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Law & Order: Prosecutor Conceals Evidence

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

^^LAW & ORDER^^ By Mara V. Watkins Law & Order fans were treated this week to a brand new episode and a guest appeara...


^^Judging Amy^^ By Corky Pickering Mrs. Sandra Vocce and her ex-husband have had an amicable divorce until she objects to the...



Specialist Moves to Sheppard S.D.

Nov. 13, 1999
By Tamara Scott

Specialist Moves To Sheppard S.D. Attorney Richard L. Kintz has been recruited to head the corporate and securities group at ...


Sprowles Will Head Groveman Campaign

Nov. 13, 1999
By Michael Harris

Sprowles Will Head Groveman Campaign J. Schuyler Sprowles, who served as public affairs director under former Los Angeles Cou...



^^Family Law^^ By Erin O'Bryan After a two-week hiatus, the crew at Holt & Associates are misbehaving again this week and...


So Long, Goodbye

Nov. 13, 1999

One would think that a lawyer who abandons his client in a pending case and fails to withdraw properly as counsel of record wo...



Important Innoculation

Nov. 13, 1999
By Columnist

Important Inoculation Act Provides Y2K Amnesty If Strict Requirements Are Met By Kurt Zimmerman President Clinton recently si...


^^The Practice^^ By M.C. Sungaila Rebecca Washington and Eugene Young defend a young woman, Jan Carlson, accused of murdering...



Six Incumbents Fail to File for O.C. Re-Election

Nov. 13, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - The judges in Orange County who did not file for re-election by the filing deadline for incumbents Wednesday were...


SAN FRANCISCO - A contract attorney fired by Latham & Watkins' San Francisco office has sued the firm for breach of contr...



S. F. Environmental Litigator Dead at 47

Nov. 13, 1999
By Elizabeth Freudenthal

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is mourning the unexpected death of the head of its environmental practice, Jo...


Court Sanctions McCutchen for YWCA Conflict

Nov. 13, 1999
By John Roemer

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Superior Court judge has sanctioned and disqualified McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in...



L.A. Bar Votes to Give Aid to State Bar

Nov. 13, 1999
By Don De Benedictis

The trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association have taken steps to protect the struggling State Bar of California and...


Inglewood Settles With Ex-City Official

Nov. 13, 1999
By Michael Harris

The Inglewood City Council has approved a six-figure settlement in a reverse-discrimination lawsuit filed against the city by...



The No. 2 man in the Riverside County public defender's office, Chief Assistant Deputy Public Defender Floyd A. Zagorsky, has...


Animal Instincts

Nov. 13, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Robert Newman doesn't consider himself an animal-rights activist. But it was a near-eviction from an Orange Count...



Vallejo signs Mare Island agreement with Navy

Nov. 12, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

By John McCloud In early October the U.S. Navy signed an economic development conveyance agreement with the Vallejo Redevelop...


Official: Pension System Needs to Be Revamped

Nov. 12, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

Los Angeles County's retirement system should be revamped because in some cases employees are eligible for service-connected ...



DA: Attorney Aided Theft From Infirm

Nov. 12, 1999
By Daniel Jennings

RIVERSIDE - A probate and elder law attorney here has been charged with helping one of his clients steal hundreds of thousand...


Rampart Exposes L.A. to Massive Civil Liabilities

Nov. 12, 1999
By Lauren Bartlett

The city of Los Angeles could become liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims that will almost surely be filed as...



Your honor, we concede the signature on that document appears to be a forgery. And it sure looks like one of our clients did ...


Featured Lease North

Nov. 11, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

Biggest Silicon Valley build-to-suit for 1999 Sobrato Development Cos. signed Exodus Communications Inc. to 10-year leases fo...



Off the skids

Nov. 11, 1999
By John Mc Cloud

Off the skids The price was not high compared to other San Francisco transactions this year, but the $13 million sale of 989 ...


Mating call of a dot.com satisfied

Nov. 11, 1999
By Jane Zastrow

Bill Millichap poses an interesting question, via e-mail, for all to ponder as we continue to observe the allure of the Inter...



Lawyer Escapes The Bar That Really Kills You

Nov. 11, 1999
By Staff Writer

Mill Valley lawyer David Hobler picked up a heavy drinking habit around the same time he was urging courts to rehabilitate, no...


The California Insurance Commissioner announced Tuesday that any European insurance company that does not submit a list of al...



Likely Candidates Emerging for State PD Post

Nov. 11, 1999
By Tom Dresslar

SACRAMENTO - Four or five candidates have emerged as potential successors to State Public Defender Fern M. Laethem. Lynne S. ...


A Swing at the Past

Nov. 11, 1999
By Michael Harris

Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army solider Sara Jane Olson filed three motions Tuesday in Los Angeles Su...



The federal government can impose some limits on the yearly back-country gathering of free spirits known as the Rainbow Famil...


S.D. Couple Charged With Election Vandalism

Nov. 11, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A couple are facing charges that could send the husband to prison because, prosecutors say, they pulled up the wi...