Jeffrey Lefstin, an associate at San Francisco's Townsend and Townsend and Crew, has received the 2000 Ladas Memorial Student...

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce has recognized real estate attorney Tom Larmore for his work fighting Santa Monica's pro...

While there is a growing consensus about how 'Apprendi' should be applied, there are also areas of disagreement. ...

Latham & Watkins litigator Will Fitton is no tomb raider, but he does know his way around Cambodian ruins. In March, the ...

LOS ANGELES - Like a ball of twine with a mysterious, possibly hollow center, the murder conspiracy case against former Symbio...

SANTA ANA - Orange County's Superior Court judges have elected their new presiding judges for the coming year. Judge Frederic...

SAN JOSE - The former Cadence engineer whose theft of his employer's software code led to the discovery of substantial trade-s...

SAN FRANCISCO - This is the state of film and law classes today: Hours-long discussions parsing Glenn Close's use or misuse of...

LOS ANGELES - City Attorney-elect Rocky Delgadillo named the members of his two-tiered transition team Friday, surrounding him...

SAN FRANCISCO - The legal battle over who will get five of Jerry Garcia's celebrated guitars will stay in probate court, says...

SAN FRANCISCO - The head of San Francisco Superior Court has shuffled the magisterial deck, reassigning about half a dozen jud...

SAN DIEGO - The city attorney on Friday filed misdemeanor spousal abuse charges against Superior Court Judge Geary D. Cortes. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Mom or Dad must be told they may counsel their child before federal agents start asking questions, the 9th U.S...

SAN DIEGO - From the beginning, it was a contest of stamina - increasing the surprise when a tiny San Diego law office outlast...

SAN BERNARDINO - Struck by polio before his second birthday, Dennis L. Stout got an early lesson in adversity that, years late...

SAN FRANCISCO - Marina Grauberger thought she would take home $63,500 from the settlement of her auto accident injuries. But t...

SANTA ANA - Citing insufficient evidence, a judge Friday threw out the more serious of two charges against a former Orange Cou...

SAN FRANCISCO - America Online Inc. cannot force its California customers to litigate claims against the company in its home s...

Lawyer, historian and journalist Carey McWilliams once described Southern California as "an island on the land." Although McWi...

The court came down in favor of the heirs of the Stooges, but its reasoning provides little aid in predicting how future cases...

LOS ANGELES - From braving the Alaskan cold to clerk for a state Supreme Court judge to serving as a deputy public defender in...

SAN FRANCISCO - The pack of hopefuls aspiring to become San Francisco's top municipal lawyer became more crowded Thursday as ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys defending Contra Costa County against discrimination charges were accused by U.S. District Court Ju...

SAN FRANCISCO - A memorial service for the late Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Wilsh...

SAN FRANCISCO - A majority of an 11-judge federal appeals panel peppered both sides with aggressive questions Thursday in a Wa...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Los Angeles man who robbe...

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury on Thursday awarded $3.6 million in damages to a former Los Angeles Police Department civilian em...

SACRAMENTO - The state Assembly approved a sweeping new substance-abuse program for attorneys Thursday as the State Bar's chi...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court has adopted a plan to better screen incoming cases so that the justices are more...

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court cleared another hurdle in the Los Angeles Unified School District's attempts to either a...