• March 16, 2009 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Martin Quinn has been elected president of the Academy of Court Appointed Special Masters, and Fern Smith has b

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  • September 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    The Next MegaFirm?: Akin Gump, Orrick Explore Merger

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld confirmed yesterday that they are engaged in talks to combine into what could create a more than 1,800-

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  • February 2, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Schools Imagine Life Without the LSAT

    Is the Law School Admissions Test the best way to gauge who will succeed in law school, or is it a barrier to diversity in the legal profession and a far too influential ­component of the r

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  • November 25, 2003 | The Recorder

    New Partners

    TEN ASSOCIATES PROMOTED AT COOLEYCooley Godward has elected 10 associates to partner, effective Jan. 1, bringing the firm's partnership ranks to 155.The new partner clas

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  • July 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Alston set to vote on adding two Calif. offices

    Alston & Bird will add 90 lawyers in California, pending a partnership vote this morning. At 8 a.m. today, the firm's partners are to vote on adding a Los Angeles office through a

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  • October 11, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pa. Bar Pass Rate Tops 2006 Mark

    The pass rate for the July 2007 Pennsylvania bar examination passed the near record-setting rate for the July test last year. Of the 2,004 test-takers in July, 1,559 - or 77.8 percent

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  • Community House, Inc. v. City of Boise, Idaho

    Publication Date: 2010-10-06
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-06
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard A. Belodoff, Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc., Boise, Idaho, for the plaintiffs-appellees.
    for defendant: Phillip J. Collaer, Anderson, Julian & Hull LLP, Boise, Idaho, for the defendants-appellants.

    Case Number: No. 09-35780

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12894COMMUNITY HOUSE, INC.; MARLENE K. SMITH; GREG A. LUTHER; JAY D. BANTA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. p class="

  • Shoemaker v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2013-03-28
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-27
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin, Caroline P. Cincotta; Law Office of William Genego and William Genego for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Michael Glenn Witmer and Susan K. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B237986

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3445STEPHEN P. SHOEMAKER, Plaintiff and Appellant,v.KAMALA HARRIS, as Attorney General

  • Dahlia v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2013-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Susan P. Graber, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Morguess (argued), Michael A. McGill, and Russell M. Perry of Lackie, Dammeier & McGill, Upland, California; Scott Michelman and Scott L. Nelson, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant Angelo Dahlia.
    for defendant: Steven J. Renick (argued) and Eugene P. Ramirez of Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Jon Murphy. Ken Yuwiler and Michael Simidjian of Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler & Levine, Santa Monica, California, for Defendant-Appellee Omar Rodriguez. Michael Logan Rains, Harry S. Stern, and Lara Cullinane­-Smith of Rains, Lucia, Stern, PC, Pleasant Hill, California, for Defendant-Appellee Edgar Penaranda. Richard R. Terzian of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee City of Burbank. Michael P. Stone and Muna Busailah of Riverside Sheriffs' Association Legal Defense Trust, Pasadena, California, for Amicus Curiae Riverside Sheriffs' Association and Riverside Sheriffs' Association Legal Defense Trust.

    Case Number: No. 10-55978

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 9071 ANGELO DAHLIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OMAR RODRIGUEZ, individu

  • March 19, 2012 | The Recorder

    Silicon Valley Lawyers Back JOBS Act -- Cautiously

    SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers in Silicon Valley strongly support a jobs bill making its way through Congress that would make it easier for small companies to raise capital and go publi

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