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Marilyn Shea named president-elect of SoCal chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Posted on September 29, 2008
Estate planning attorney Marilyn Shea was named the president-elect of the Southern California chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the San Diego Business Journal reported. (here) The 21-year old non-profit helps lawyers, bar organizations and others who...

ERISA specialist Ronald Cooke joins Nossaman as a parnter

Posted on September 29, 2008
Ronald Cooke joined Nossaman's Los Angeles office as a partner. Cooke focuses on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and traditional labor law. He was previously first vice president and senior counsel at Countrywide Home Lowns, working on employee...

Brownstein Hyatt adds two first year associates in Santa Barbara

Posted on September 29, 2008
Aaron Baker and Ryan Drake joined Brownstein Hyatt's Santa Barbara office as first-year associates in their natural resources practice. (press release) Both graduate from law school this year, Baker from Hastings College of Law and Drake from Lewis and Clark...

3d Circuit hires Dechert attorney to conduct Kozinski probe

Posted on September 29, 2008
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' special investigative committee investigating alleged misconduct by the 9th Circuit's Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has hired Robert C. Heim, head of Dechert's litigation department, to run the probe. A Dechert spokesperson confirmed that...

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Theodora Oringher opens San Diego office

Posted on September 29, 2008
Los Angeles-based Theodora Oringher opened its third California office in San Diego, according to a press release. Heading up Theodora Oringher's expansion and the new office is San Diego litigation and government relations attorney Jeffrey Lake. The firm has 35...

Donald Bollella joins Shook Hardy in O.C. as of counsel

Posted on September 29, 2008
Donald Bollella joined Shook Hardy's Orange County office as of counsel in their intellectual property practice. (press release) Bollella was previously senior counsel at Hewlett-Packard.

Paul Aronzon rejoins Milbank Tweed as a partner

Posted on September 29, 2008
Paul Aronzon rejoined Milbank Tweed's Los Angeles office as a partner, resuming his role as co-head of the office's financial restructuring group. Aronzon was a partner a Milbank for 17 years before leaving 2.5 years ago for Imperial Capital, an...

Man accused of bombing federal courthouse changes plea to guilty

Posted on September 26, 2008
One of the three people accused of bombing a federal courthouse and a Fed Ex building in San Diego earlier this year plead guilty yesterday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. (here) The Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse was bombed early...

Gang members get into brawl in Newport Beach court

Posted on September 26, 2008
Members of rival Costa Mesa gangs got into a fight in the middle of a Newport Beach courtroom on Tuesday, the Orange County Register reported. (here) The fight, which resulted in minor facial injuries, happened as gang members were waiting...

Sonnenschein taps L.A. office leader

Posted on September 26, 2008
Darry Sragow, a partner in the public law & policy strategies group at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, has become managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office. Sragow joined the public law & policy strategies group in 2005. Sragow has...

Heller dissolves today, echoes Brobeck's collapse

Posted on September 26, 2008
Heller Ehrman dissolution today revives lessons learned from the rapid collapse five years ago of San Francisco's Brobeck Phleger, whose partners faced liabilities for the firm's debt and lease obligations and numerous lawsuits. In anticipation of potential employee issues that...

Chief of San Diego Public Defender's Office to retire in March

Posted on September 25, 2008
The head of the San Diego County Public Defender's Office is retiring in March, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. (here) Steven Carroll, became the county's public defender in 1996, plans to volunteer at a nonprofit group trying to set up...

State high court rejects request for bar data by UCLA prof

Posted on September 25, 2008
The California Supreme Court rejected a request by a law professor to make the State Bar hand over exam data for over 100,000 test takers for his study, The Recorder reported. (here) UCLA law professor Richard Sander has pursued the...

Heller Ehrman holds videoconference on closure

Posted on September 25, 2008
Heller Ehrman held a firm-wide videoconference discussing "plans for an orderly transition (or wind down)," The Recorder reported. (here) An e-mail from firm chair Matthew Larrabee yesterday apologized for keeping people in the dark but promised clear communication in next...

First O.C. judge removed from bench appeals to state high court

Posted on September 25, 2008
Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Kelly MacEachern is appealing her removal from the bench to the state Supreme Court, the Orange County Register reported. (here) The Commission on Judicial Performance ruled (here) that MacEachern committed "willful misconduct" in filing...

Local law firms compete for Metrolink clients

Posted on September 25, 2008
SoCal law firms are competing to sign clients over the Metrolink train disaster, which could bring the largest payout in rail litigation in state's history, KNBC reports. (Read, Watch) Potentially hundreds of millions to billions of dollars could come from...

Candidate spends $360,000 to become L.A. judge

Posted on September 25, 2008
Former Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner James Bianco spent over $360,000 towards getting elected as a superior court judge, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. (here) It may be a record sum for a candidate who didn't go to a runoff, MetNews...

L.A. bar opposes controversial resolution to pay mediators who work with local courts

Posted on September 25, 2008
The board of the Los Angeles County Bar Association recently voted to oppose a controversial resolution to pay mediators who have been providing free services to the local courts. The resolution, put forward by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, would...

Employers face Hobson's choice in protecting pregnant workers

Posted on September 25, 2008
Employers are landing in hot water for keeping pregnant employees out of hazardous areas. Most recently, employers in California and Texas settled lawsuits that claimed they wrongfully prohibited pregnant employees from working in certain areas. In both cases, employers claimed...

Heller Ehrman dissolves tomorrow

Posted on September 25, 2008
Heller Ehrman's chair just told the firm's associates and staff that it will dissolve tomorrow, The Recorder reported. (here) The Recorder cites a Heller staffer who attended the 1 p.m. meeting today.

Manatt entertainment lawyer Gerald Margolis dies of pneumonia at 65

Posted on September 25, 2008
Manatt entertainment lawyer Gerald Margolis died of complications related to pneumonia on Sept. 15, according to a firm press release. He was 65. While fighting the physical effects of progressive muscular atrophy for the past six years, Margolis "continued to...

Oldest retired Calif. judge still assigned to hear cases, Julius Title, dies at 93

Posted on September 25, 2008
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge Julius Title died of heart failure on Sunday, the L.A. Times reported. (here) He was 93.Title was a real estate attorney for 20 years and then a superior court judge for 15 years until...

Litigators Deanna Spelber and Brad Grabske join Luce Forward as associates

Posted on September 24, 2008
Deanna M. Spelber and Brad Grabske joined Luce Forward's Orange County office as associates. Spelber, with partner George Rudolph, will represent clients in business and complex litigation matters. She was previously an associate at Sedgwick Detert. Grabske will work on...

Renewable energy attorney Brian Nese joins Stoel Rives

Posted on September 24, 2008
Renewable energy attorney Brian Nese joined Stoel Rives' San Diego office as an attorney in their energy group. Nese focuses on renewable energy clients, particularly project development, regulatory matters and civil litigation. He was previously an associate at Stroock &...

Jeffrey Chine joins Allen Matkins' as partner

Posted on September 24, 2008
Jeffrey Chine joined Allen Matkins' San Diego office as a partner.Chine focuses on land use and environmental matters involving the permitting and development of complex residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, energy, and redevelopment projects...

Christensen claims improper removal of a juror in wiretap case, seeks new trial

Posted on September 23, 2008
Terry Christensen, the lawyer who was convicted last month on conspiracy charges related to the wiretapping of his opponent in a high-profile child support case, has filed two motions for a new trial based on the alleged improper removal of...

L.A. judge affirms Kozinski recusal, dismisses double jeopardy claim in obscenity trial

Posted on September 23, 2008
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that a film producer facing federal obscenity charges could be retried even though his first trial ended prematurely after the judge, Alex Kozinski, presiding judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, stepped...

Slicing and dicing Heller

Posted on September 22, 2008
Heller Ehrman's management is waiting to hear back from some of its former merger candidates. Not to merge, but if they're "interested in picking up large chunks of Heller's offices, practice groups or both," The Recorder reported. (here)

Global warming as a factor in construction

Posted on September 22, 2008
A series of recent court decisions in California are carving out the nation's most significant case law about whether governmental entities, such as cities and counties, must account for impact upon climate change when approving local construction projects under development...

Retired judge Alexander Williams III joins ADR Services

Posted on September 22, 2008
Newly retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge Alexander Williams III joined ADR Services' roster of neutrals in Century City. Williams was a settlement judge at L.A. Superior Court for 24 years, handling jury trial cases. Before taking the bench, Williams...

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