Cheryl Miller

March 11, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 01, 2011 | The Recorder

A judge who spoke against AOC pay raises last year will square off against longtime Judicial Council member Richard Huffman.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 01, 2010 | The Recorder

With Chief Justice Ronald George's vision for state courts second-guessed by critics old and new, will earlier accomplishments unravel?

By Cheryl Miller

9 minute read

June 06, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Oakland, Calif., attorney Jon Eisenberg has some advice for same-sex couples looking to say "I do" on June 16: "Don't get married in a fever."

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

January 14, 2008 | The Recorder

State Public Defender Michael Hersek's office says if it's forced to cut $1.6 million, it just might have to lay off lawyers and refuse new death penalty appeals. Which would put a kink in the Supreme Court's hopes of speeding up those cases �

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

October 27, 2008 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: The state needs more jurists ... Amicus filers have to name their friends ... and Prop 8 advertising tit for tat!

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

September 24, 2008 | The Recorder

AG Jerry Brown is seeking to keep his office's lawsuit against Countrywide separate and un-consolidated. He's also got words for those who think his office isn't doing enough about predatory lenders.

By Cheryl Miller

5 minute read

July 13, 2009 | The Recorder

Class action coupon settlements have their detractors, and considering that the Ford Explorer deal gave lawyers $16 million, and coupons to only 75 class members, that won't change.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 29, 2011 | The Recorder

The governor thinks the Supreme Court has lost its cutting edge, and is betting that the Berkeley Law professor can bring back that Roger Traynor feeling.

By Kate Moser and Cheryl Miller

10 minute read

July 31, 2009 | Law.com

California's Judicial Council on Wednesday ordered the state's courthouses closed once a month starting Sept. 16, despite ongoing complaints from labor groups, sheriffs and some judges that the closures are unnecessary and potentially dangerous. "I hate it," said council member Richard Hoffman, a justice on the 4th District Court of Appeal. The third-Wednesday-each-month closures will save an estimated $85.3 million and are a key part of the judicial branch's overall plan to close a $393 million deficit.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read