Colleagues Hail Remcho As a Master of Election Law
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph Remcho argued twice before the California Supreme Court over redistricting issues and succeeded both t...
Investors Bypass Arbitration by Taking Securities Firms to Court
By Toni Vranjes
LOS ANGELES - Faced with securities firms' rejection of California's tough new disclosure rules for arbitrators, disgruntled ...
Los Angeles Achieves Cesspool Status Among Judicial Hades Craters
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - It's official. Los Angeles is a hellhole. A judicial hellhole, to be exact. That's the opinion of the...
Date-Rape Suspect Disappears
By Matthew Heller
VENTURA - Wealthy date-rape suspect Andrew Luster failed to show up in court for his trial Monday, forcing a judge to declare ...
Jewish Group Wins Round in Court
By John Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge backed off holding the city of Los Angeles in contempt Monday after a city official pledged that...
Police Release Raw Numbers About Profiling
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - African-Americans and Hispanics driving or walking in the city of Los Angeles are far more likely than whites to...
Prosecutors' Turf Battle Brews in War on Gangs
By David Houston
LOS ANGELES - In the final weeks of 2002, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton and some of his top command staff held meet...
Violation of Ethical Rule Does Not Result in Attorney Liability
By Columnist
Focus Column - Legal Malpractice - By Alec H. Boyd - Looking back on 2002, perhaps the most interesting of the large number of...
Breaking the Cycle of Violence
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Rob DeKoven - As the nation's 15,000 school districts move into 2003, the need to re-examine how they deal w...
Activist Priest Fought for Disadvantaged
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - Robert M. Holstein Jr., a prominent Riverside personal injury lawyer and former priest whose liberal activism onc...
Owner of Strip Club Can Sue City, Judge Rules
By Katherine Gaidos
LOS ANGELES - The owner of an Anaheim strip club who fought for years to open an adult business can pursue a claim against the...
Counsel Will Make Sure Boalt Complies With Bias Statutes
By Karen Coleman
As the messy resignation of former Boalt Hall School of Law dean John Dwyer continues to unravel, lawyers at the University of...
Counting Blessings in the State Capital
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Many in Sacramento's office real estate market are counting their blessings. The loc...
San Francisco's Pain Continues
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ The office market malaise is expected to worsen this year in most of the San Francisco Bay...
NAR Predicts Modest Rebound for U.S. Commercial Real Estate
By Wire
CREJ WIRE REPORT Leasing activity is gaining momentum, setting the pace for what is likely to be a modest rebound in commerci...
Jurist Retires After 16 Years to Pursue Career in Private Judging
By Karen Coleman
After a 16-year judicial career, Superior Court Judge Thomas Ashworth III stepped down from the bench Dec. 30. He plans to pur...
Movie Buff's Suit Says Promised DVD Widescreen Is Optical Illusion
By Eron Yehuda
Los Angeles resident Warren Eallonardo is a film buff with a library of 150 digital videodiscs at his home. "I've loved movies...
Pioneering MoFo Marketer Moves On
By Erik Cummins
In an industry more accustomed to burnout and high turnover than longevity, Carl Whitaker was a true survivor. For 10 years, h...
What's In Store For Investment
By Columnist
BY SCOTT FARB The real estate arena was full of excitement this year. The stock market is down and real estate is in vogue as...
Acting Confident When Bombshells Hit Soothes Jurors
By Contributing Writer
One cornerstone of courtroom success is preparation. Even with zealous preparation, the unexpected mishap is inevitable at tri...
Lawyer Blends Hobby, Career In His Practice of Coin Law
By Liz Valsamis
Robert Levinson loves to talk about coins. He's an avid collector of medieval coins and has turned his passion into a career b...
2003 Office Markets Seen as Rocky in North, Soft in South
By Michael Gottliebn
Forecasting the California real estate scene is a bit like forecasting the weather, according to Stuart Gabriel, director and...
Education Law Miller Brown Opens Outpost in San Diego
By Staff Writer
Miller Brown & Dannis, a law firm that represents public schools and community college districts, has expanded with the o...
Ventura County's High-tech Hangover Lingers
By Contributing Writer
BY JOHN LOESING Special to CREJ Ventura County will maintain its appeal as an attractive alternative in the Southern Californ...
Coporate Partner Switches Firms, Joins Sheppard Mullin
By Staff Writer
Hoping that Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton will be better positioned to serve his startup and middle-market clientel...
Judicate West Looks to Fill Void in San Diego
By Stefanie Knapp
Anticipating the closing of San Diego County's court-ordered mediation program in a year, Judicate West opened a San Diego off...
Overconfidence Slows OC Recovery
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer "Free Occupancy. Sign a Lease by January 2003 and start paying rent in 2004!" Is this ad...
Sporting Chance
By Stefanie Knapp
Fourth-grader Heather Kirchhof walked up to the microphone in the front of a hotel banquet room in San Diego. Wearing jeans an...
Jury Finds Against School Superintendent for Retaliation
By Eron Yehuda
"Smoking gun" evidence wasn't necessary for a Sacramento attorney to convince a jury last month to punish the recently termed-...
Cherokee Buys Brand Names at Auction
By Toni Vranjes
Cherokee Inc. recently acquired the trademark rights to several well-known brands in a bankruptcy auction, then turned around ...