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Judge DuBose sentences former Judge DuBose to prison
Judge DuBose sentences former Judge DuBose to prison: The Mobile Press-Register reports today that "DuBose gets 18 months for firearms violations." The jurist who imposed the sentence is U...

How Did Attorney Stop Disciplinary Proceedings By Becoming A Judge!
In October 2006, as reported in The Montgomery Advertiser: [Then attorney Stuart] DuBose, pleaded guilty to violating the State Bar's rules and was suspended from the practice of law for 45 days...

Suspended Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DeBose Arrested, Faces Federal Weapons Charges
CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA - A suspended Alabama judge was ordered to jail Friday on a federal charge of possessing as many as 30 guns in violation of a restraining order. Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose was jailed pending grand jury action on the charge next week...

Judge arrested on illegal gun charges www.privateofficer.com
Judge arrested on illegal gun charges www.privateofficer.com from the Mobile Press Mobile Al May 23 2008 Federal agents Thursday arrested a suspended Clarke County judge in Mobile on firearms charges, accusing him of having as many as 30 guns despite a restraining order forbidding him from possessing any, according to authorities...

Xmas amicus in Scrooge v. The 2008 Holidays
This time of year, my mailbox is jammed with holiday greeting cards from law firms. And I always look forward to the card sent by Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend for one reason: It is consistently clever and inventive...

Judge sentences lawyer to 90 days jail
Judge sentences lawyer to 90 days for lewd gesture AP - Wed Apr 16, 8:01 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas - A flick of the wrist has landed an Austin lawyer in jail for contempt of court. A judge sentenced defense attorney Adam Reposa to 90 days in jail on Tuesday for making a lewd gesture and simulating masturbation while standing before a County Court-at-Law judge in March.

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Jail Funds
Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management.

County Jail Strip Search Class Action
Preliminary Settlement Reached

Restraining Chair
Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail.