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Solo and Small Firms


Analyzing the Bottom Line and the Goal Line

Jan. 19, 2000
By Katherine Gaidos

Rodney Gilmore, a partner with Palo Alto's Doty Sundheim & Gilmore, is leading a double life. Monday through Wednesday, G...


Criminal


Student Sentenced for Selling LSD

Jan. 19, 2000
By Martin Bergn

Student Sentenced For Selling LSD A USC student who once bragged of selling drugs to five teens who plunged to their death dri...


Law Practice


Arguing the Point

Jan. 19, 2000
By Columnist

By Stephen Kaus Is it just me, or is there an epidemic of articles about lawyers quitting their jobs to pursue other interest...


By Carol Sanger The Supreme Court now has before it the difficult question of whether states may order visitation by children'...


Government


Homeowner to Get $1.5M From City

Jan. 19, 2000
By Lauren Bartlett.

Homeowner to Get $1.5M From City The Los Angeles City Council has approved spending $1.5 million to settle an inverse condemna...


Constitutional Law


Shuffle the Little Children

Jan. 19, 2000
By Columnist

In Troxel v. Granville , the U.S. Supreme Court will decide what constitutional protection should attach to family relationshi...


Solo and Small Firms


For Lawyer, Lab Work Held Wrong Formula

Jan. 19, 2000
By Emma Varesio

Though David Spielberg studied engineering during college, he didn't need long to realize that he wanted to collaborate with s...


Large Firms


Trickling Down

Jan. 19, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Law-firm staff are less likely than lawyers to share in the financial success they help create, but employers are finding othe...


Law Practice


Services Held for Lawyer Marsha McLean-Utley

Jan. 19, 2000
By Liz Valsamis

Services have been held for attorney Marsha McLean-Utley, a former longtime partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the fi...


Criminal


Former Phillipines DA Mourned by Family

Jan. 19, 2000
By Emma Varesio

Memorial services have been held for Zoilo I. San Andres, a Los Angeles resident and former prosecutor in his native Philippi...


Large Firms


He's First in the Hearts of His Colleagues

Jan. 19, 2000
By Leslie Gordon

Fred Alvarez , a partner at Palo Alto's Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and the new president of the Bar Association of S...


If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. - Charles Dickens ...


SILBERBERG ADDED TO LA FOLLETTE LETTERHEAD Trial attorney Marshall Silberberg has joined the Los Angeles office of La Follett...


Law Practice


There are many simple steps that firms can take to lessen the incidence of nonpaying clients. ...


Law Practice


Bequest Will Fund School Scholarship

Jan. 19, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Bequest Will Fund School Scholarship A bequest from the estate of Martha Delman Greene Krug will fund a $400,000 to $500,000 e...


WINDMILL TILTER William Ginsburg went inside the Beltway, willing to walk in hell, to represent Monica Lewinsky, the daughter...


Law Practice


Penny Saved

Jan. 19, 2000
By Columnist

By Dennis Duitch and Marcia Watson Wainess As most law firms enter their new fiscal year, management should be taking a fresh...


Labor/Employment


Careless Whispers

Jan. 19, 2000
By Columnist

By Douglas A. Wickham With its statutory ban on most noncompetition agreements, California long has been a safe haven for cor...


Washburn Briscoe FINANCING TO FUEL POWER PLANT GROWTH San Jose-based Calpine Corp. recently received a $1 billion revolving l...


Criminal


Online Betting Firm Fined $1.3M, Leaves State

Jan. 19, 2000
By Michael Harris

In what Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti said is the first such settlement of its kind in the nation, a glob...


Criminal


Olson Lawyer Wants Out for Children

Jan. 19, 2000
By Michael Harris

Mere weeks before the bomb-conspiracy trial of former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson begins, Stuar...


Litigation


Most of Chef's Suit Against Star Dismissed

Jan. 19, 2000
By Denise Levin

A judge Friday threw out the bulk of a lawsuit against Janet Jackson, her husband and their doctors brought by Jackson's forme...


Appellate Practice


Court Considers Gay Scoutmasters

Jan. 19, 2000
By David Pike

WASHINGTON - Whether the Boy Scouts of America may prevent gays from serving as scoutmasters is a question the Supreme Court j...


State Bar & Bar Associations


STATE BAR

Jan. 19, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

LOS ANGELES - A long-running suit over how the State Bar of California spends lawyers' dues probably will move into a second p...


Judges and Judiciary


Unification of Los Angeles County's Superior and Municipal courts finally passed Friday, with 63 percent of the formerly reluc...


Judges and Judiciary


No Advice, No Consent

Jan. 19, 2000
By Martin Bergn

In six years, Richard A. Paez has gone from the peak of being the first Mexican-American appointed to the U.S. District Court ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Second Stage Set for Suit on Dues

Jan. 19, 2000
By Don De Benedictis

A long-running suit over how the State Bar of California spends lawyers' dues will probably move into a second portion of tri...


Law Practice


The difference between Seal Beach attorney Stanley Alari and most other lawyers is like the difference between a Las Vegas cas...


Litigation


Keep It Simple

Jan. 18, 2000
By Columnist

The main purpose of the complaint should be to provide a convenient place to attach the check for filing fees.


Entertainment & Sports


The Practice: A Cigar Is Not Just a Cigar

Jan. 15, 2000
By Columnist

Victories are bittersweet this week for two lawyers on 'The Practice, who prove that good lawyering can yield the wrong result...