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  • June 14, 2004 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Burchfield's Surprising Move; Skadden, Arps No. 1; and More

    MCDERMOTT SNAGS COVINGTON RAINMAKER Über-litigator Bobby Burchfield surprised his Covington & Burling colleagues last week when he announced he was

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  • April 25, 2011 | The Recorder

    Banks Lawyer Up for Failed Mortgage Lawsuits

    LAST SPRING, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco hit a whole mob of financial institutions with a lawsuit demanding money back for residential mortgage-backed bonds gone bad. In the summer,

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  • In re Lira

    Publication Date: 2012-07-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-29
    Court: C.A. 6th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Johnny Lira: Steve M. Defilippis under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Appellant
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent The People: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Anya M. Binsacca, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Phillip Lindsay, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Brian C. Kinney, Deputy Attorney General
    Case Number: No. H036162

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7604 In re JOHNNY LIRA, on Habeas Corpus. No. H036162 In the Court of Appeal of the

  • June 14, 2013 | Legal Times

    Ex-Patton Boggs Partner Sues Firm Over Discrimination

    Roy Lessy, a former partner at Patton Boggs, is suing the firm for discrimination, claiming he was treated unfairly and not paid money he was owed after he resigned because he had a disab

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  • November 25, 2009 | The Recorder

    Default Not a Tactical Move, Justices Rule

    SACRAMENTO — Sometimes an attorney's bad advice is just bad advice, not shrewd legal strategizing gone awry. That's what the Sixth District Court of Appeal concluded Tuesday when i

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  • October 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    In Brief

    VA. BAR PLAN PASSES The Virginia State Bar Council unanimously passed proposed rule 1A:5 at its meeting on Oct. 17-18, which requires all in-house counsel in Virginia to be memb

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  • December 13, 2012 | The Recorder

    O.C. Judge Admonished for Comments in Rape Case

    SACRAMENTO — An Orange County judge has been publicly admonished by a disciplinary panel for c

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  • August 25, 2003 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria divi

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  • July 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    'Wild Bill' Facing Suspension for Barbs on Bench

    A judicial ethics panel is calling for a six-month suspension of Mercer County Superior Court Judge Wilbur Mathesius over caustic remarks and other improper comments he made while in robes.

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  • July 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Decision to Hold PCRA Hearing Addresses Legal Question, Not Just Procedure

    A defendant whose Post Conviction Relief Act hearing never happened after the judge who scheduled it was elected to the Superior Court has won another chance at that hearing. A three-judge p

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