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STATEWIDE FEE REVAMP NEARS
"The state Law Revision Commission is proposing to replace the current 95-page mishmash of state law on civil court costs and fees with a code about half as long. Among hundreds of changes, the revision would replace the current melange of county mileage and fee rates for sheriff's service with a unified $40 charge statewide. It also would increase the filing fees for initial pleadings by $50 in civil courts and $75 in probate courts to bring them in line with the $250 now charged in family court. If the commissioners vote yes at their next meeting in mid-July, the proposal would go to the Legislature for action."

LAWYER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FILCHING FUNDS
"A Lyndhurst solo was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and ordered to pay $6.3 million in restitution, for stealing $4 million entrusted to him for real estate closings and gambling it away in Atlantic City. Michael Rumore, 50, had pleaded guilty on Jan. 2 to first-degree money laundering and second-degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property received. He admitted that instead of disbursing the funds to pay balances on mortgages and associated costs and fees, he moved the funds into his personal and business accounts and used them to gamble at the Trump Taj Mahal and other casinos."

GIVING BACK JUST GOT EASIER FOR IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS
"Lawyers who work for companies now have more options for volunteering to handle cases for poor New Jerseyans or public interest legal organizations, according to the state?s highest court. A New Jersey Supreme Court directive expands the definition of the types of organizations where attorneys can volunteer. The change, announced June 1, is partly the result of two years of New Jersey State Bar Association efforts. The rule now includes nonprofit legal assistance organizations beyond New Jersey Legal Services, which had been the only agency the rule allowed New Jersey's 1,200 licensed in-house lawyers to assist."

HOUSE IMPEACHES IMPRISONED FEDERAL JUDGE
"The House of Representatives approved four articles of impeachment against Judge Samuel Kent, who is serving time in a federal medical facility after pleading guilty to obstructing an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. House members said that Kent forced them to vote by his refusal to resign. Kent's case will now head to the Senate, which is expected to hold a trial and vote on removing him unless he first resigns. The action Friday marks the first impeachment of a federal judge since 1989, when the House leveled accusations against then-Judge Walter Nixon. The Senate later removed Nixon."

A LOOK AT THE WILENTZ COURT FROM WITHIN: PART 7
"In the seventh of nine installments of his book, "What Makes a Court Supreme," printed in the New Jersey Law Journal, Justice Daniel O'Hern focuses on the contributions of Gary Stein, called "Wall Street" by his fellow justices because he was the only member of the Court who had been a lawyer on Wall Street. His tenure on the Court was marked by tireless groundwork that often revealed a case's strength or weakness at oral argument."

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