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  • July 30, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • August 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • July 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • Rodriguez v. Disner

    Publication Date: 2012-08-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-08-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Richard R. Clifton, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Gaudet, Jr., The Hague, The Netherlands, and Sandeep Gopalan, Maynooth, Ireland, appearing pro se (Appeal No. 10-57037).
    for defendant: Margaret A. Grignon, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California, for appellant Sandra Disner (Appeal No. 10-55309). Terry W. Bird and Thomas R. Freeman (argued), Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, P.C., Los Angeles, California, and Sidney Kanazawa, McGuireWoods LLP, Los Angeles, California, for appellant McGuireWoods LLP (Appeal Nos. 10-55342, 10-56770). John W. Davis, Law Office of John W. Davis, San Diego, California, and Steven F. Helfand, Helfand Law Offices, San Francisco, California, for objectors-appellants David Feldman, Cameron Gharabiklou, Emily Grant, Jeff Lang, Sarah McDonald, Cara Patton, Rachel Schwartz, and Greg Thomas (Appeal No. 10-56700). Charles A. Sturm, Steele Sturm PLLC, Houston, Texas, for objectors-appellants James Juranek, Audrey Juranek, and Richard P. Le Blanc (Appeal No. 10-56703). J. Garrett Kendrick and C. Benjamin Nutley (argued), Kendrick & Nutley, Pasadena, California, and John Pentz, Maynard, Massachusetts, for objectors-appellants George Schneider, Jonathan M. Slomba, James Puntumapanitch, Justin Head, and Ryan Helfrich (Appeal No. 10-56724). Joshua R. Furman (argued), Joshua R. Furman Law Corp., Beverly Hills, California, and John M. Zimmerman, Law Offices of John M. Zimmerman, Seattle, Washington, for objectors-appellants Aaron Lukoff, John Prendergast, and David Orange (Appeal No. 10-56737). J. Darrell Plamer, Law Offices of Darrell Plamer PC, Solana Beach, California, for objectors-appellants Evans & Mullinix, P.A., David Oriol, Sarah Siegel, Jennifer Brown McElroy, Daniel Schafer, and Jason Tingle (Appeal No. 10-56803).

    Case Number: No. 10-55309 No. 10-55342 No. 10-56730 No. 10-56700 No. 10-56703 No. 10-56724 No. 10-56737 No. 10-56803 No. 10-57037

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9131 RYAN RODRIGUEZ, on behalf of himself and all others si y situated; REENA B. FRAILICH, on behalf of herself and all others si

  • May 17, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • March 21, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • December 29, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • November 15, 2004 | Legal Times

    Inside Man

    Whitewater drowned Clinton. Iran-Contra clipped Reagan. And Watergate slammed Nixon.In two decades, presidential second terms haven't escaped a major scandal. Last week, the newl

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