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  • September 2, 2004 | The Recorder

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  • May 6, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

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  • May 4, 1999 | Law News Network

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  • September 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

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  • May 11, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • June 13, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Deloitte Acquiring North Carolina Boutique Investment Bank

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  • March 31, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Continental Breakfast: Simon Branigan, Linklaters

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  • Gonzalez v. State of Arizona

    Publication Date: 2010-10-26
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nina Perales, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, San Antonio, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Jesus M. Gonzalez, et al. Jon M. Greenbaum, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter Tribal Council, et al. Karen J. Hartman-Tellez, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter-Tribal Council, et al.
    for defendant: Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Mary R. O?Grady, Solicitor General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Dennis Wilenchik, Wilenchik and Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees Shelly Baker, La Paz County Recorder, et al. Sam Hirsch, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Kali N. Bracey, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Jessica Ring Amunson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Barnaby W. Zall, Weinberg & Jacobs, LLP, Rockville, Maryland, on behalf of Amicus Curiae American Unity Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Charles E. Borden, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund. Joel M. Spector, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, Colorado, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Mountain States Legal Foundation. Michael J. Reitz, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Olympia, Washington, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Brian D. Netter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Congressman Robert A. Brady, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, Congressman Raul M. Grijalva, and Congressman Jose E. Serrano. Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Protect Arizona Now, Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation.

    Case Number: No. 08-17094 No. 08-17115

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13590MARIA M. GONZALEZ,; LUCIANO VALENCIA; THE INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.; ARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK; STEVE M. GALLARDO; LEAGUE OF

  • September 17, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    The power of one

    On a crisp sunny day in late March, lawyers from 39 law firms gathered at the corporate headquarters of Pfizer Inc., a nondescript office building a couple of blocks east of Grand Central Sta

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