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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    The Big Pond

    Blame it on the economy: This year's crop of summer associates was a little less lighthearted than usual. As a group, summer associates expressed somewhat greater uncertainty about wh

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  • January 5, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Slow Going in Senate for DOJ, Judicial Nominees

    New leadership takes over this week in President Obama's legal shop, and among the challenges facing incoming White House Counsel Robert Bauer is how to reinvigorate the administration's efforts to

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  • United States v. Elk

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-26
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: John R. Gibson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-1914, 07-1925, 07-1931 & 07-1937

    Submitted: February 11, 2008Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges,This is the appeal of five defendants convicted of multiple drug and gun crimes in connection with their

  • December 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    From the Suites to the Streets

    A small but potentially broader solution to budget cuts plaguing the Legal Aid Society's criminal defense division has been found in a new, unusual externship program involving mid-level

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  • Winningham v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-21
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-21
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Bill Meier Justice
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    Case Number: 2-07-389-CR

    OPINION ON PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEWPursuant to rule of appellate procedure 50, we have reconsidered our previous opinion upon reviewing Appellant Lester Winningham, Jr.'s and the State

  • United States v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2010-02-16
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-05
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: Boyce F. Martin, Jr., Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-4280

    RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206Argued: January 12, 2010Before: MARTIN, BOGGS, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.MARTIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court

  • Atherton v. Dist. of Columbia Office of the Mayor

    Publication Date: 2009-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-02
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-5195

    Argued March 6, 2009Before: KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.On April 9, 2001, appellant P

  • September 6, 2005 | Legal Times

    Roberts' Mystery Years in the Office of the Solicitor General

    After weeks of document dumps and media scrutiny of John Roberts Jr.'s copious writings, the Supreme Court nominee goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week with one important part

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  • April 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Stevens, High Court Liberal Leader, to Retire

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a one-time centrist maverick who became a powerful leader of the court's liberal wing, announced his retirement on April 9, just 11 days short of his 9

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  • September 13, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Let's Do Lunch

    For years, it has been rumored that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, on occasion, ask distinguished people from all walks of life to join them for lunch and conversation. But court offi

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