Cheryl Miller

June 30, 2008 | Law.com

Calling her contrition "too little too late," the California Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday ordered Superior Court Judge Kelly MacEachern removed from the bench. Commissioners said MacEachern filed fraudulent expense reports for a judicial conference and then lied about her attendance to court officials and a panel of special masters that reviewed the allegations against her. MacEachern is the fourth trial court judge ousted by the commission in the last 18 months.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

June 13, 2006 | Law.com

Contra Costa County Judge Bruce Mills was publicly admonished for disparaging lawyers' performances and engaging in ex parte communications.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

May 27, 2008 | The Recorder

Peter McBrien, a time-pressed Sacramento judge, shouldn't have stopped a trial in mid-testimony, the Third District rules. Now he's got other problems.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

December 14, 2009 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: Joe Dunn and Martha Escutia are said to be close to launching a class action litigation shop.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

July 01, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Calling her contrition "too little too late," the California Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday ordered Orange County Superior Court Judge Kelly MacEachern removed from the bench.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

February 11, 2009 | The Recorder

Capital Accounts: Sure, the pay is lousy. But working for the state used to mean you didn't have to sweat layoff rumors. Now you do.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

March 09, 2007 | Law.com

Not all California judges are equal, at least when it comes to benefits. At least five counties in the state are giving judges extra money -- as much as $31,000 a year in Los Angeles and $19,000 in Riverside -- to help pay for benefits such as car allowances. Meanwhile, tiny Alpine County's two judges receive a designated parking spot. The issue of disparity among county-provided benefits has dogged the state for more than a decade. And Chief Justice Ronald George says it's time to do something about it.

By Cheryl Miller

10 minute read

May 24, 2007 | The Recorder

SEC officials scolded the company for failing to disclose that one of its directors had quit over what blossomed into the pretexting scandal.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

June 08, 2009 | The Recorder

Lawmakers rejected the governor's attempt to cut almost all of the law school's funding. Hastings can thank former students — and the foresight of Serranus Clinton Hastings.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 11, 2011 | The Recorder

By Cheryl Miller

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