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Erwin Chemerinsky talks about the future of UC-Irvine law

Posted on April 10, 2008
UC-Irvine's new law school plans to take cues from how medical schools teach their students. Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky told Los Angeles City Beat that he plans to require law students to get clinical experience by working directly with clients,...

San Diego City attorney challengers would abandon pension case

Posted on April 10, 2008
Four candidates for San Diego City Attorney agreed at a debate yesterday that they'd abandon the effort by incumbent Mike Aguirre to roll back benefits from city workers, KPBS reported (LISTEN). Supporters of Aguirre, who didn't show up for the...

L.A. Superior Court Juge Francis Hourigan III retires

Posted on April 10, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Francis Hourigan III will officially retire on Tuesday, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Hourigan, 66, is a former prosecutor at the District Attorney's Office and spent over two decades on the bench. His last working day...

L.A. Commissioner Ronald Slick retires

Posted on April 10, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Ronald Slick retired on March 31, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Presiding Judge Stephen Czuleger ordered a quick election to determine the successor for Slick, who was elected as a commissioner in 1996, MetNews reported...

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Grand jury finds negligence by O.C. jail deputies

Posted on April 09, 2008
A grand jury transcript shows widespread negligence by O.C. sheriff's deputies at the county's largest detention center. The 7,000 page transcript was released two weeks after Superior Court Judge James Stotler ruled that the Sheriff's Department had no legal reason...

Young criminals moving from state custody to counties

Posted on April 09, 2008
Hundreds of young people will be move from state custody to be locked up or supervised in their home counties, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The move is part of a 2004 court-ordered overhaul of the state's Division of Juvenile...

Nine judges side with controversial ADA lawyer, but not enough

Posted on April 09, 2008
Nine judges on the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sided with lawyer Thomas Frankovich in his fight to keep filing ADA lawsuits in California's Central District, The Recorder reported. But it wasn't enough to get the court to take...

O.C. Judge James Brooks to retire over misconduct

Posted on April 09, 2008
Orange County judge James Brooks is retiring rather than facing disciplinary proceedings, The Recorder reported. Brooks, who joined the O.C. Superior Court a decade ago, accepted a public admonishment and agreed to permanently retire from the bench, as part of...

Four L.A. firms make NLJ's 2008 Appellate Hot List

Posted on April 08, 2008
Four Los Angeles-based law firms made it onto The National Law Journal's first annual Appellate Hot List. The unscientific survey picked firms with at least one significant appellate win since January 2007 and an impressive track record overall. A significant...

Judge dimisses suit over right to wear Islamic head scarves in courthouse

Posted on April 08, 2008
A federal judge has dismissed religious claims brought by a Muslim woman over her right to wear a hijab, the traditional head scarf of the Islamic faith, while in a courthouse holding facility. In a March 26 order, U.S. District...

La Jolla attorney gets 63 months for defrauding investors

Posted on April 08, 2008
A former La Jolla-based attorney Cameron Campbell was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Friday for defrauding over 90 investors out of a total of $4.5 million, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Campbell and others convinced people to invest...

Two join Hunton & Williams as partners in environmental law

Posted on April 08, 2008
Environmental lawyers Chris Amantea and Malcolm Weiss joined Hunton & Williams' Los Angeles office as partners. Amantea was previously at partner at McDermott Will. He focuses on regulatory and litigation matters involving toxic substances, air and water quality, land use...

Bail set at $1.4 million for Wilkes

Posted on April 08, 2008
A San Diego judge set bail at $1.4 million for defense contractor Brent Wilkes while he appeals his 12 year sentence for bribery and other charges.

Judge postpones Carona trial to August

Posted on April 08, 2008
Former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona's public corruption trial was pushed back to August 26, CBS 2 reported. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford agreed to postpone the trial at a hearing last Friday, as defense attorneys asked for more...

Manatt nabs O'Melveny real estate partner

Posted on April 08, 2008
Real estate lawyer Steve Edwards joined Manatt Phelps's Orange County office as of counsel. Edwards was previously a partner at O'Melveny & Myers' O.C. office, co-chairing their real estate practice group. He's the second real estate partner and third attorney...

Skadden promotes two to partner

Posted on April 08, 2008
Skadden promoted tax lawyer Michael Beinus and litigator Peter Morrison to partner at their Los Angeles office, The Recorder reported. Beinus focusing on complex partnership transactions, real estate investment trusts, debt and equity offerings, restructurings and mergers and acquisitions...

Richardson & Patel form alliance with Chinese firm

Posted on April 08, 2008
Richardson & Patel is joining forces with Li & Partners, a 60-lawyer firm in China. The alliance enables Richardson & Patel, which has offices in Los Angeles and New York, to deploy resources to its clients in Asia, expand its...

Louis Mezzullo elected secretary of ACTEC

Posted on April 08, 2008
Rancho Santa Fe attorney Louis Mezzullo was named the secretary of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). ACTEC is a national non-profit made up of 2,600 attorneys practicing trust and estate law. Mezzullo, a Luce Forward partner,....

Threats against L.A. courts officials nearly tripled in 2007

Posted on April 07, 2008
The number of threats against members of Los Angeles county court system nearly tripled, the Daily Breeze reported. Court records show an increased in number of threats from 99 (2006) to 267 (2007) reports the newspaper. "It's rare when a...

Legal work slowing down in San Diego

Posted on April 07, 2008
San Diego law firm's have seen no increase in the type of legal work associated with an economic downturn, such as litigation, backruptcy and reorganization work, the San Diego Business Journal reported. This may be a national trend if a...

L.A. judges elect Sharon Lewis Miller as court commissioner

Posted on April 07, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court judges elected deputy alternate public defender Sharon Lewis Miller as a court commissioner, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Miller plans to fill the seat, vacated by Gary Polinsky?s retirement, on Wednesday. Judges elect candidates for vacant superior...

Two Sonnenschein Nath partners go to Davis Wright's L.A. office

Posted on April 07, 2008
Health lawyers Robert Girard and David Volk joined Davis Wright's Los Angeles office as a partner and of counsel, respectively. They were previously partners at Sonnenschein Nath. Girard has represented a variety of institutional and professional healthcare providers over the...

Corporate lawyer Bryan Gadol joins Dorsey & Whitney as partner

Posted on April 07, 2008
Corporate lawyer Bryan Gadol joined Dorsey & Whitney's Irvine office as a partner. Godol will continue to focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public and private securities offerings, private equity and venture capital transactions, SEC reporting and corporate governance...

Appeals Court: No discrimination immunity for bulletin board web sites

Posted on April 04, 2008
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a website can be sued for violating California's Fair Housing Act by matching roommates based on their age, sex and parenthood, the Los Angeles Times reported. The majority took issue...

PG&E settles last of Erin Brockovich lawsuits

Posted on April 04, 2008
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settled the last of several lawsuits against it, claiming responsibility for poisoning water in Hinkley, Calif. as shown in the 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich." PG&E agreed to pay $20 million to 104 people exposed to...

Brian Maienschein and Scott Peters can call themselves lawyers, judge rules

Posted on April 04, 2008
A judge ruled that that San Diego city attorney candidates Brian Maienschein and Scott Peters could list themselves as attorneys in their job title on the June 3 ballot. The lawsuit was filed by the general counsel of San Diego's...

O.C. Judge Dennis Choate joins ADR Services

Posted on April 04, 2008
Orange County Judge Dennis Choate retired from the bench and will start working at ADR Services in Irvine. Choate spent 15 years as a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles county before being appointed to Orange County Municipal Court in...

Former Space Shuttle scientist promoted to partner at Fulwider Patton

Posted on April 04, 2008
Fulwider Patton promoted patent attorney Michael Moffatt to partner at their Long Beach office. Moffatt focuses on patent prosecution and litigation in the mechanical and electromechancial arts and medical devices. He is on the board of advisors for the California...

Sonnenschein real estate attorney Amadeo Cantu Jr. promoted to partner

Posted on April 04, 2008
Sonnenschein Nath promoted Amadeo Cantu Jr. to partner at their Los Angeles office. Cantu, who was of counsel at the firm, represents investment advisors and pension and investment funds regarding their investments in hotels, office buildings and industrial projects...

California joins 16 states in suing EPA for inaction on global warming

Posted on April 03, 2008
California joined 17 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it has failed to adhere to a U.S. Supreme Court decision to decide whether to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The petition tries to get the D.C. appeals court...

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