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Appeals court takes a second look at homeschooling

Posted on March 27, 2008
The 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed to take a second look at whether parents must have teaching credentials in order to home-school their children. Last month's ruling by the Los Angeles court barred parents from home-schooling their children. "The...

Sen. Feinstein investigates closure of L.A.'s public corruption unit

Posted on March 27, 2008
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is investigating the recent disbanding of the public corruption unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. Feinstein called on Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey to provide the Justice Department's...

Arent Fox counsel elected to UN committee on racial discrimination

Posted on March 27, 2008
Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper was elected to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. He was already on the committee prior to his election. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed him as an interim member...

L.A. prosecutors form union

Posted on March 27, 2008
The 700-member Association of Deputy District Attorneys was recognized as a collective-bargaining unit by Los Angeles County's Employee Relations Commission on Monday. The association decertified as a union 20 years ago and claimed they would be the largest union of...

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Three promoted at Bowman and Brooke's L.A. office

Posted on March 27, 2008
Bowman and Brooke promoted Mark Berry, the managing partner at their Los Angeles office, to vice chair of the firm's executive committee. They also promoted L.A. attorneys Franklin Hostetler III and Anthony Thomas to managing partner and co-managing partner, respectively...

Nixon Peabody adds video game GC

Posted on March 27, 2008
Patrick Sweeney joined Nixon Peabody's Los Angeles office as of counsel. Sweeney was previously the general counsel for video game publisher Brash Entertainment, handling game development agreements and studio content licenses. He'll be working in Nixon Peabody's interactive entertainment and...

New networking group for women attorneys launched in L.A.

Posted on March 26, 2008
Los Angeles � a networking group for women lawyers, dubbed the New Girls' Network, has launched a Los Angeles chapter. On Tuesday, the New Girls' Network, which has locations in New York and Washington, announced its new Los Angeles chapter...

Judge Manuel Real removed from case for "excessive and biased interventions"

Posted on March 26, 2008
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals removed U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of Los Angeles from another case, accusing him of conduct that prevented a fair trial from being held, The National Law Journal reported. The appeals court alleged Real...

The O.C. can be a MoFo

Posted on March 26, 2008
Morrison & Foerster's Orange County office has lost all of its corporate partners and sources say the last rainmaker is about to take off. Some say the departure of Robert Naeve and Steven Zadravecz and possibly some associates may be...

Judge won't step aside for Spector retrial

Posted on March 26, 2008
Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler rejected a defense motion to step aside from Phil Spector's retrial for murder. Fidler wrote in a declaration that he wasn't biased or prejudiced to any party and that the defense motion was untimely and...

L.A. firms hit by handbag company's bankruptcy

Posted on March 26, 2008
Los Angeles law firms Bird Marella and Christensen Glaser are the largest unsecured creditors in Isabella Fiore, a high-priced handbag and shoe company that filed for bankruptcy, the Associated Press reported. Bird Marella claims it's owed $230,924 and Christensen Glaser...

Two MoFo veterans join Jones Day's Irvine office

Posted on March 26, 2008
Labor and employment attorneys Robert Naeve and Steven Zadravecz joined Jones Day's Irvine, Calif. office as partners. They both were previously at Morrison & Foerster, with Naeve chair their Orange County office's labor and employment department. Naeve, Zadravecz and several...

Yagman to start 3-year term on March 31

Posted on March 26, 2008
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman to begin serving a three-year sentence on Monday, March 31. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ordered that Yagman, who was convicted last year on...

San Diego lawyers fight against "Ladies' night"

Posted on March 26, 2008
Back in 2003, two San Diego lawyers got seven local nightclubs to pay them $125,000 after suing them for offering women cheaper prices on "Ladies' NIghts." Attorneys Erik Jenkins and Alfred Rava recent target for gender discrimination against men was...

Blanca Quintero named managing partner of Cozen O'Connor's San Diego office

Posted on March 26, 2008
Cozen O'Connor attorney Blanca Quintero was named the managing partner of the firm's San Diego office. Quintero joined the San Diego office in 1998. She handles subrogation and recovery cases in California, Arizona and Latin America. Quintero is a member...

Three attorneys start Irvine personal injury and medical malpractice firm

Posted on March 26, 2008
Attorneys Daniel Hodes, Jeffrey Milman and Kevin Liebeck hve formed a new personal injury and medical malpractice litigation firm in Irvine. Hodes and Milman were previously name partners at Newport Beach's Lopez, Hodes Restaino, Milman & Skikos. The firm, Hodes...

L.A. lawyer starts greeting card company for inmates

Posted on March 25, 2008
Thinking about the U.S. prison system can put you at a loss for words. There are more black men in prison than in college. Over two thirds of women in prison are mothers. About one in twenty people in prison...

Carona attorneys say they won't make prosecutors' deadline

Posted on March 25, 2008
Attorneys for former Orange County sheriff Mike Carona say they need more time to figure out what evidence they're going to use in his public corruption trial, the Orange County Register reports. They're still working through the 100 boxes of...

H�rnan Vera named CEO and president of Public Counsel

Posted on March 25, 2008
H�rnan Vera was named the new president and CEO of Public Counsel, a national pro bono public interest law firm. Vera has been the directing attorney of the Consumer Law Project at the Los Angeles-based firm since 2002. He replaces...

New Atascadero city attorney gives city hefty bill

Posted on March 25, 2008
The new Atascadero city attorney, Brian Pierik, billed the city for over $81,000 in February - more than double the amount charged by his predecessor for any month in 2007, The Tribune in San Luis Obispo reported. Pierik told the...

Irvine's Knobbe Martens opens Seattle office

Posted on March 25, 2008
Intellectual property boutique Knobbe Martens opened a Seattle office, The Recorder reported. Lawyers from the firm's Orange County and San Diego sites will move to the new office. Three attorneys at Seattle's Christensen O'Connor also join the office...

Quinn Tang joins Loeb & Loeb as an associate

Posted on March 25, 2008
Quinn Tang joined Loeb & Loeb's Los Angeles office as an associate. Tang, a UCLA graduate who earned a joint degree in law and urban planning, focuses on land use and real estate matters. She was previously an associate at...

DA: Latino people underrepresented in San Diego juries

Posted on March 24, 2008
The San Diego district attorney's office says Latino people are being underrepresented in courts there, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Prosecutors asking court officials to fix the problem that's causing the underrepresentation - downtown courts are not summoning jurors proportionally...

Firms in mad rush to file for H-1B visas

Posted on March 24, 2008
Attorneys for corporations desiring skilled foreign national workers are rushing to file petitions for H-1B visas before the month's end, The National Law Journal reports. April 1 is the first day on which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services begins accepting...

No jail for ex-Carona confidant Joe Cavallo

Posted on March 24, 2008
Former attorney Joe Cavallo will finish his jail sentence in home detention, the Orange County Register reported. Despite prosecutors objections, Judge Carla M. Singer said she didn't have the authority to terminate Cavallo's home detention. Cavallo plead guilty to paying...

Law firms moving to North San Diego

Posted on March 24, 2008
San Diego's North County has become a hot spot for lawyers, The Recorder reported. A center for high-tech and life-science work, nearly two dozen Am Law 200 firms recently moved into the region. Lawyers there can apparently end their day...

Sheppard Mullin goes green

Posted on March 24, 2008
Sheppard Mullin is attempting to join the growing ranks of environmentally conscious businesses. The firm announced the launch of an environmental sustainability program last week, aimed at increasing energy efficiency, reducing waste and saving the firm money by educating lawyers...

Liner Yankelevitz adds three in L.A.

Posted on March 24, 2008
Liner Yankelevitz's added Michael Jaurigue as senior counsel at their Los Angeles office. Jaurigue focuses on complex commercial litigation and represents clients in the aerospace and defense, pharmaceutical and automobile industries. He was previously an associate at Sheppard Mullin's L...

San Diego court orders Starbucks to pay $100 million to baristas

Posted on March 21, 2008
San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett ruled that Starbucks must pay over $100 million to its baristas, who were wrongly required to share tips with their shift supervisors. Cowett set damages at $86.7 million, plus 7 percent annual interest,...

Stanley Levy to direct L.A. non-profits' Holocaust reparations program

Posted on March 21, 2008
Manatt Phelps senior attorney Stanley Levy will serve as the national director for Los Angeles non-profit's initiative to assist Holocaust survivors seeking reparations, pensions and other benefits from Germany and other European countries. The non-profit, Bet Tzedek, created the first...

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