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Government


Do we care about lawmakers' extramarital indiscretions? ...


Probate


Avoidance Avenues

Jul. 14, 2001
By Columnist

It is always a better solution to make certain that all clients' assets are formally and properly transferred to their revocab...



Criminal


Oakland Police 'Riders' Must Go to Trial

Jul. 14, 2001
By Matthew King

OAKLAND - Three former Oakland police officers who called themselves as "The Riders" will stand trial on dozens of felony and ...


Judges and Judiciary


Mosk: Jurist, Politician, Gentleman

Jul. 14, 2001
By Peter Blumberg

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundred of admirers of the late Stanley Mosk gathered Thursday at a memorial service to say thanks and good-by...



Bankruptcy


PG&E Can Keep Legal Fees Secret, Judge Says

Jul. 14, 2001
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - Dozens of law firms doing non-bankruptcy business with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will not have to publicly ...


Appellate Practice


Court Sends Agent's Claim to Commish

Jul. 14, 2001
By Katherine Gaidos

LOS ANGELES - A talent agent in manager's clothing is still a talent agent, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, in a ...



Public Interest


AIDS Legal Needs Changing

Jul. 14, 2001
By Karen Coleman

SAN FRANCISCO - The ad campaign for Sunday's AIDS Walk San Francisco features people who say they are walking because they or ...


Law Practice


Law-Office Search Raises Work-Product Questions

Jul. 14, 2001
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SAN BERNARDINO - The charity-embezzlement case against Glendora attorney John Watkins and his co-defendants could be treading ...



Personal Injury & Torts


SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors, not judges, must decide whether Caltrans is immune from lawsuits over allegedly dangerous roadway desi...


Criminal


Laughter, 21-Gun Salute Follow Lawyer Into Grave

Jul. 14, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - Prominent criminal-defense attorney Barry Levin, a decorated Vietnam War hero wounded in action, was buried in t...



Criminal


Judge Berates DAs for Holding Perez

Jul. 14, 2001
By Anne La Jeunesse

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge blasted the district attorney's office Thursday for keeping its key witness i...


Appellate Practice


WASHINGTON - The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Court of Appeals - a traditional punching bag for the Supreme Court - suffered r...



Law Practice


'Starry-Eyed Patriot,' Tender and Sincere

Jul. 13, 2001
By Martin Bergn

LOS ANGELES - Barry Levin was the first lawyer I met in the Criminal Courts Building, during a hearing on the Hawkins case, a ...


Law Practice


An Advocate's Advocate

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

LOS ANGELES - Barry Levin served most recently in my court as the "point man" in the Rampart trial in which he represented Sgt...



Law Practice


A Man for All Seasons, Loved and Admired

Jul. 13, 2001
By Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES - I met Barry in 1990, which was about one year after I had been charged as a criminal defendant in the 39th-and-D...


Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - My friend is dead. For the many of you who knew Barry Levin, the shock of his death leaves an enormous hole wher...



Law Practice


True Hero, Mentor and Indestructible

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

LOS ANGELES - For 20 years, Barry Levin was my weight-lifting partner, friend, colleague and mentor on the important issues of...


Criminal


Low Shot Doesn't Prove Intent to Murder

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

In Gilbert v. State of Georgia, 16 S.E. 652 (1892), Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley held the following for the court, i...



Law Practice


Alhambra Lawyer, 'Champion of the Poor,' Dies

Jul. 13, 2001
By Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - John Trapani, an Alhambra lawyer and native Italian known for his readiness to come to the aid of those in need,...


Discipline


Zip Your Lips

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

The duty of a lawyer to guard the confidential information of a client is perhaps the duty least understood by lawyers. On bei...



Law Practice


Do it Right, Tell the Truth

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

LOS ANGELES - I knew Barry for 30 years, since I was a detective and he was an officer in Newton Division. They called it root...


Criminal


Acquitted Mom's Suit Blasts O.C. Officials

Jul. 13, 2001
By Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A Laguna Niguel woman acquitted last year of murdering her infant son has filed a federal civil-rights suit agains...



Law Practice


LOS ANGELES - Barry and I first started working together back in 1990 on the Hare Krishna Hit Man case, as it was dubbed by th...


Law Practice


A Tough and Honorable Attorney

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

LOS ANGELES - I first met Barry Levin in late 1972 when he was a patrol officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Newton ...



Labor/Employment


Chat Police

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

Employers generally would be permitted to define the limits of the use of their e-mail and voicemail systems - and even to pro...


Labor/Employment


Show and Tell

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

As a matter of 'fundamental fairness,' confidential but relevant information related to the employee's civil suit may be divul...



Law Practice


Relentless Defender, Indomitable Spirit

Jul. 13, 2001
By Columnist

LOS ANGELES - Barry Levin was, in many ways, a protector. As a soldier in Vietnam, he defended the freedom of a foreign people...


Immigration


Bill Would Expand Aliens' Sponsorships

Jul. 13, 2001
By Susan Mc Rae

LOS ANGELES - Zhenfu Ge, 73, is facing deportation because her daughter, who was sponsoring her for a visa to live in the Uni...



Criminal


LOS ANGELES - Convicted killer Robert Rosenkrantz will remain in prison while a state appellate court reviews a trial judge's ...


Employee Benefits


'Copycat' Suit Says Workers Lost Pay

Jul. 13, 2001
By Donna Huffaker

LOS ANGELES - On the heels of a $90 million verdict against an insurance company for cheating employees out of premium pay for...