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July 25, 2012 |

'Disrobed' Offers Behind-the-Scenes Look at Life on the Bench

In an unusual move for a sitting federal judge, Eastern District Judge Frederic Block has written a book intended to give the general public a behind-the-scenes look at how he approaches his job.
5 minute read
October 02, 2003 |

Gov. Davis Fills Seats on Third District, Trial Benches

Gov. Gray Davis continued a recent spate of judicial appointments Wednesday by filling vacancies on the Third District Court of Appeal and the San Diego County Superior Court bench. Davis named Nevada County Judge M. Kathleen Butz, 53, to the Sacramento-based appeal court. A vacancy was created by the departure of Consuelo Callahan, who was appointed to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and confirmed earlier this year.
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May 03, 2000 |

Lawyers Make the Difference in Prep Course

When students sit down to take "The Focus Approach," a preparatory course for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) that is taught only by licensed attorneys and judges, they are getting their first taste of a law school education. Peter D. Gormanly, a former Assistant District Attorney in New York's Westchester County, devised the course after he found something lacking in the standard preparation formula -- instructors who were also lawyers.
5 minute read
October 04, 1999 |

Running from the Police

You see the police and yourun. Are the police allowed to chase you? It9s an elementarystreet law issue that the Supreme Court has never decided. Thisterm, it willin Illinois v. Wardlow.
9 minute read
July 30, 2012 |

'Disrobed' gives behind-the-scenes view of federal judge's job

A sitting federal judge who feels free to speak his mind writes a book giving an insider's view of the court system.
5 minute read
March 03, 2003 |

Inside Info

Anne McNamara, 55, who was the first woman to head a legal department of a major airline when she took over as general counsel of American Airlines and its Fort Worth-based parent company AMR Corp. in 1988, retired in late January. Also, other corporate counsel have been on the move.
3 minute read
September 18, 2001 |

The Heir Apparent?

At the Anaheim Hilton Hotel, members of La Raza Lawyers of California, a group dedicated to Hispanic legal representation, buzzed with excitement and hope. Then in walked the man of the moment -- U.S. District Judge Carlos Moreno, a popular jurist in Los Angeles' Central District of California and the man political observers believe is most likely to be the next justice of the California Supreme Court.
10 minute read
April 04, 2003 |

Leap of Faith

Three years ago, 77 students formed the first class at Ave Maria School of Law, an unaccredited Catholic school in Ann Arbor, Mich., that hadn't yet offered its first class or finished renovating its new building. Now, as the pioneers approach graduation this spring, their faith appears to have been well placed. The ABA has granted the school provisional accreditation, clearing the way for graduates to take the bar exam.
3 minute read
August 01, 2004 |

Fast Rise To The Top

Ivy league pedigrees, and the firm's practice is built on defending a chemical corporation and a cigarette maker. But beneath the surface, Kasowitz, Benson is radically unlike its peers. Founded 11 years ago and run under the autocratic hand of a single partner, the firm has no committees and issues no monthly reports. Its 160 lawyers do only litigation. Last year the firm's $173 million in revenue put it among the bottom half of the nation's 200 top-grossing firms. But its success in a toxic tort case
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