Ann Woolner

August 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The legal backstory of how the explosive allegation that cost the celebrity chef much of her empire got as far as it did—and how the lawyers she dumped had it right all along.

By Ann Woolner

19 minute read

August 03, 1999 | Law.com

DNA evidence set him free, but testimony about the reliability of witness identification might have acquited him.

By Ann Woolner

10 minute read

October 13, 2004 | Law.com

By Ann Woolner

5 minute read

October 11, 1999 | Law.com

Spotting polarities is simple and fun. Good and evil. Black and white. Just, unjust. For journalists, covering evil can feel positively noble when it appears in a subject that is weighty and viscerally provocative. But the media might have misunderstood a recent conference on the death penalty.

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read

March 29, 1999 | Law.com

When journalists collaborate with cops, they may risk liability, not to mention disrepute.

By Ann Woolner

6 minute read

November 15, 1999 | Law.com

They'd rather not create a stir when doing mundane or traditional things, like buying insurance, celebrating an anniversary or going to church, but two Georgia men have become catalysts for heart-felt discussion within the their church. The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. is encouraging its congregations to hold dialogues on diversity over the next two years and the men have become real-life examples of sexual diversity.

By Ann Woolner

8 minute read

August 30, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A federal judge in Virginia has a quaint notion. He thinks he should be given darn good reasons why the government keeps a man locked up month after month with no way to get a lawyer.

By Ann Woolner

4 minute read

June 07, 1999 | Law.com

What two lawyers did to a client in a coma shouldn't happen to a dog. Read the latest Lex Populi, a regular column by Ann Woolner, appearing the first Monday of each month on Law News Network.

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read

August 16, 1999 | Law.com

When lawyers gather to assess the state of the profession, deteriorating standards are often decried and a call for higher ethical conduct issued. So it was at the American Bar Association annual meeting in Atlanta in recent days when, in the debate over multidisciplinary practices for example, a reaffirmation of core professional values triumphed over a move some feared would dilute them.

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read

July 16, 1999 | Law.com

Why the recent bar rejection of a racist is a black-and-white issue

By Ann Woolner

7 minute read