SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown has anointed a young deputy renown for his trial skills as his secon...

SACRAMENTO - As Gov. Pete Wilson ends his eight-year tenure and considers another run for the White House in 2000, he leaves b...

In a rare display of mutual support for a new law that has changed the legal culture of Juvenile Court, Los Angeles County Di...

WASHINGTON - Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Convicted felons should not testify for prosecutors in criminal trials. According to plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Rodriguez, th...

RIVERSIDE - A former truck driver described by prosecutors as a sexual deviant has been convicted of murdering a 7-year-old g...

When Edward Masry was sued last year for legal malpractice he vowed he would file his own lawsuit for malicious prosecution a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Moving quickly to take advantage of a last-minute vacancy, Gov. Pete Wilson on Thursday named Associate Justi...

SAN BERNARDINO - Linda Reno says she was just trying to do her job in May when she fielded a call from a distraught man seeki...

SANTA ANA - The 4th District Court of Appeal has ordered a trial court judge to delve into the personnel file of a retired ass...

For decades, appellate lawyers have endured a certain reputation for -- how shall we say this? - being a bit dweeby. "Yes, th...

SACRAMENTO - Bystanders would become criminals if they observe but fail to report violent crimes under a newly proposed "Good...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Wednesday signed the final judgment that commits the state of California, its ci...

SAN BERNARDINO - Building a new San Bernardino County courthouse and converting the old building into office space are among ...

A Pasadena attorney testified Wednesday that he had sexual relations with a client and former law school student at various t...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton did not lie under oath in the Monica Lewinsky matter, White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff to...

The maker of Rezulin, a drug said to correct the cause of diabetes, has been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court for unfair co...

The Los Angeles City Council approved spending more than $1 million Wednesday to settle lawsuits filed by four teen-agers who...

The incoming Los Angeles Superior Court supervising judge has previewed how he will administer the criminal courts for the ne...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism about the constitutionality of a unique Chicago ordinan...

As the child of Israeli intellectuals working in Ethiopia, Daniel Grunfeld lived a fairly privileged life. Still, his parents,...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that it will allow abused elders to recover damages for pain a...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - At 42, Christine Lagarde is one of the women in the legal profession who epitomize sophistication, profes...

The Los Angeles police inspector general would have the authority to conduct investigations of all aspects of the department ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Consider the fact that San Francisco's estimated economic output each month is $2.5 billion, or $60 million a...

Creating an independent inspector general to review county claims, settlements and judgments is one of the policy changes Los...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton's conduct in the Monica Lewinsky matter was "sinful but not impeachable," his special counsel ...

SAN DIEGO - The teen-ager sitting in Margaret Hillenbrand's chambers appeared uncomfortable. Arrested on a petty theft charge,...

SAN DIEGO - Ugly allegations - including bribed witnesses and misconduct on the part of a U.S. attorney - are emerging as Ban...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Fourth Amendment is violated by a unique Iowa law that allow...