... and five years. The defendants had asked for home confinement. According to Zhong's attorney, John Williams of Manchester, Williams & Seibert, Ware acknowledged the defendants' cooperation with ... documents, none of those details could be found. Legal Pad didn't take the field trip to San Jose to watch the proceeding, but court records and the San Jose Mercury News indicate the engineers won't begin serving their sentences until after they are done cooperating against another pair of engineers. ...
November 22, 2008 01:59 am

New Blog: On Being A Black Lawyer

(Feminist Law Professors)
... comments that followed on blogs like Above The Law. There was, however, a silver lining. Young discovered a large number of attorneys who were sympathetic to her position but didn't want to post their comments on websites that were generally ... minorities. This group instead sent Young personal emails. Young realized there was a real need for a place where African American attorneys and law students could gather to network, disseminate information and poke fun. Visit OBABL: www.onbeingablacklawyer ...
November 22, 2008 01:20 am
... procedure last year. A spokesman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Friday that state attorneys were still reviewing the ruling and had not decided whether to appeal. But ... a full-scale public review of its lethal cocktail plans, you can bet the attorney general's lawyers will be knocking on the Supreme Court's door soon. More on ... state's lawyers argue that because the new death penalty policy only affects San Quentin - and not every state prison - it's not subject to laws ...
November 22, 2008 01:10 am
Miramar, Florida - A Broward County car accident left a thirty-six-year old woman dead and her baby seriously injured when the two vehicles involved in the crash collided in the intersection of Pembroke Road and University Drive and then rolled over early Friday morning, officials said. According to Capt. Jeff Levine, a Miramar police spokesman, the woman, Nayfy Gutierrez, was a Pembroke Pines resident and her husband resides in Peru. The crash, which involved Gutierrez's Mazda and a Ford truck ...
November 22, 2008 12:44 am
... in excess of $250,000 held in lawyers' IOLTA accounts. More than half of the 750 comments the FDIC received regarded IOLTA, proving once again how much lawyers care about access to justice. Although I haven't heard anything specific yet, I'm fairly certain that the legislative department of the Pennsylvania Bar Association was key to mobilizing support from Pennsylvania attorneys as well. ========== To return to the main page of the blog, click here. To return to the blog Index, click here.
November 21, 2008 11:54 pm

Jim Mattox - Funeral Details Finalizing

(StandDown Texas Project)
... , Dies at 65 Austin American-Statesman: Self-styled 'people's lawyer' was hard-knuckle fighter in public office Dallas Morning News : Jim Mattox, former Texas AG, lawmaker, 'people's lawyer' dies at 65 Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Former congressman, attorney general Jim Mattox dies at 65 Houston Chronicle: Mattox, self styled 'people's lawyer,' dies at 65 Throughout the last day and a half I've heard from colleagues who are scattered across the country. It's been quite a memory tour looking back ...
November 21, 2008 10:47 pm

Slides: Troubled Economy and Alternative Fees

(In Search of Perfect Client Service)
DuPage County Bar Association Speech Slides Many thanks to the kind people at the DuPage County Bar Association and the many attorneys who attended my presentation on "The Economy, Legal Fees and Your Future--or--Alternative Fees Will Help You Survive The Economic Downturn." Here are the slides used during my presentation.
November 21, 2008 10:34 pm

Attorney Opens New Legal Aid Centre

(Australian Divorce Blog)
Yesterday the Attorney-General Robert McClelland opened the new Family Dispute Resolution Centre for Legal Aid Queensland at 193 North Quay, Brisbane. Legal Aid Queensland has been engaged in family dispute resolution since 1986 ( I am showing my age as a long time Brisbane family lawyer- I appeared for a client in one of those conferences- now two buildings ago), pioneering the process for legal
November 21, 2008 09:40 pm
On Friday the Women's Legal Service of Queensland held a conference about family law issues. A number of friends attended, including my partner Bruce Provan. I was thinking of attending, but I appeared in court instead. Federal Attorney Robert McClelland did attend, and delivered a speech about the Government's family law priorities. What is evident form the speech is that fmaily law will
November 21, 2008 09:40 pm
... and twisted off the rails and skidded, which forced the fourth and fifth cars to break away. The two passengers who died were riding in the fourth car, which crashed into a steel bridge. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the Metra engineer's failure to heed a crucial signal and the commuter rail agency's lack of a system to override human error as key reasons for the derailment. Comments about this post can be directed to Chicago Accident Attorney Chris Hurley at (312) 553-4900.
November 21, 2008 09:33 pm

Rightful Discharge

(Legal Profession Blog)
An attorney-shareholder in a law firm organized as a corporation was discharged after acknowledging that he had altered time records in connection with the representation of a firm client. He sued and summary judgment was granted to the defendant-law firm....
November 21, 2008 09:17 pm

Your Trust and Its Schedule A.

(Estate Planning Practice Blog)
... is No, do not past go and contact your estate planning attorney now to prepare a Schedule A. If your answer is Yes, stop and review the ... you had a chance to transfer the asset to your trust. It is called a Heggstad Petition among attorneys (named after a case). It is a useful mechanism to avoid probate in some instances. There are ... saying that if you are confused or not sure, consult with your estate planning attorney regarding your living trust and its Schedule A to make sure it is up to date. ...
November 21, 2008 08:31 pm

Is a Due Process hearing mandatory?

(Virginia Condominium " Homeowners Association Lawyer)
... give me an audience with the Board of Directors to dispute the matter. I now have a court date and am looking for an attorney. What area of law should I be looking for my situation and should I consider a counter lawsuit? Answer: I believe the statute ... suit (which is unusual and would be unlikely), then there is nothing wrong with the board's action. As far as what kind of attorney to look for, unless your case involves facts and conduct that relate uniquely to some other specialized area of the ...
November 21, 2008 08:19 pm
I wonder what convicted tax felon, Wesley Snipes, thinks about this story: The ABA Journal's Law News Now reports in Lawyer Pleads to Tax Misdemeanors; Feds Say He Didn't File Tax Returns Since 1994 that, A Mississippi attorney who allegedly hasn't filed a federal tax return since 1994 has avoided a trial in the felony tax evasion case he initially faced by pleading guilty today to two misdemeanor counts of failing to file. Marshall Sanders, 57, who practices in Vicksburg, agreed to cooperate ...
November 21, 2008 08:13 pm
... plaintiffs are required to sign a HIPAA form to pursue a medical malpractice case in Michigan. Our lawyers never allow our clients to sign HIPAA authorizations for defense counsel use in personal injury or medical malpractice cases. Many of us, as attorneys, want to be considered cooperative lawyers and feel bad denying these requests. But the lesson learned here is that if you compromise your client's rights under HIPAA you are leaving your client open to unforeseeable consequences. Personally, ...
November 21, 2008 08:09 pm
In In re Anonymous, a disciplinary case, the Supreme Court writes in a 4-page per curiam opinion: We approve the parties' agreement that Respondent engaged in attorney mis- conduct by improperly using subpoenas before the commencement of litigation and that Respon- dent should receive a private reprimand. Respondent represented an insurance company. A third person made a claim against the company, asserting that an insured had caused personal injury to him. Before any legal action had been filed ...
November 21, 2008 08:04 pm
... of the most recent additions - the ones that stand out from the rest of the crowd by virtue of the quality of their writing and their embrace of blogging as a medium for connecting people and ideas. Here are my picks: Settlement Perspectives by attorney John DeGroote. DeGroote shares wisdom and smart advice for negotiators, lawyers and others from eight years as the Chief Litigation Counsel of a global company. Some fine examples of his craft include, "Why Mediate at All? Can't We Just Work It ...
November 21, 2008 08:02 pm

Domestic Assault - Tennessee Law

(Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog)
The criminal defense attorneys at Baker Associates have successfully represented individuals charged with assault offenses in Tennessee, including Domestic Assault. The distinction between Assault and Domestic Assault is that the "domestic abuse ... . If you or a relative has been charged with Domestic Assault, contact our experienced criminal defense attorneys as soon as possible. Our team of attorneys will work quickly and utilize our legal staff, private investigators, and experts to investigate ...
November 21, 2008 07:53 pm
Gloomy news! Brown Rudnick,Mayer Brown, Squire Sanders today all announced layoffs of staff including paralegals in San Francisco, Chicago and cities other than financially devastated New York. On the "good" side of things, Bryan Cave says no layoffs expected but...
November 21, 2008 07:51 pm
If you think that white colar crime results in a slap on the wrist, consider the recent sentencing decision in a case of mortgage fraud, in Georgia. The Georgia United States Attorney reports that last week Adriene Newby-Allen was sentenced to 135 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $5,278,703 in restitution. Newby-Allen pled guilty in July to charges arising from a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. She was alleged to have conducted a mortgage fraud scheme from which she and others ...
November 21, 2008 07:43 pm
 
 

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