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Akin Gump cycles for cancer research

Mar. 30, 2013
By John Michael

A team of Los Angeles-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys along with administrators and staff participated ...


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On March 11, the Los Angeles County Bar Association presented its 2013 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award at the Millennium B...



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Glaser Weil partner honored in Beverly Hills

Mar. 23, 2013
By John Michael

American Friends of The Hebrew University awarded the national Scopus Award to Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Sha...


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A legal battle of the bands

Mar. 23, 2013
By John Michael

Lawyers by day, rock stars by night. That was the theme last Friday, March 1st, when seven bands made up of legal professiona...



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Kimberly Sheffield Deck was honored as the first ever recipient of the Warren Knight JAMS Peacemaker Award in January at the H...


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Anti-Defamation League honors attorneys

Mar. 23, 2013
By John Michael

The Anti-Defamation League held its annual Helene & Joseph Sherwood Prize for Combating Hate luncheon and awards ceremony ...



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IP law association hosts Judge's Night

Mar. 15, 2013
By John Michael

Chief Judge Randal A. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit headlined the annual Judge's Night gala, spon...


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Japanese Bar honors alternate public defender

Mar. 15, 2013
By John Michael

The Japanese American Bar Association held its 37th Annual Installation and Awards Gala on Feb. 22 at the Omni Hotel in downto...



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Beverly Hills Bar honors litigator, judge

Mar. 15, 2013
By John Michael

The Beverly Hills Bar Association held it's 3rd Annual BHBA Litigation Awards Dinner on Feb 20 at the Montage Beverly Hills. ...


Stacy D. Phillips founder and managing principal of Phillips Lerner ALC (center) with guests Richard Fischoff (left) and Dr. A...



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From left: Los Angeles managing partner Eric E. Sagerman, Associate Justice Chin and David L. Aronoff, head of the firm's liti...


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Daily Journal honors rising attorneys

Mar. 1, 2013
By John Michael

The Daily Journal celebrated 20 years of honoring rising California legal stars with a reception Tuesday night in Santa Monica...



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The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce honored Mayer Brown LLP's Michael "Mickey" Kantor at its 125th Anniversary Inaugural ...


On Feb. 6, the Asian Pacific American legal community honored the appointments of five new Asian Pacific American law professo...



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San Diego County Bar Association members enjoying the new member lounge area at the new headquarters, the Bar Center at 401.


Attorneys Dave Sampson (back, 3rd from left), Gary York (back, 3rd from right), Alan Petlak (back, 2nd from right), Ethan Cher...



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On Feb. 6, Women in Securities (WISe), a new network for women securities defense litigators, held its first event at Bingham ...


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Legal nonprofit honors Assemblymember

Feb. 15, 2013
By John Michael

The Legal Aid Association of California, the statewide membership organization of nonprofit legal services programs, held an a...



On Feb. 7, Hogan Lovells and Fox Entertainment Group partnered with UCLA School of Law's Critical Race Studies Department and ...


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OC trial association celebrates 50 years

Feb. 15, 2013
By John Michael

The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association celebrated its 50th anniversary and installed its officers and board of directors ...



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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at conference

Feb. 15, 2013
By John Michael

Thomas Jefferson School of Law held its 13th annual Women and the Law Conference on Feb. 8 on its new campus in downtown San D...


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A law firm with heart

Feb. 9, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC took the "Lawyers Have Heart" prize, with the largest team among law firms at the Orang...



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Bet Tzedek holds annual gala in Beverly Hills

Feb. 9, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Approximately 1,200 people were in attendance at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 31 to help celebrate Bet Tzedek's 39th annua...


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The Los Angeles County Bar Association's litigation section held its 2013 Bench Meets the Bar Luncheon on Jan. 30, bringing to...



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OC Bar honors local judge

Feb. 9, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

On Jan. 17, the Orange County Bar Association presented Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Firmat with the Franklin ...


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The Alameda County Bar Association held its Board Installation and Distinguished Awards Luncheon on Jan. 25 at the Lake Merrit...



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Nearly 100 attorneys and members of the Los Angeles civil rights community joined together on Jan. 25 for the Anti-Defamation ...


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San Diego Lawyers Club commemorates Roe v. Wade

Feb. 2, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

Lawyers Club co-sponsored the Coalition for Reproductive Choice's annual Roe v. Wade Anniversary Dinner on Jan. 24. Lawyers Cl...



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On Jan. 11, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. hosted the Central District's first South Asian diversity event in the courtroom o...


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Law students learn from alumni attorneys

Jan. 19, 2013
By Caitlin Johnson

A hundred attorneys joined in the inaugural program, "Orientation II: The Legal Profession and Your Place in It" at Loyola Law...