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McKenna Long promotes two to partner

Posted on February 12, 2008
McKenna Long promoted Jayme C. Long and Robert Schuda to partner at their Los Angeles office. Long's practice concentrates on general civil litigation, especially products liability and toxic torts. Jayme defends businesses in chemical exposure cases throughout all phases of...

Two real estate attorneys join Luce Forward in the OC

Posted on February 12, 2008
Attorneys Douglas Evertz and Steven Knoblock joined Luce Forward?s real estate practice in Orange County as partner and of counsel, respectively. Evertz specializes in complex litigation matters in real estate, including eminent domain, inverse condemnation, land use, environmental, water and...

Sedgwick Detert adds three to healthcare practice

Posted on February 12, 2008
Attorneys Keith Weaver, Dina R. Richman and Julie Tracy A. joined Sedgwick Detert's healthcare practice in Los Angeles. Weaver works on healthcare litigation, compliance and regulatory matters. He's represented healthcare service plans, medical groups and individual healthcare practictioners...

Lerach sentenced for conspiracy charge today

Posted on February 11, 2008
Class-action attorney William Lerach will be sentenced before a federal judge in Los Angeles today for his part in the alleged $250 million in kickbacks given to plaintiffs by Milberg Weiss. Federal prosecutors accuse Milberg Weiss and seven of its...

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Writers' expected to end strike this week

Posted on February 11, 2008
Members of the Writers' Guild of America will vote tomorrow on whether the strike should continue, with guild leaders recommending the new contract. The tentative contract pays writers for TV shows and movies playing online - after the content has...

Aguirre and former staff lawyer will battle for city attorney

Posted on February 11, 2008
A former staff attorney who is suing San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre for alleged sexual harassment will also be running against him in the June election, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The lawsuit alleges Aguirre made demeaning comments to...

Juror's FBI status overturns decades old murder conviction

Posted on February 11, 2008
An federal judge overturned the conviction of a man on death row for raping and murdering a woman in Garden Grove because the jury foreman lied about his job and didn't disclose he was a prospective FBI agent. Federal District...

Connolly Bove add four IP attorneys

Posted on February 11, 2008
Connolly Bove added four attorneys to their Los Angeles office's intellectual property group. Grant Langton focuses on domestic and international patent and trademark prosecution, enforcement, licensing and counseling. Langton, previously with Jeffer Mangels, joins the firm as a partner...

Appeals court rules state soverign immunity doesn't apply to DA contractors

Posted on February 11, 2008
Private companies that run diversion programs administered by dozens of California district attorneys are now open to legal attack, The Recorder reported. A 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled last week that state sovereign immunity does not extend...

L.A. firms see big revenue growth in 2007 - Lantham leads with $2 billion in revenue

Posted on February 08, 2008
Los Angeles firms big and small made a lot of money in 2007, with Latham & Watkins posting over $2 billion in revenue, The Recorder reports. Latham, which reported $2.2 million in profits per partner, recently became the second highest...

Christensen tries to have potential witness as lead defense counsel

Posted on February 08, 2008
� Terry Christensen, the only lawyer indicted in the criminal probe of celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, has sought to replace his lead defense counsel, Dan Webb, with his fellow law firm partner, Patty Glaser, according to court papers filed on...

Foley & Lardner promotes three in SoCal

Posted on February 08, 2008
Foley & Lardner promoted three attorneys to partner at their Los Angeles and San Diego offices. Los Angeles Elizabeth S. Elson focuses on reimbursement and compliance issues under government health care programs. She's represented county health departments, health systems and...

State High Court: Same-sex marriage hearing next month

Posted on February 07, 2008
The California Supreme Court scheduled a hearing on March 4 over the constitutionality of banning same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The case (In re Marriage Cases) involves four same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco who are...

James Bear, former Knobbe managing partner, dies at 66

Posted on February 07, 2008
Knobbe Martens' managing partner James Bear died of an aneurysm, The Recorder reports. He was 66. Bear was helping his brother-in-law on home project in Washington state at the time. Bear, who was an intellectual property attorney, retired from the...

L.A. Superior Court Commisioner Richard Curtis to retire

Posted on February 07, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Richard Curtis will retire next week after 25 years on the bench, The Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports. Curtis plans to eventually get into private judging and help fellow bench officers and the bar. His decision is...

Akerman adds two environmental attorneys as shareholders

Posted on February 07, 2008
Environmental lawyer Gregory McClintock joined Akerman Senterfitt's Los Angeles office as a shareholder. McClintock, a former Mayer Brown partner, will focus on litigation for petroleum, aerospace and real estate development clients. Also joining the L...

Phenix Kiamilev joins Luce Forward as an associate

Posted on February 07, 2008
Phenix Q. Kiamilev joined Luce Forward's Carmel Valley/Del Mar office as an associate. Kiamilev focuses on general corporate transactional matters and regulatory compliance, including the representation of public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and commercial transactions, and...

Prosecutors claim Milberg Weiss deliberately withheld missing fax in kickback investigation

Posted on February 06, 2008
Federal prosecutors in the Milberg Weiss case filed court papers on Monday opposing the New York securities firm's recent motions to dismiss and revealed new details about a fax at the heart of the government's case., The National Law Journal...

Folger Levin founder leaves for Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Posted on February 06, 2008
The founder of Folger Levin's Los Angeles office, Thomas Laffey, has left the firm to join its longtime client Enterprise Rent-A-Car as vice president and general counsel. Laffey was a litigation partner at firm's L.A. office, which opened in 1985.

L.A. Superior Court Judges Jack Hunt and Tracy Grant to retire

Posted on February 06, 2008
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jack Hunt will retire and endorse Commissioner Rocky Crabb as his successor, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Hunt plans to step down by the end of July after eight years at the court. He decided to...

Immigration attorney Cheri Attix with human rights award

Posted on February 06, 2008
San Diego immigration attorney Cheri Attix will receive the George Falk Human Rights Champion Award, the San Diego Source reported. Attix has represented over 200 asylum seekers since opening her private practice in 1997. She'll receive the aware on Feb...

American Inns of Court to open IP chapter in L.A.

Posted on February 06, 2008
The American Inns of Court Foundation issued a charter to start a Los Angeles intellectual property chapter. The chapter is already seeking membership inquiries (more info here). The 27 year old legal mentoring organization has over 25,000 federal, state and...

L.A. judge says White House can't override her order

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Navy must follow environmental laws, despite President Bush's attempt to exempt them, a Los Angeles judge ruled yesterday. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled last month that the Navy's plan to limit the harm done to whales and other....

State high court to broadcast cases on online and on TV

Posted on February 05, 2008
The California Supreme Court will broadcast three cases live on television and on the Web today, aiming to improve public understanding of state courts. The first case is an appeal a $500 million award to a South California medical treatment...

Manatt merges with Steefel Levitt

Posted on February 05, 2008
Manatt Phelps & Phillips merged with San Francisco's Steefel Levitt yesterday. The combined firm has 450 attorneys in California, New York and Washington, D.C. and operates under the name Manatt Phelps & Phillips, The two firms share progressive cultures and...

Cynthia Burch joins Katten corporate practice as partner

Posted on February 05, 2008
Cynthia L. Burch joins Katten Muchin as a Los Angeles-based partner in its national corporate practice with an emphasis on environmental, land use and public-private partnership law. Burch focuses on several areas in administrative law, including environmental compliance, compliance with...

Reed Smith adds three new partners and counsel to L.A.

Posted on February 05, 2008
Reed Smith added three new partners and a new counsel to its two Los Angeles offices yesterday. Kathyleen A. O'Brien and Mark Litvack join the firm's Century City office as partners. Henry Wang joins the Los Angeles office as a...

Entertainment lawyer Lisa Bonner joins Dreier

Posted on February 05, 2008
Entertainment lawyer Lisa Bonner joined Dreier's New York office as a partner. She previously the managing partner and founder of Los Angeles entertainment firm Bonner Law P.C. Bonner provides transactional counsel for large media companies, film distribution companies, music, television...

ABA brings controversial topics to annual meeting in L.A.

Posted on February 04, 2008
The American Bar Association is bringing controversial topics to their midyear meeting in Los Angeles Feb. 6-12 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Among them are the EPA's challenge to California's climate change waiver, the rule of law in...

L.A. District Attorney's office gets diverse

Posted on February 04, 2008
The prosecution team at Los Angeles' district attorney's office has grown significantly more diverse in terms of race and sex. District Attorney Steve Cooley praised the recent hiring statistics that show a transition from the old white guys he started...

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