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    Feds Indict Divorce Attorney on Tax Fraud Charges

    By Vanessa Blum | September 18, 2012

    SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors announced tax evasion and conspiracy charges Tuesday against a San Ramon lawyer who worked with a disgraced private investigator, and who is now locke

  • National Law Journal

    State SG Appointments Open Doors

    By Peter Page | August 18, 2008

    A trend among states in recent years to appoint a solicitor general has increased opportunities for young attorneys to get into court and ultimately return to private practice far from W

  • The Recorder

    GOP Senators Weigh In on DOMA Fight Before the 9th Circuit

    By Scott Graham | June 11, 2012

    SAN FRANCISCO — Throwing a party for Orrin Hatch and other GOP U.S. senators? Better not invite U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco. Hatch and nine other senators w

  • The Recorder

    Why Can't the Trial Lawyers Close?

    By Cheryl Miller | September 7, 2012

    SACRAMENTO — A year ago Niall McCarthy spoke with the swagger of a veteran attorney on the verge of a blockbuster trial. The newly minted president of the Consumer Attorneys of Ca

  • The Recorder

    Court Budget Now Signed, But Math Remains Fuzzy

    By Cheryl Miller | June 28, 2012

    SACRAMENTO — Governor Jerry Brown signed a flurry of legislation Wednesday and Thursday that chops $544 million from California's judiciary and enacts sweeping new court financing polic

  • The Recorder

    Your Skills: Top 10 Tips to Prepare for Oral Argument

    By Robert J. Stumpf, Jr., Karin Vogel and Guylyn Cummins | August 2, 2013

    The court of appeal has set your case for argument in 30 days. How should you prepare? Here are our "Top Ten" suggestions: (1) Reread the briefs and the trial cou

  • The Recorder

    Judicial Profile: William Shubb

    By Jill Duman | March 15, 2005

    COURT: U.S. District Court, Eastern District (Sacramento)APPOINTED: 1996 by George H.W. BushDATE OF BIRTH: May 28, 1938LAW SCHOOL: Boa

  • The Recorder

    Guilt by Association

    By Mary-Christine Sungaila and Lisa Perrochet | May 5, 2003

    You're ordinarily not liable for the misdeeds of others, right? Sure, you can be vicariously liable for certain conduct of employees and agents, but not others you may associate with, su

  • The Recorder

    Gimme Some Truth

    By Stephen Smith | August 20, 2008

    It has become almost universally accepted that people will lie if enough pressure is applied to the right spot. It is also commonplace today for parties to use litigation as a means of d

  • The Recorder

    Justices Will Decide if Claim Is Hot or Not

    By Mike McKee | June 12, 2003

    Elysa Yanowitz claims she began getting hostile work evaluations soon after refusing to fire a female employee because a male executive felt the employee wasn't "hot" enough to work at c

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