Good Access is Good Business
By Columnist
BY W. STEPHEN MCCARTHY AND BOB EVANS Accessibility issues often evoke anxiety and confusion among members of the building indu...
Davis Puts Pair of Civil Litigators On Los Angeles Trial Court Bench
By Leslie Simmons
Two civil litigators, John A. Kronstadt and Rafael Ongkeko, were appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench by Gov. Gra...
IP Division Attracts Specialist to Foley
By Liz Valsamis
Intellectual property specialist William J. Robinson has left Chicago-based Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw to head the West Coas...
Court Staffers Become 'Secret Shoppers'
By Karen Coleman
Alameda County Superior Court staffers got to check one another's work during an October celebration of National Customer Serv...
RAND Institute for Civil Justice Elevates Executive to Director
By Staff Writer
The RAND Institute for Civil Justice promoted Robert Reville to director of the institute Oct. 22. The institute is an indepe...
Bar Group Honors Federal Jurist With Judge of the Year Award
By Staff Writer
The Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County honored U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. with its annual Be...
U.S. Office Buildings Selling at Bargain-Basement Prices
By Wire
BY DEAN STARKMAN Dow Jones Newswires The tech wreck is crunching the price of office buildings. In suburban Denver's high-tech...
ELECTON RESULTS 2002
By Michael Gottliebn
The commercial real estate industry saw big wins on election day, including billions of dollars in funds for new school and a...
Legal Nurse Consulting Field Expands Rapidly Nationwide
By Christina Landers
Many litigators have hired doctors to testify in medical malpractice, product liability, workers' compensation and other lawsu...
Commercial Real Estate Tied to Consumers Fares Well
By Ron Mc Nees
CREJ WIRE REPORT Properties underlying commercial mortgage-backed securities continue to diverge, according to Moody's Invest...
Getting Industrious in L.A.
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor Moving forward with a 100 percent speculative construction project in today's soft ...
Closer Look
By Contributing Writer
In Closing Column - By Stephen Greene and Joshua Henderson - California recognizes an exception to the rule of employment at w...
Growth Season
By Liz Valsamis
The eighth floor of the Figueroa Plaza in downtown Los Angeles still has the fresh-paint and new-carpet smell to it. Cardboard...
Manatt Jones Taps Ex-President of Costa Rica to Chair Advisory Group
By Staff Writer
The consulting branch of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips - Manatt Jones Global Strategies - appointed former Costa Rica Presiden...
A Bid for Biotech
By Contributing Writer
BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ Unilab Corp., a growing player in one of the prevailing economy's rare growth sectors - bi...
Losing GIants Fan Will Sing 'Back in the Saddle Again'
By Stefanie Knapp
With the 2002 World Series over and Angel fever still running rampant throughout Southern California, it's time for some North...
Name Partner at Casey Gerry Receives Kroll Leadership Award
By Staff Writer
The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, honored Frederick Schenk with the David K. Kroll Leadershi...
Collecting the Spirit of Giving in a Box
By Michael Gottliebn
BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor The most meaningful holiday decoration in your building's lobby won't be a Christma...
Hitting the Center of Southern California
By Riley Guerin
By JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Move over, Ontario. In what it called the largest industrial lease in either Orange or L...
Shopping for Centers
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Underscoring Southland investors' voracious appetite for shopping centers, two high-prof...
Akin Grew Too Much, Too Fast, Some Say
By Liz Valsamis
Sources in the legal industry say that the layoffs at Washington, D.C.'s Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld were probably the ...
Five Litigators, One Real Estate Lawyer Move Up at Farella Braun
By Staff Writer
San Francisco's Farella Braun + Martel has elevated five litigators and one real estate attorney to the partnership, effectiv...
Hinshaw & Culberson Opens Office
By Liz Valsamis
In response to client demand, Chicago's Hinshaw & Culbertson opened a Los Angeles office Oct. 1. The office was establishe...
Car Body Shops Face 'Legal Shakedown'
By Joan Osterwalder
Attorneys for auto repair shops say their clients are victims of a "legal shakedown" by a Beverly Hills law firm that sues the...
Beg, Borrow and Steal Loans
By Julie Nakashima
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer Attention Southern California real estate people: Borrow every single penny that you can...
NOW Lauds L.A. Attorney For Her Civil Rights Work
By Stefanie Knapp
Los Angeles lawyer Molly Munger has received a Bringing Up Daughters Differently, or BUDDY, award from the National Organizati...
O'Melveny Expands Presence in Japan by Starting Joint Enterprise
By Staff Writer
Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers has expanded its Japanese presence by establishing a new joint enterprise with Watanab...
Pillsbury Winthrop Elevates Six California Associates to Partner
By Staff Writer
Starting Jan. 1, six California associates, as well as four others, at Pillsbury Winthrop will assume partner status, thanks ...
Making Lemonade Out of Office Lemons
By Contributing Writer
BY JIM EMERSON Special to the CREJ The office market bust could turn into a boon for multifamily housing projects in the San ...
Gas Station Independents Win $71 Million From Giant
By Joan Osterwalder
Respect the little guy. That's the message that attorneys for a dozen independent Shell gas station operators hope to send to ...