Ethics Opinion on Law Firm URL Redirection Following Departure of Name Partner
A new proposed ethics opinion from the Virginia State Bar has set lawyers thinking across the country. The...
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Former Rothstein Law Firm Partner Convicted of Impersonating State Bar Official
Christina Kitterman, 39, a former partner of the now-shuttered Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm in South...
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Missouri Attorney General Sues California over Henhouse Laws
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sued California this week to keep it from enforcing costly new...
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New Kensington Attorney Gets 11 Years for Fraud
Lisa Gerideau-Williams, a New Kensington attorney was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon to 11...
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Ohio Attorney General Using Social Media to Trace “Missing” Sex Offenders
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced his office needs the public to help locate 173 sex offenders...
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Conservation Group Files Lawsuit against Montana Attorney General
The Montana Environmental Information Center has filed a lawsuit, in the state District Court in Helena,...
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Utah Attorney Pleads Guilty to Sex with Teenager
Utah attorney Steven Kuhnhausen pleaded guilty in the 3rd District Court to two felony counts of unlawful...
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Eric Holder Appoints Eight New U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced the appointment of eight new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year...
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Disbarred Tampa Attorney Pleads Guilty to $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud
Disbarred Tampa Attorney Margarita M. Grishkoff has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...
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Law Firm’s Liability in Forgery Dismissed as Time-Barred by Statute of Repose
In the instant case, Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge dismissed the remaining counts in a...
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Reputed Dallas Attorney Arrested on Drug Charges
Philip Robertson, 44, a well-known Dallas defense attorney was arrested this week on felony drug possession....
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North Carolina’s Ultrasound Law Struck Down
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has struck down as unconstitutional, North Carolina’s ultrasound law...
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Ex-Federal Prosecutor Hired to Assist Washington Bridge Scandal Investigation
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar, who had led the case against former Illinois Governor Rod...
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Foreclosure King David J. Stern Disbarred by Florida Supreme Court
The flamboyant Florida attorney once called the King of Foreclosures, David J. Stern, who had as many as...
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To Escape Disbarment, Attorney Gives Up Law License
Lacy Adell Young’s resignation from membership in the Washington State Bar Association became effective from...
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Bedford Judge Arraigned, but Pleads Not Guilty to Promoting Prostitution
Bedford Municipal Court Judge Harry Jacob III, of Solon, had taken a medical leave of absence from bench...
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Leading Rhode Island Lawyer Accused of Professional Misconduct
Rhode Island’s Chief Disciplinary Counsel David D. Curtin has petitioned the Rhode Island Supreme Court...
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Dallas County DA Still Under FBI Investigation
Dallas County District Attorney, Craig Watkins came under an FBI investigation about two years back, though...
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Former Defense Attorney Lynne Stewart Receives “Compassionate Release”
Renowned defense lawyer Lynne Stewart, who had been sentenced to ten years for allegedly helping a terrorist...
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Dewey’s Ex-Chair, Steven Davis Becomes Top Adviser of Arab State
Former Chair of defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, Steven Davis, has become the legal adviser to the government...
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Lane County DA Ends Program for Dealing with Bad Checks
Alex Gardner, the District Attorney of Lane County, Oregon has announced that he is ending a bad check program...
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Norristown Defense Lawyer Arrested for Drug Dealing
The arrest of Norristown lawyer Gregory R. Noonan brought to light certain facts that seem out of the ordinary...
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Austin Attorney Rosenthal Appeals Racketeering Conviction
Austin attorney Marc G. Rosenthal, who has been convicted of racketeering and sentenced for a 20-year prison...
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New Mexico Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Right to Same-Sex Marriage
New Mexico became the 17th US state to allow gay marriage after a unanimous decision by the New Mexico Supreme...
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California Treasurer Bill Lockyer Joins Brown Rudnick on Part-Time Basis
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer has joined the Irvine office of Brown Rudnick LLP on a part-time basis. He...
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Texas Judge Resigns Over Texting Prosecutors, Now Running for District Attorney
Elizabeth Coker had to resign from her seat as a judge in Polk County this October following the launch of an...
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Search of California Law Firm over Loan Modification Yields Marijuana Stash
Search warrants were served on five separate locations in California’s Orange and San Bernardino counties in...
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Tennessee Attorney General Says Meth Laws by Local Governments are Illegal
A new legal opinion from Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper says local governments, that have passed...
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Sidley Austin Partner and Nephew Charged with Sexual Assault of Teen Male
An 18-year old male told authorities that Stanley Stallworth, partner at Sidley Austin, and his nephew,...
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Quinn Signs New Pension Law for Illinois
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the state’s new pension law in an effort to stabilize the state’s...
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