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  • Supreme Court rejects 2 death row appeals

    Supreme Court rejects 2 death row appeals

    Bar Associations 12/11/2016

    The Supreme Court has denied appeals from death row inmates in Louisiana and South Carolina who questioned their lawyers' actions. The justices on Monday did not comment on the cases of James Tyler of Louisiana and Sammie Stokes of South Carolina. Ty...

  • Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP

    Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP

    Bar Associations 09/11/2016

    Judge Merrick Garland found himself back on Capitol Hill on Thursday in a familiar place ? meeting with a Democratic senator who used the visit to complain about Republicans' inaction on President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Vermont Sen. Pa...

  • Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer

    Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer

    Bar Associations 11/01/2013

    Criminal defense should not be taken lightly and getting an attorney with experience is crucial so you are able to achieve your goals in each situation. Mr. Ney has represented  criminal defendants in felony cases in both trial and appellate cou...

  • Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license

    Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license

    Bar Associations 10/05/2012

    A Florida man's bid to become the first illegal immigrant to obtain a law license in the United States met skepticism Tuesday from most of the state's Supreme Court justices. Jose Godinez-Samperio came to the U.S. with his parents on visitors' visas ...

  • LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed

    LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed

    Bar Associations 10/05/2009

    UK – Local authority pension schemes could be losing up to £125m (€136m) by not participating in class actions, a report from the Goal Group has claimed. The firm, which provides specialist class action services, calculated that between 2007 and 2008...

  • ABA Antitrust Fall Forum

    ABA Antitrust Fall Forum

    Bar Associations 10/20/2008

    What will a new administration mean to the practice of antitrust lawand how will it affect Congress, the agencies and the courts in comingyears?  What changes can be expected at the Federal Trade Commissionand Department of Justice?  How wi...

  • Hazard Receives 2008 Franck Responsibility Award

    Hazard Receives 2008 Franck Responsibility Award

    Bar Associations 04/03/2008

    Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., a professor at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, has been selected to receive the 2008 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award conferred by the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility.“...

  • State Bar scolds Robeson DA for media comments

    State Bar scolds Robeson DA for media comments

    Bar Associations 03/11/2008

    Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt has been reprimanded by the N.C. State Bar for talking too freely with the media about Robeson County deputies accused of corruption in the Tarnished Badge scandal.The State Bar licenses lawyers in North...

  • Former bar presidents support Servaas

    Former bar presidents support Servaas

    Bar Associations 02/28/2008

    Judge Steven Servaas, under pressure to resign his seat on the District Court bench, is getting support from fellow lawyers.A letter signed by 12 former Grand Rapids Bar Association presidents supports Servaas in his fight with the Michigan Judicial ...

  • Lawyers ask for more time to redefine practice of law

    Lawyers ask for more time to redefine practice of law

    Bar Associations 02/28/2008

    Hawaii attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to give them more time to develop proposed rules that will define the practice of law. The Hawaii State Bar Association asked the court for an extension until March 28 to fine-tune its earlier propo...

  • Massachusetts Bar to honor Nancy King

    Massachusetts Bar to honor Nancy King

    Bar Associations 02/14/2008

    The Massachusetts Bar Association said it will honor lawyers and law firms for providing free legal services to the public at a ceremony next month.The association added that it will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Nancy King, t...