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Litigation


In the Swing

Aug. 12, 2000
By Lisa Madrid

Troy Roe has a kind, trusting face and gentle demeanor, far different from the negative stereotypes featured in the ubiquitous...


Criminal


Naughton Gets Deal of the Century

Aug. 12, 2000
By Contributing Writer

Memo to: Patrick J. Naughton, former Infoseek executive sentenced Wednesday to home detention after being convicted of crossin...


Litigation


Answered and Asked

Aug. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Surprisingly, many trial lawyers fail to take full advantage of their opportunity to cross-examine key witnesses at trial. Too...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Two defendants charged with capital murder should not get a new trial just because the judge presiding in thei...


Public Interest


Poisoned Playpen

Aug. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Every day throughout California, children are being poisoned by ingesting lead-paint chips and dust. This environmental traged...


Discipline


Neglecting Record-Keeping Can Be Costly

Aug. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Most attorneys do not know how to keep proper trust-account records. By JoAnne Earls Robbins. ...


Law Practice


Legal Lateral

Aug. 12, 2000
By Columnist

While business is booming, law firms nevertheless are seeking candidates with specific kinds of expertise. By Valerie Fontaine...


Litigation


Evaluating Evaluators

Aug. 12, 2000
By Columnist

Ed. note: This piece was submitted as a response to a Ringside debate feature on April 7 analyzing the validity of evaluative ...


Law Practice


High Rents Force Remcho Johansen to Relocate

Aug. 12, 2000
By Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The tiny but influential Remcho Johansen & Purcell will throw over its high-rent financial district addres...


Criminal


Media Will Prevent Fair Trial, Lawyer Says

Aug. 12, 2000
By Daniel Evans

VENTURA - Citing the media deluge about the case, San Luis Obispo Public Defender Patricia Ashbaugh made an impassioned plea T...


Litigation


Shooting Victims Sue Gun Makers

Aug. 12, 2000
By From Staff Reporters

Manufacturers of the guns white supremacist Buford Furrow allegedly used during an Aug. 10, 1999, rampage at the North Valley ...


Judges and Judiciary


Courts to Curtail Hours During DNC

Aug. 12, 2000
By David Houston

The clerk's office of the U.S. District Courthouse in Los Angeles will be open during its regular hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., ...


Criminal


Blythe Lawyer Closes Practice During Inquiry

Aug. 12, 2000
By Tessa Jarrett

BLYTHE - What do you call one fewer lawyer in Blythe? Jeffrey J. Hegberg, apparently. One of only six private attorneys in thi...


Criminal


Coach Pleads Guilty to Sex With Student, 15

Aug. 12, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

WESTMINSTER - A 33-year-old Los Alamitos High School basketball coach pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a 15-year-old...


Product Liability


Delay in Recalling Tires Could Cost Firestone

Aug. 12, 2000
By Anne La Jeunesse

Personal injury experts say that Bridgestone-Firestone tire manufacturers are tempting fate and fat legal losses if harm comes...


Government


Lawyers Accuse City Attorney of Judge-Shopping

Aug. 12, 2000
By David Houston

A proposal to consolidate as many as 275 federal lawsuits among a few judges for consistency in rulings and logistical reasons...


Criminal


Volunteer Program Clothes Victims, Witnesses for Court

Aug. 12, 2000
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - Olivia Valdez was five months pregnant when her live-in boyfriend, Jose Santos, came home in a rage one night last...


Government


Nearly two dozen civil rights lawyers today will deliver a message to Los Angeles city and police officials: Messing with prot...


Large Firms


Dems' Catch Phrase: Party On

Aug. 12, 2000
By Tamara Scott

California lawyers and high level business professionals will wine, dine and entertain many of the 35,000 delegates and visito...


Firm Watch


Brown Raysman Adds Three to L.A. Office

Aug. 11, 2000
By Victoria Newman

New York's Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner has added three attorneys to its Los Angeles office. Robert Kovelman, ...


Family


Court Upholds Delayed Award

Aug. 11, 2000
By Daniel Evans

Twenty-eight years after the original order was entered, a San Bernardino County woman sued and won a judgment against her ex-...


Insurance


By Robert Fink. Back in June, State Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Montebello, did consumers a great service by making public confiden...


Labor/Employment


Regarded As

Aug. 11, 2000
By Columnist

By Joseph Posner. There was a genuine issue of material fact on whether United regarded Deppe as disabled that required the re...


Law Practice


Hot and Bothered

Aug. 11, 2000
By Columnist

By Leigh Datzker. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to put a 98.6-degree human being in a wool suit on a 100-degree day. ...


Criminal


Enough Blowing Legal Smoke

Aug. 11, 2000
By Columnist

By Marsha N. Cohen. Marijuana has been back in the news recently, with Hawaii joining five other states that have enacted medi...


Labor/Employment


Dial It In

Aug. 11, 2000
By Columnist

By Karen M. Clemes. The traditional workplace is being redefined as employers and employees opt for flexible work arrangements...


Law Practice


SEC's Noran Camp Joins Gibson Dunn

Aug. 11, 2000
By Staff Writer

By Karen Coleman. Leading corporate transactions firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has landed another high-profile senior attorn...


Criminal


Council Condemns Site for New Station

Aug. 11, 2000
By Chris Ford

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved the condemnation by eminent domain of a San Fernando Valley property for a new...


Judges and Judiciary


SAN FRANCISCO - Now, four judges are on the recall list in Marin County. Verna A. Adams, who was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis ...


The case of a man imprisoned for 22 months on allegedly false charges made by officers involved in the Rampart police corrupti...