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Education


Quotes and Quotas

Feb. 5, 2003
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - San Diego immigration lawyer Andrea Guerrero couldn't have planned a better publication date for her first bo...


Insurance


SAN FRANCISCO - The transfer of assets and liabilities from one corporation to another does not automatically include insuran...



Judges and Judiciary


Job Allows Jurist to Expand His Public Service

Feb. 5, 2003
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

FONTANA - San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Michael R. Libutti had a no-frills childhood, living with his mother and two bro...


Criminal


Producer Taps Simpson Lawyer

Feb. 5, 2003
By Gale Holland

LOS ANGELES - Robert L. Shapiro, credited with assembling the renowned "dream team" in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, is repr...



Criminal


Ex-Inmate's Rights Suit OK'd

Feb. 5, 2003
By Pam Mac Lean

SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday that a Nevada public defender's office may be sued for alle...


Intellectual Property


Patent Bar Apparently Won Little From PTO

Feb. 5, 2003
By Xenia Kobylarz

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday quietly backed off plans to impose punitive fees on applicants...



Litigation


Lack of Precedent Doesn't Deter Lawyer

Feb. 4, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

While preparing for his most recent trial, attorney Gary Barr had a little difficulty with his research. Barr wanted to use a ...


Firm Watch


Fulbright's L.A. Leader Ready to Move On

Feb. 4, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

In 1989, Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski acquired Reavis & McGrath. The New York-based firm had a second office in Los ...



Litigation


Orange County Superior Court Judges Christopher Strople and David H. Brickner are slated for retirement in February. The two ...


Firm Watch


Are bad times a good time to invest? Chicago's Winston & Strawn seems to think so. The 850-lawyer business and litigation ...



Firm Watch


Andrea Wirum has done it before, and she'll do it again. Wirum, a securities, finance and insolvency partner with Pillsbury Wi...


Litigation


What is believed to be the only legal advocacy group in California with its own television show broadcasts its message of tort...



Litigation


Female Attorney Shatters Glass Ceiling

Feb. 4, 2003
By Stefanie Knapp

Donna Melby didn't just crack the glass ceiling with her Jan 18 induction as the vice president of the American Board of Trial...


Litigation


Contrary to published reports, Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Lodge did not preside last month over the wedding ...



Firm Watch


After four years serving as Munger Tolles & Olson's co-managing partner, Ruth Fisher stepped down from the position Dec. 3...


Firm Watch


News came in a flurry this month for Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson. First, the public agency law boutique moved it...



Bankruptcy


Four months after seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, San Diego software company Peregrine Systems Inc. has filed a plan...


Transactions


San Diego International Changes Hands

Feb. 4, 2003
By Toni Vranjes

In the wee hours of Jan. 1, a team of Morrison & Foerster attorneys had more to celebrate than just the start of another y...



Litigation


The American Bar Association has selected Daniel Bookin and Douglas Young to head the white-collar crime sub-committee of the...


Litigation


The Impact Fund, a Berkeley-based foundation that awards grants to those litigating public-interest cases, marked its 10th ann...



Litigation


'L.A. Angel' Loses Lawsuit by Default

Feb. 4, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

"L.A. Angel," a neon-and-metal sculpture in downtown Los Angeles, became the centerpiece of a December dispute that was far fr...


Litigation


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge J. Michael Byrne will retire March 8 after 21 years on the bench, both as a Municipal Court ...



Firm Watch


Manatt Phelps Adds Irvine Partner

Feb. 4, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Los Angeles' Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited Ellen Marshall, a 15-year veteran of Morrison & Foerster's Irvine...


Litigation


H. Don Christian, a sole practitioner from Covina, was elected a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner by the court's judge...



Litigation


Deal-Shrinkin g

Feb. 4, 2003
By Columnist

By Tara Fass Using a little intuition and knowing the psychology behind deal making, you can improve your negotiation skills ...


Firm Watch


Alvarado Smith Hires Assemblyman

Feb. 4, 2003
By Liz Valsamis

Irvine's Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez will be relying on the help of state Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, R-Orange, to counsel the...



Public Interest


Starry Night

Feb. 4, 2003
By Jeffrey Anderson

By Jeffrey Anderson The Scene turned out a week ago Saturday for Bet Tzedek Legal Services' annual fundraiser. The place: Cen...


Transactions


Software company CollabNet Inc. of Brisbane raised $13 million in its third round of private financing, which will help it exp...



Litigation


Jury Says City Must Pay Landslide Losses

Feb. 4, 2003
By Joan Osterwalder

The landslide created little mounds of dirt before it suddenly dropped, creating a scarp and 35-foot-deep fissures. The roiled...


Technology & Science


Ready or Not

Feb. 4, 2003
By Contributing Writer

By Daniel R. Miller and Ted Brooks In the motion picture "Minority Report," a thriller set in 2054, Tom Cruise plays a police...