NAPA - Though Philip A. Champlin regards himself as a mere cog in the wheels of justice, that unassuming opinion of himself be...

SANTA ANA - Orange County's efforts to select a new marshal have become mired in controversy following accusations by several...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether plaintiffs who allege fraud by their health care insurers ...

VENTURA - A Ventura County jury this week voted for the first time to send a convicted rapist to a mental hospital for a seco...

It was, said one aspiring young litigator, a "special experience." For another, it was the beginning of what he hopes will be...

Here it is the holiday season, and the State Bar is planning a family get-together. The bar's special-interest sections will p...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Monday will hear arguments in two politically driven cases that ultimately could alter th...

Louis R. "Skip" Miller testified Tuesday that he took seriously his pregnant law partner's requests for a reduced workload an...

SAN JOSE - Even before it enjoys official authority, the nonprofit organization slated to manage the Internet in the 21st cen...

SAN FRANCISCO - Disability Rights Activists paid homage to the Thanksgiving season Tuesday with the group's second annual Tur...

As expected, a judge dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit Tuesday filed against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Califo...

SAN BERNARDINO - A San Bernardino County judge ruled Tuesday that a Yucaipa man is the presumed father of a 5-year-old girl, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The 1999 campaign for district attorney is heating up early, with a fund-raiser for Terence Hallinan set Dec....

One recent afternoon, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ricardo A. Torres looked out the windows of his sixth-floor County Cour...

WASHINGTON - While the justices vigorously guard their privacy, some tidbits about their off-the-bench conduct occasionally sl...

On his first trip to the Bear Mountain Ski Resort, John M. Van Dyke, an experienced skier, slammed into a signpost, which, ir...

SACRAMENTO - Its stated purpose seems simple: Keep dangerous sex offenders off the streets until they are mentally fit to retu...

WASHINGTON - Both inside the courtroom where Microsoft Corp. is fighting antitrust charges and outside on the federal courtho...

Breaking 12 years of self-imposed silence about his ouster, former state Supreme Court justice Cruz Reynoso lambasted former ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The names of at least six potential candidates to replace U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson when he retir...

Whitewater figure Susan McDougal was acquitted Monday of charges she embezzled $50,000 from conductor Zubin Mehta and his wif...

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer, who sat on the criminal courts bench for a quarter-century, presiding...

A criminal defendant must prove he was innocent of the charges against him to win a malpractice suit against his lawyer, the ...

The city of Los Angeles will accept its $312 million portion of the multistate settlement with the tobacco industry, while the...

SAN FRANCISCO - After voicing concerns about creating a "bill of rights" for court commissioners and referees, the state Judi...

A decision is expected within the next 10 days regarding the professional fate of Glendale Municipal Court Commissioner Dona ...

In a decision that may bring a quick end to a bitter clash between two Hollywood studios, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appea...

SAN BERNARDINO - The attorney for the parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing a classmate and dumping his remains in ...

For many years, Phyllis A. Gardner wandered the cubicles and hallways of the U.S. Department of Justice, introducing lawyers ...

Making it more difficult to overturn arbitration awards in state court, a state appeal panel has held that California's strin...