Legal Marketing & PR

New York Attorney, Michael Kaplen Elected to Board of Directors of Prestigious New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
I am pleased to report that I have been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious New York Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Academy is a statewide association made up of the leading trial attorneys in New York State dedicated to preserving and improving the civil justice system...

"CASH NOW PUSHER" ATTORNEY Robert Ostrov MUST NOT BE ELECTED TO FLORIDA LEGISLATURE!
Let's hope someone gets the word out to Palm Beach County trial lawyers. While many trial lawyers tend to vote Democrat because of the perception that a vote for Republicans means a vote for tort reform, they need to rethink...

PRACDL Assembly & Elections
PRACDL's Annual Assembly and Elections were a complete success! We had many new members. In particular, many of us were pleased at the number of younger lawyers who joined PRACDL. Maria H...

Harriet S. Posner elected president of L.A. Legal Aid Foundation's board
Harriet S. Posner was elected president of the 60-member board of directors at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Posner, who's been on the board for six years, is a partner at Skadden Arps working on complex commercial litigation.

Will billboards destroy Vermont
A handful of states, including Vermont, have long banned the placement of billboards along the state?s roads. But in an effort to protect a cute painted barn mural with a 1940s-looking car on it that says, ?See Bellows Falls, Vermont?...

Proskauer Rose's Anthony Pacheco re-elected president of L.A. Police Commission
Los Angeles attorney Anthony Pacheco was re-elected to his second term as president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel reported (here)...

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit

Undetected Sewage Spill
Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board spends $17 million on upgrades and testing.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.