Cheryl Miller

July 17, 2024 | The Recorder

The governor's picks include two new judges for the Alameda County Superior Court, Senior Deputy Public Defender Jessica Hawk and Marin County solo practitioner Thomas Eagle Weathers.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Calaveras County Superior Court Judge Timothy "Tim" Healy was admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday for repeated displays of poor behavior and unprofessional remarks over a six-year period.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 17, 2024 | The Recorder

Daniel Stephen March faces disbarment for running a debt-relief law firm accused of mishandling payments from tens of thousands of consumers.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Recorder

A unanimous First District Court of Appeal panel said the San Francisco County Superior Court improperly "stepped into the shoes of the prosecution" when it continued to cite COVID-related backlogs as a valid reason for delaying misdemeanor trials.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

July 15, 2024 | The Recorder

Determining whether an employment arbitration's provisions are fatally flawed requires more than just tallying the number of unconscionable provisions, the unanimous court held.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 11, 2024 | The Recorder

Superior Court Judge Thomas Griego said some of his comments reflected an attempt to keep order in his courtroom and offered a blunt assessment of the evidence before him.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 10, 2024 | The Recorder

An attorney for William Funderburk said the former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power board member has done nothing wrong.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 10, 2024 | The Recorder

Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Barrett said the Cassirer family may take its quest to recover a Pissarro painting back to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 08, 2024 | The Recorder

In a 30-page order, the council said Joshua Kindred bombarded his clerks with hundreds of texts containing "crude, sexual, personal and vulgar messages" about his and their personal lives.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

July 02, 2024 | The Recorder

"I'm not thrilled with the prospect of increasing my own fees," said Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, "but the reality is that if we don't approve this measure today, the state Supreme Court will be forced to set the licensing fees."

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read