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Consumer attorneys hand out honors at annual convention

Nov. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Consumer Attorneys of the Year Award went to Deborah Chang, Randi McGinn, Zoe Littlepage with Athea Trial Lawyers LLP in E...


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will join Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and other comm...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News

Gone With the Dogs

Nov. 13, 2023
By Jessica Lynn Murray


Criminal, Community News

Director Katharine Tinto said it’s the clinic’s 19th successful case since 2017, when its students started compassionate relea...



Education Law, Community News

“I was proud to highlight our commitment to diversity and to advancing the rule of law,” Dean Robert A. Schapiro.


Community News, Civil Rights

Volunteer lawyers from other firms and companies, as well as from other organizations, are invited to participate in this proj...



Community News

“We pulled together 30 thought-leaders from Blank Rome, clients and friends of mine and the firm, to talk about their career d...


Community News

Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP partner Niall P. McCarthy was presented with the Lifetime Legal Achievement Award at the 15t...



Technology, Community News, California Supreme Court

The current and former chief justices of California met on a Sacramento stage on Thursday and talked about a range of issues f...


Community News



Law Practice, Community News

Wednesday's celebration was held in New York and livestreamed to The Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood.


Law Practice, Community News



Community News, California Courts of Appeal

Supreme Court Historical Society bestows legal writer awards

Aug. 22, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The top three writers represented UC Irvine School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law. They read summaries of their papers t...


Community News

Recent scandals in the Southern California legal community cast a pall over what was otherwise an occasion for celebration.



Real Estate/Development, Community News

Attorneys for the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights accused the Los Angeles Community Action Network of having a hand in shaping ...


Real Estate/Development, Community News

Attorneys for the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights accused the Los Angeles Community Action Network of having a hand in shaping ...



Education Law, Community News

LA ABOTA holds 1st mock trial with students

May 25, 2023
By Skyler Romero

“We are really hoping people go home to their families and start thinking about what kind of career they want to have, and we...


Community News



Events, Community News

Justice Joshua Groban of the California Supreme Court talked about the ways in which lawyers can secure bench appointments.


Community News

Rocking for a Cause: Law Rocks Los Angeles sets the Bar High

Mar. 16, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

This event marked the beginning of the 12th Annual Law Rocks World Tour, with its next California battle scheduled for April 2...



Community News, Alternative Dispute Resolution

The CLA Litigation Section Law Rocks, battle of the bands, is returning to Los Angeles

Mar. 7, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The nonprofit organization behind the fundraising event will have 13 bands competing for charities.



Entertainment & Sports, Community News

heir last show was the Violins of Hope concert in March 2020 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre.


Community News, California Courts of Appeal



Law Practice, Environmental & Energy, Community News, Appellate Practice

Founded two years ago to assist with disaster recovery amid the dual crises of COVID-19 and devastating wildfires, California ...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News

The National Judicial College is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023 with special programs scheduled in Miami, New York ...



Judges and Judiciary, Community News, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The prize will be awarded on March 18 at a ceremony in San Diego. Wallace has been a federal judge for 50 years, first on the ...



Community News

“Stanley’s accomplishments are many, and we are proud that he now joins an esteemed group of Learned Hand alumni over these pa...


Community News

Bay Area firms band together to end domestic violence

Oct. 26, 2021
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Banding Together to End Domestic Violence is an annual attorney battle-of-the-bands fundraiser benefiting the Family Violence ...