Top 30 Women Litigators - Carol A. Salmacia - The victories of plaintiffs' attorneys often make for splashy headlines. But whe...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Margaret Holm - Margaret Holm Margaret Holm led the way for female attorneys in Orange County. Holm'...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Nancy L. Abell - As a young woman in college, Nancy L. Abell found grappling with people's mental an...
Top 30 Women Litiagtors - Mary E. Alexander - Next month, San Francisco attorney Mary E. Alexander will take over as president...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Juanita Brooks - With a father serving in the Air Force, Juanita Brooks spent her early childhood bo...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Lori A. Scechter - When most people stroll down the supermarket aisles, they see products such as ap...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Donna D. Melby - Los Angeles attorney Donna D. Melby has a strong father to thank, in part, for her ...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Michèle Corash - Michèle Corash's client list runs the gamut. From the wine industry to the Port of ...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Madelyn Chaber - Not long after blazing a trail in California tobacco litigation, San Francisco atto...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Suzelle Smith - Suzelle Smith In 1985, Suzelle Smith and Don Howarth struck out on their own to form...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Debra E. Pole - Attorney Debra E. Pole had the good fortune to be taken under a judge's wing when sh...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Amy Fisch - Amy Fisch Solomon loves to stick up for the little guy. Solomon, a partner at Girardi &a...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Carla Feldman - Carla Feldman started her career as a litigator with a mission to change the system...
Top 30 Women Litigators - Michelle Reinglass - Laguna Hills-based Michelle Reinglass knew when she went to Western State Unive...
LOS ANGELES - Just five months after he was tapped to head the criminal division of the Los Angeles city attorney's office, Ge...
SAN FRANCISCO - Professional fees for the first year of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankruptcy exceeded $46 million, with...
SAN FRANCISCO - Injured motorists who are uninsured cannot collect damages for pain and suffering from a private party who has...
SAN DIEGO - A cell-phone call made by David A. Westerfield, charged with kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam,...
WASHINGTON - Two California presidential nominees commanded the attention of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, with one...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration Reform Measure is Amended
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - One of the key measures in a package of bills that would impose reforms on alternative dispute resolution has bee...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hastings College of the Law has caved to state Sen. John Burton in its showdown over its much-disputed parking...
SANTA ANA - Down south in New Orleans for a deposition in 1989, San Diego trial attorney Virginia Nelson stopped to watch a st...
SAN JOSE - In a tart opinion, a federal judge has kept alive a lawsuit by members of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Holme Roberts & Owen, a 200-attorney firm based in Denver, has announced plans to open a San Francisco out...
LOS ANGELES - Irving H. Brott, a Los Angeles sole practitioner who will be remembered for his pro bono work for the University...
Law Practice
Jury Mulls Case of Man Charged in DA Threats
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A Superior Court jury is deliberating the case against a Moreno Valley man who authorities say pleaded guilty to a...
SAN FRANCISCO - A bare-chested photo of former "Baywatch" star Jose Solano Jr. on the cover of Playgirl Magazine, along with m...
SAN FRANCISCO - A construction worker who believed a contract could convey parenthood has won an award against a fertility cli...
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - In 1996, welfare reform became law. Since its passage, the number of families on welfar...