Gregory C. Smith has an ear for music and a taste for big deals. The Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner earned a...

"Never be afraid of the truth, always take the high road and talk slow," is the best advice imparted to Deputy District Attorn...

THE CLOSER Judicial Meltdown By Pierce O'Donnell: Experienced judges are retiring in droves, threatening the viability of Cal...

By Jane Bowar Zastrow It boils down to two simple words, giving back. Those two words are, however, important touchstones for...

By Harold J. Cohn and Leslie Ellen Shear Family lawyers across the country are pointing to the actions of Elian Gonzalez's Mia...

The former secretary to Inglewood Municipal Court Administrator LeVern A. McRath claims in a wrongful termination lawsuit that...

Santa Rosa - CityVision, a citizens group established 18 months ago with a $155,000 city grant, released its plan for revital...

Palo Alto - April 24 marked the opening of the Westin Palo Alto, the first new luxury hotel in Palo Alto since the mid-'80s. ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL Lawyers for the Writers Guild of America, west, are committed to helping writers survive under the collectiv...

It's a classic entertainment industry folk tale: humble beginnings in the mailroom of a powerful talent agency; big break into...

By Robert B. Jobe No one wants to see hundreds or thousands of young children languishing in Immigration and Naturalization Se...

Laurie S. Hane thought intellectual property law was "entirely unsexy" until her firm, San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster...

Architect Don Crosby had his name on his firm's masthead for more than 30 years, but for the past five years it's been missin...

BOTTOM LINE Paying Up By Richard S. Rosenberg and Jeffrey Fuchsman: With all of the publicity surrounding the passage of the E...

SAN DIEGO - Jill Scott Chance, the 1991 Mrs. America, and Gary A. Quackenbush, a bankruptcy attorney, have been indicted by a ...

In June the San Diego Redevelopment Agency is expected to pick a developer to rehabilitate the historic Balboa Theatre. The 1...

Washington - Five California-based companies were among the top 50 on the National Multi Housing Council's annual ranking of ...

Contra Costa County new homes sales slipped during the first quarter of 2000 with overall sales in the region totaling 414 un...

Los Angeles - City officials unveiled plans in March for restoring the 500,000-square-foot United States Postal Service Termi...

By Julie Nakashima If you can raise the perceived value of a soft drink or running shoe by slapping a name on it, why not a s...

When a schizophrenic teenager is incarcerated in juvenile hall without medical treatment, Maggie Brandow takes action. Brandow...

Both attorney Edward Masry, who has new-found fame as the employer of the title character in the hit Julia Roberts film "Erin ...

The city of Los Angeles has been hit with its 29th lawsuit stemming from alleged officer law-breaking in the Los Angeles Polic...

SACRAMENTO - Doctors may use medical assistants to perform certain basic tasks that would otherwise be handled by physical the...

It was no ordinary day in law and motion. William Charles Thiel filed a petition for surgical asexualization - a euphemism for...

SAN DIEGO - California Western Law School announced late last week that it will lead The California Innocence Project, a progr...

Though their small numbers barely qualify them as a class themselves, most of the respondents to the Daily Journal's latest "L...

Each year, 3,000 to 5,000 minors enter the United States illegally, according to Immigration and Naturalization Services. Most...

jim, any way we can run this on the longer side? thanks, katrina & tanya She's not leaping over stylized cardboard citysca...

The purchasers of 330 Townsend St., a 63,097-square-foot building in San Francisco's South-of-Market district secured $11.64 m...