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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hugh D. Ridgway III District Attorney's Office, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew Blackwell, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0511

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and related crimes stemming from the death of his 7-month-old dau

  • People v. Vang

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-11
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos Martinez, Chung Mi (Alexa) Choi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Kat Kozik, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. C075731

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7454 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSON VANG, Defendant

  • July 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Notable Mergers, Departures Show Through in Pa. Firm Head Counts

    While Pennsylvania's largest law firms maintained a steady head count overall in 2015, a number of firms experienced noticeable gains and decreases due to mergers, strings of departures

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  • Brooks v. Clark County

    Publication Date: 2016-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cal J. Potter, III (argued) and C.J. Potter, IV, Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Matthew Christian (argued), Deputy District Attorney; Steven B. Wolfson, District Attorney; Clark County District Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 14-16424

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7246 ADAM BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, and JOHN KEVIN SMITH, Plain

  • Garmon v. County of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Personal Injury
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr. and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges, and Claudia Wilken,* Senior District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Morris (argued) and Julia A. Vogelzang, Duane Morris LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Millicent L. Rolon (argued), Principal Deputy County Counsel; Roger H. Granbo and Jennifer A.D. Lehman, Assistant County Counsel; John F. Krattli, County Counsel; Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel; Los Angeles County Counsel, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees County of Los Angeles, Steve Cooley and Michele Hanisee.
    Case Number: No. 12-55109

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7109 DETRICE GARMON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS

  • July 5, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dickie McCamey Opens California Office

    Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote has opened a new office in a Los Angeles suburb, making for the firm's first office on the West Coast. The Pittsburgh-based firm opened an office in

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  • July 1, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News—July 5, 2016—Burns White

    Additions Burns White added trial attorneys Ruth R. Wessel as a member and Kirsten B. Hare as an associate in its Philadelphia 
of

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  • July 1, 2016 | Focus Europe

    Europe Says No to Treaty Arbitration

    On July 3, 2014, the European Commission's computers crashed. The commission had invited comment on investor-state arbitration, a private justice system that has inspired a global case l

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  • June 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Burns White Grows Med Mal Group With Obermayer Attorneys

    Two medical malpractice attorneys from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, including the co-chair of that practice, have joined Burns White, further adding to the latter firm's growi

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  • Marchman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Alexander III, Marietta, for Marchman. Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for Arnold. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0027; S16A0028

    The evidence was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt and to warrant the defendants' convictions, either as a perpetrator who directly committed the crimes or as a p