Judge Achieves Childhood Ambition of Career in Law
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diana M. Wheatley knew from the time she was a little girl what she wanted to b...
Steefel Levitt Nabs Three Hires From Goodin MacBride
By Erik Cummins
Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, a midsize San Francisco business and litigation firm, has acquired three lawyers from Goodin, Mac...
Building Trust in Foreclosures
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIG CREJ Staff Writer Kenneth W. McGee has no qualms about the court-appointed receiver stepping into the S...
With Honors
By Tina Spee
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has tapped Frank Zerunyan, partner at Los Angeles' Sulmeyer, Kupetz, Baum...
S.F. Officials Back Suit Against Tutor-Saliba
By Tyler Cunningham
BY TYLER CUNNINGHAM Special to CREJ SAN FRANCISCO - County supervisors backed an ambitious lawsuit by City Attorney Dennis He...
Conference Showcases Products, Ideas
By Stefanie Knapp
The Association of Legal Administrators annual conference, held today through April 10 in San Diego, has everything you need t...
Management Guru Outlines Development Plan for Firms
By Karen Coleman
A hefty little practice management reference book, "Lawyers' Professional Development: The Legal Employer's Comprehensive Guid...
Two Courts Will Weigh Ephedra Question
By Eron Yehuda
The maker of a popular dietary supplement containing the herbal stimulant ephedra has touted its product, Xenadrine RFA-1, as ...
Redevelopment Tract
By Michael Gottliebn
When Ed Rosenthal, vice president at CB Richard Ellis in downtown Los Angeles, took the podium at last month's Urban Marketpl...
Tenant's Insurance
By Columnist
BY MICHAEL CARBONE Many large corporate tenants prefer to carry their own fire and casualty insurance, rather than have the l...
MoFo Elects IP Litigator to Co-Chair 300-Lawyer Group
By Liz Valsamis
Morrison & Foerster has elected David C. Doyle to co-chair its 300-attorney intellectual property practice along with Glad...
Mixed Blessings for Downtown L.A.
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEBCREJ Assignment Editor Bank of America's decision to remain in downtown Los Angeles is a victory for the ar...
Seller's Market
By Contributing Writer
In Closing Column - By Sharon Berman - While marketing has become a watchword of many prominent law firms, the term "sales" do...
Fast Lane
By John Ryan
Chaotic circumstances can lead law firms to act out of character. Take Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, the law firm equ...
Disabled Woman Gored by Cow Wins $915,000
By Joan Osterwalder
Vickie Perry, dressed in her red McDonald's uniform, was walking to a bus stop in Fresno on her way to work when a horned Mexi...
Summary-Judgment Changes Affect Timing and Strategy
By Contributing Writer
Civil Procedure Column - By Gordon R. Levinson - Summary judgments are a touchy subject among civil litigants in California. S...
Another Trophy Property Up for Grabs
By Riley Guerin
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Another trophy office building is up for sale in downtown San Diego. This time, the offe...
Standing Up to the Threat of Terror
By Christine Malamanig
BY CHRISTINE MALAMANIGCREJ Staff Writer The constant threat of terrorism is transforming the forensic engineering profession. ...
Photographer Loses Suit Over 'Shot' of Vodka
By Stefanie Knapp
With its dark-blue glass and gold lettering, a bottle of Skyy Vodka has a distinct look. A San Francisco photographer claims t...
Gray Cary Hires New Head of Life Sciences Practice Group
By Liz Valsamis
Palo Alto's Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich has hired a former venture capital lawyer and chief legal officer for two life sc...
Nanotechnology Star Goes Over to Pillsbury Winthrop
By Joel Rosenblatt
Tom Thomas has left Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly's Palo Alto office to co-chair Pillsbury Winthrop's nanotechnology practi...
Chapters' Merger Boosts Programs, Resources
By Stefanie Knapp
Legal administrators in Los Angeles have earned some bragging rights in the Association of Legal Administrators. Their newly f...
Orange County Adjacent: A Desirable Location
By Andrea Rosas
BY ANDREA ROSAS CREJ Staff Writer In the past few years, the city of Riverside has become a cost-efficient location for indus...
Entertainment Pro Joins Bryan Cave
By Liz Valsamis
Ronald Jacobi, former general counsel of Sony Pictures Entertainment, has joined Bryan Cave's Santa Monica office as of-counse...
Making Peace with El Toro
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Those who have been holding their breath over the future shape of development at the for...
Bay Area Lawyers Look for Greener Pastures, Stability
By Erik Cummins
San Francisco's Deborah Bailey-Wells says Bay Area lawyers are on the move these days as in no other time in recent memory. Ma...
Cadence Leases Excess Property To Health Net
By Toni Vranjes
San Jose technology company Cadence Design Systems Inc. has subleased 45,000 square feet of office space in Oregon to managed ...
Pillsbury Helps Sonicblue Pursue Relief
By Toni Vranjes
Consumer electronics company Sonicblue Inc., which has been entangled in a legal dispute with the entertainment industry over ...
Condo-Mania Hits San Diego
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer When Alpine Views sold last month for $137,000 per unit, the unassuming apartment buildin...
Boeing Appealing Property Tax Bill
By Wire
SANTA BARBARA (AP) - Boeing Corp. is appealing its county property tax bill, contesting a $216 million valuation of the aeros...