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Yo yo yo. John Kirkland is in the house. He's not a rapper, but he knows a thing or two about hip-hop culture. The Greenberg T...


Portland-based Bullivant Houser Bailey has added a pair of attorneys to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm announced O...



Minneapolis-based Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly also elevated a group of three associates to partner. Anthony Diepenbrock ...


Santa Ana's Callahan & Blaine is known more for its work in business and insurance litigation than personal injury, which ...



The partnership at Clifford Chance elected a new managing partner for its Americas region, the firm announced Oct. 11. John K...


Nephew Alleges Mortuary Ignored Aunt's Last Wishes

Nov. 5, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

Gladys Bohn carefully planned the details of her funeral, down to choosing peach carnations, yellow pompons and bronze and yel...



Lawyer Sold Suds While Reciting Rhymes

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

"Beer here - get your beer here!" That phrase, heard throughout sports stadiums in every part of the country, is so common tha...


The Fallout of Fiscal Responsibility

Nov. 5, 2002
By Michael Gottliebn

BY MICHAEL GOTTLIEB CREJ Assignment Editor It's been a year since the Enron debacle came to light. Unethical behavior and a l...



Creating the 'Greatest' Rancho

Nov. 5, 2002
By Riley Guerin

BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The last remaining acreage of Rancho Mission Viejo, the largest private landholding in O...


The Automobile Club of Southern California has tapped Avery R. Brown as vice president and general counsel. His first day was...



BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer San Diego County is setting the pace for investment in Southern California multifamily r...


Even Keel

Nov. 5, 2002
By Erik Cummins

It's been a yearlong coming-out party for Silicon Valley litigators now that the shine's off the dot-com boom's high fliers, l...



Not So Simple

Nov. 5, 2002

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution: Pro & Con - Pro by Jeff Kichaven - Con by Robert S. Mann ...


Making Money in Midsize Offices

Nov. 5, 2002
By Contributing Writer

BY BRAD BERTON Special to the CREJ Because of low interest rates, continued jitters on Wall Street and resilient California a...



Corporate Specialist Heads South

Nov. 5, 2002
By John Ryan

David Odrich has switched firms and his geographic base in a move designed to add corporate strength to Pillsbury Winthrop's S...


Recording Industry Wins Legal Fight

Nov. 5, 2002
By Christina Landers

The Recording Industry of America, best known for successfully challenging Napster Inc. in court and effectively putting the m...



Lawyer Does Handsprings Over Treo 270

Nov. 5, 2002
By Columnist

Business Center Column - Technology - By Paul R. Kiesel - "I have found it." The e-mail message arrived mysteriously and crypt...


A trio of lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis just completed its first month as partner. The ...



Jeffer Mangels Nabs Land Use Pro

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

Kerry Shapiro only had to move downstairs when he switched law firms. Shapiro left the San Francisco office of Baker & McK...


Companies Successfully Venture Forth

Nov. 5, 2002
By Toni Vranjes

The good news is that some companies have gone public in the past few weeks. The bad news is that the initial public offering ...



Gordon & Rees has nabbed securities litigation expert Michael P. McCloskey from the San Diego office of Baker & McKen...


BY RAY A. SMITH Dow Jones Newswires Here's a shopping tip: Think small. When it comes to regional shopping malls, that's exac...



Litigator Uses Lemon to Make Lawsuit Lemonade

Nov. 5, 2002
By Joan Osterwalder

San Francisco lawyer Mike Bettinger believes a lemon helped him win a defense verdict in a patent infringement case over radia...


Students Observe a Lawyer's Life

Nov. 5, 2002
By Stefanie Knapp

The National Youth Leadership Forum on Law rolled into Los Angeles on Oct. 22, bringing 350 eager students from around the cou...



Entertainment lawyer Randolph Paul has joined Greenberg Traurig from Los Angeles' Gipson, Hoffman & Pancione as partner. ...


Council OKs Sabbaticals For Judges

Nov. 5, 2002
By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - Aiming to stem the exodus of experienced judges from the bench, the state Judicial Council has approved a pil...



Sidley Austin Brown & Wood is expanding its presence in Japan thanks to a joint venture with a group of lawyers there, th...


Probation Shake-Up on Ballot

Nov. 5, 2002
By Karen Coleman

OAKLAND - A nine-year struggle between an Alameda County supervisor and the chief probation officer has culminated in a ballo...



Police Use Team Approach to Aid Homeless

Nov. 5, 2002
By Jeffrey Anderson

LOS ANGELES - Officer William Shipman of the Pasadena Police Department climbed into his cruiser and hit the streets for his r...


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.-based Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld laid off 12 attorneys and...