By Leslie A. Gordon Bob Sherry is an opportunist - in the best sense of the word. A partner at McKenna & Cuneo in San Fra...

In a demonstration endorsed by the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Association, several dozen protesters Friday again ca...

SAN FRANCISCO - Angela Alioto's lives as a San Francisco practitioner and political candidate crossed last week when she file...

SAN DIEGO - Numerous legal issues are raised by a $2.6 million claim filed against the county of San Diego by the widow of sl...

Nearly three years after voters endorsed the compassionate use of marijuana to ease suffering among the medically ill in Cali...

SANTA ANA - One woman said she was pinned to a wall and groped and kissed against her will. Another said she was discouraged ...

Upon graduating from Hastings College of the Law in 1980, James I. Stang carefully surveyed his options. He turned down an of...

PHILADELPHIA - On one of her last days as president of the National Bar Association, Beverly McQueary Smith was still anxious...

SAN FRANCISCO - The beating death two years ago of a German shepherd puppy could send a convicted child molester to prison fo...

Attempting to put an end to one of the largest civil cases in the history of the Los Angeles Superior Court, a judge has take...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court barred bad-faith suits against surety companies Thursday, throwing out a suit th...

By Vincent J. O'Neill Jr. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lilly v. Virginia , 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5782 (June ...

The following is the major portion of a speech the author presented at the White House July 20 for President Clinton's call t...

DENVER - A proposal to create a law for all states governing computer data was approved overwhelmingly Thursday by the Nation...

By Patti S. Kitching I like oral argument. As an attorney, I enjoyed the opportunity to make sure the judge understood my leg...

SAN DIEGO - A whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges fraud and falsification of medical records by two Encinitas companies that ...

Stephen L. Cooley, head deputy of the Los Angeles County district attorney's welfare fraud unit, is the first anticipated can...

A majority of lawyers and judges at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference have urged that attorneys be al...

Gov. Gray Davis announced Thursday he has hammered out a deal with civil rights activists that strips the most controversial ...

SAN DIEGO - A lawyer accused of diverting funds from a client severely disabled in an automobile accident and then sending he...

SIMI VALLEY - The Simi Valley Le Parc condominium complex is supposed to be a place where average Californians enjoy the bene...

SAN FRANCISCO - The replacement of one judge on a divided three-judge federal appeals panel resulted Thursday in the withdraw...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles granted a temporary restraining order against Oppenheimer Wolff & D...

Major Misconduct "Sanchez' Illuminates Evidentiary Issues Faced in Many Criminal Trials By Chuck Sevilla A recent 9th U.S. Ci...

Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Thursday to increase lawyers' rights in State Bar disciplinary proceedings and to force th...

By John M. Curtis With unemployment at record lows, employers scrambling for a finite group of qualified employees and labor ...

^^ On the Courthouse Steps ^^ Unfortunately, there seems to be in recent years a decline in the civility and professionalism ...

The Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach has decided to pursue a merger with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. "We welco...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis, angering affirmative action advocates, on Wednesday vetoed a measure that sought to permit stat...

SAN FRANCISCO - Local employment lawyers are taking note of - and hoping to make use of - the results from a new study using ...