Hip-Hop Fan Spins Spiel, Seals Deal, Keeps It Real
By Toni Vranjes
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...
Bullivant Houser Brings Pair Of Attorneys to San Francisco
By Staff Writer
Portland-based Bullivant Houser Bailey has added a pair of attorneys to the firm's San Francisco office, the firm announced O...
Oppenheimer Wolff Grants Trio Of Associates Partnership Status
By Staff Writer
Minneapolis-based Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly also elevated a group of three associates to partner. Anthony Diepenbrock ...
Bizarre Accident Results In $13 Million Settlement
By Eron Yehuda
Santa Ana's Callahan & Blaine is known more for its work in business and insurance litigation than personal injury, which ...
Clifford Chance Chooses Its Managing Partner in Americas
By Staff Writer
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
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
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
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
By Riley Guerin
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer The last remaining acreage of Rancho Mission Viejo, the largest private landholding in O...
Auto Club Takes General Counsel From O'Melveny & Myers in L.A.
By Staff Writer
The Automobile Club of Southern California has tapped Avery R. Brown as vice president and general counsel. His first day was...
'New Silicon Valley' Attracts Apartment Investment
By Riley Guerin
BY JULIE NAKASHIMA CREJ Staff Writer San Diego County is setting the pace for investment in Southern California multifamily r...
Even Keel
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
Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution: Pro & Con - Pro by Jeff Kichaven - Con by Robert S. Mann ...
Making Money in Midsize Offices
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
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
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
By Columnist
Business Center Column - Technology - By Paul R. Kiesel - "I have found it." The e-mail message arrived mysteriously and crypt...
Kirkland & Ellis L.A. Office Lifts Three to Partner Rank
By Staff Writer
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
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
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 Entices Partner Away From Baker & McKenzie
By Staff Writer
Gordon & Rees has nabbed securities litigation expert Michael P. McCloskey from the San Diego office of Baker & McKen...
Retail Investors Find Bargains in Smaller Cities
By Wire
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
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
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...
Greenberg Traurig's L.A. Outpost Strengthens Entertainment Group
By Staff Writer
Entertainment lawyer Randolph Paul has joined Greenberg Traurig from Los Angeles' Gipson, Hoffman & Pancione as partner. ...
Council OKs Sabbaticals For Judges
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 Pairs Up With Nishikawa & Partners in Tokyo
By Staff Writer
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
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
By Jeffrey Anderson
LOS ANGELES - Officer William Shipman of the Pasadena Police Department climbed into his cruiser and hit the streets for his r...
Akin Doles Out 15 Pink Slips at Outpost in L.A.
By Liz Valsamis
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles office of Washington, D.C.-based Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld laid off 12 attorneys and...