For Richard McLain, becoming a judge was the product not of his ambition but of his gratitude. It's an obligation McLain has ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to soundly reject the contention of Independent Counsel Donald C. Smalt...

Los Angeles prosecutors can continue pursuing a death penalty case against a murder defendant who allegedly tried to have the...

SACRAMENTO - Renewing his bid for court modernization funds, Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Monday indicated that he will ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Pickus, a partner at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, is leaving the firm to become a general partner ...

A judge Monday refused to bar a former Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard employee from using information the law firm c...

For the second time in a year, Tulare County Superior Judge Howard R. Broadman has been reprimanded by the state's judicial d...

SANTA BARBARA - In a case in which a father was held responsible for a reckless act by his adult son, a Santa Barbara Superio...

SAN FRANCISCO - The pain in his shoulders stung so badly, Steve Iacovino could no longer pull on his clothes, shave his face ...

Retired San Francisco police officer William Parenti was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Monday and ordered...

Americans say they believe in the jury system - but large numbers of them, in California and elsewhere, routinely avoid jury ...

Overcoming strong opposition, Los Angeles County Bar Association members voted Saturday to let nonlawyers join the organizati...

SACRAMENTO - Who sits on juries in California? That's the question on the minds of a number of lawmakers, including Sen. Adam...

Debra Reid's emotional battle with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to regain custody of her...

Lending a potential boost to the State Bar of California's prospects in Sacramento, Steven A. Nissen announced Monday that he...

WASHINGTON - Continuing its fine-tuning of employment-discrimination law, the Supreme Court today will consider the standard ...

SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Mike Honda opposes the death penalty. He favors rehabilitating juvenile criminals over locking them ...

An Encino law firm has sued a former staff attorney and two former clients, who the firm alleges failed to pay it for time th...

An Orange County woman claims her attorney pushed her to settle her case against her former employer without properly notifyi...

The law firm of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard has sued a former employee and his attorney, Federico C. Sayre, claim...

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday cleared the way for a high-profile trial next month to decide competing claims by tw...

Gov. Gray Davis has made his first appointment to the state Commission on Judicial Performance, naming San Francisco lawyer M...

SAN FRANCISCO - Three gurus of the tax protest and so-called patriot anti-government movement declared their promise of a leg...

Lawyers in the United States take pride in their profession for adhering to strict standards of attorney-client privilege, av...

For lawyers and judges too liberal to win judicial appointments by Republican governors, the election of Democratic Gov. Gray...

SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge Thursday granted a motion by the district attorney's office to dismiss murder charges agai...

A teen-ager who claims a police officer called her for dates after he detained her at a traffic stop has sued the city of Los...

Los Angeles County Bar Association trustees agreed Wednesday to urge other California bar groups to join them in fighting any...

SAN FRANCISCO - A group of disabled students at the University of California, Berkeley, Wednesday filed a federal suit agains...

Additional details surfaced Thursday about a million-dollar auto insurance fraud ring allegedly masterminded by a former lawy...