Juanita Brooks spent her early childhood bo...


Litigation


On the Cutting Edge

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Lori A. Scechter - When most people stroll down the supermarket aisles, they see products such as ap...


Litigation


Family Business

Jun. 15, 2002
By Christina Landers

Top 30 Women Litigators - Donna D. Melby - Los Angeles attorney Donna D. Melby has a strong father to thank, in part, for her ...


Contracts


Winning By Design

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda


Litigation


Winning Litigator

Jun. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Top 30 Women Litigators - Michèle Corash - Michèle Corash's client list runs the gamut. From the wine industry to the Port of ...


Litigation


Big Tobacco's Nemesis

Jun. 15, 2002
By Eron Yehuda

Top 30 Women Litigators - Madelyn Chaber - Not long after blazing a trail in California tobacco litigation, San Francisco atto...


Litigation


Stand-Up First-Chair

Jun. 15, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Top 30 Women Litigators - Suzelle Smith - Suzelle Smith In 1985, Suzelle Smith and Don Howarth struck out on their own to form...