OAKLAND - Members of the Alameda County Bar Association thought enough of G. Judson Scott Jr. to make him the organization's p...
SAN FRANCISCO -Ten days before the end of 2001, thousands of documents began pouring in to the Oakland offices of the state at...
LOS ANGELES - One of the most respected veterans of the plaintiffs' bar in Los Angeles and one of its up-and-coming members re...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for two leaders of the Jewish Defense League alleged Tuesday that a power-hungry member of the group fra...
LOS ANGELES - Loyola Law School professor and "quiet advocate" Gary C. Williams today becomes the first African-American presi...
Litigation
Enron Scandal Marks Newest, Most High-Tech 'Shreddergate'
By James Gordon Meek
WASHINGTON - The allegations are incredibly familiar. First, incriminating e-mails were deleted and sensitive documents shredd...
Forum Column - By Tad Daley, "We intend to find them," said U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in his first public stat...
SANTA CRUZ - One episode best illustrates Judge John Salazar's approach to his job on the Santa Cruz County juvenile court ben...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether they have jurisdiction to revisit the apportionment appro...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Balances Scales of Justice With Care, Control
By Anne La Jeunesse
LOS ANGELES - A single mother sat at the plaintiff's table, hunched over a stack of handwritten legal documents. The woman, wh...
Transactional Law Practitioner Column - By Robert Maysey and Craig Miller, Enron's bankruptcy has prompted congressional leade...
WASHINGTON - As dozens of al-Qaida and Taliban fighters arrive at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a political ...
LOS ANGELES - Expressing "grave doubts" over his power to rule, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz on Monday agreed to hold a ...
SAN FRANCISCO -By an 8-3 vote, a federal appeals court has reinstated the ability of trial judges to increase prison sentences...
Personal Injury & Torts
Lawyers Say Ford Hid Safety Issue
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
BARSTOW - Ford Motor Co. was aware it had safety problems with the suspension design of its 1991 to 1994 Explorers but may hav...
SAN FRANCISCO - On a March evening last year, San Francisco prosecutor Jim Hammer reviewed the testimony heard by the grand ju...
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff, Just when I thought that the Sept. 11 attacks and the war in Afghanistan had put the nonse...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge here late last year ordered the government to move ahead with deciding whether to grant protec...
SAN FRANCISCO -An Oakland activist group has filed suit against the state and Alameda County social services departments, clai...
SAN FRANCISCO - Four large Northern California law firms - Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Heller Ehrman White & McAul...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Kevin V. Ryan's chances of getting the U.S. attorney job in San Francisco rose dramatically after Leslie...
Personal Injury & Torts
Jury Gives $3.7 Million to Girl Born With Defects
By Erin Carroll
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Friday awarded $3.7 million to a child born with spina bifida after finding...
SAN FERNANDO - Judge Ronald S. Coen keeps the law in four metal boxes on his bench. "The sun doesn't shine in my court without...
Firm Watch
Strutman Triester: PARTNER RETURNS AFTER TWO YEARS AT ATKIN GUMP
By Staff Writer
Stutman Triester & Glatt has welcomed home partner Jeffrey Krause , who left the Los Angeles bankruptcy boutique two-years...
Firm Watch
Carlton DiSante: PAIR OF LABOR LAWYERS KICK-STARTS OFFICE IN L.A.
By Staff Writer
Two new attorneys are opening a Los Angeles office for Orange County labor and employment boutique Carlton DiSante & Freud...
San Francisco's Renovis Inc. completed a second round of venture financing on Jan. 9. The round brought in more than $34 milli...
Firm Watch
Burke WIlliams: SOUTHLAND SHOP MOVES IN ON S.F. TORT BOUTIQUE
By Staff Writer
It's not exactly akin to crossing the Mason-Dixon line, but Burke Williams & Sorensen has moved beyond the Southland. Earl...
San Francisco's Volunteer Legal Services Program awarded its volunteer awards to local law offices at the Bar Association of S...
The Bay Area General Counsel, consisting of 100 corporate attorneys, and the United Way recently concluded the annual Koko Cha...
Solo and Small Firms
Father and Son Write the Book on Estate Planning
By Stefanie Knapp
Writing a book based on a father's knowledge doesn't sound like a bad idea, but when two different generations collide, it can...