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National Law Journal

'Tell Their Story 3-Dimensionally': 1st Circuit Judge Shares Lawyering Lessons With Grads

"Over the years and the decades of practice, there will still be things to learn," Lara Montecalvo told the law school graduates. "And it will be important to know that and to acknowledge it and to see those lessons when they present themselves."
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New Jersey Law Journal

'Source of Wise Counsel to Many': Retired NJ Supreme Court Justice Alan B. Handler Dies at 92

"Justice Handler was also a warm friend and source of wise counsel to many. We extend our deepest condolences to his family at this challenging time," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Runoff Set: Voters Will Decide Between These Judges and Hopefuls on June 18

Following the May 21 nonpartisan primary election, at least five incumbent judges and more than a dozen judicial candidates are headed to runoff judicial elections on June 18.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Legal Community Mourns Loss of Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley

Retired state Court of Appeals Chief Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley, who died Sunday at age 86, was "a trailblazer in the legal profession and justice system," writes State Bar of Georgia president Tony DelCampo.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Litigator Workloads Could Spike Under Amended Civil Procedure Rules

"Attorneys have to be very attentive to these changes because they will impact every civil case and they will add to the expense of litigation," said Bruce Berman, a shareholder at Carlton Fields.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Broward Judge, Ace Mediator Dies at 101

"They don't make many lawyers like that anymore," said a friend of the former judge who died Sunday.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Solano County Judge Admonished Again for Barbed Courtroom Comments

Judge Daniel Healy displayed poor demeanor to attorneys and acted too much like a prosecutor in one case, the Commission on Judicial Performance said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Picks Maine Superior Court Justice for 1st Circuit, Where Her Father Serves

Professor Arthur Hellman said if Julia Lipez is confirmed, the First Circuit clerk's office will likely avoid putting the father-daughter duo on the same panel. "Just think about the position that the third member of that panel is in," Hellman said.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Sacramento Judge Dena Coggins Confirmed to California's Eastern District Bench

Coggins will not join the Eastern District until Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller takes senior status in September.
3 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Clarifies Trial Court's Role in Assessing Plaintiff's Initial Statement of Damages

"We conclude that the District Court judge erred in holding that G. L. c. 218, § 19A, constrains a court from looking beyond a plaintiff's initial statement of damages in assessing whether there is a reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $50,000. Rather, the statute requires the court to consider the nature of the action itself—and thus the complaint then before the court," Associate Justice Elizabeth N. Dewar wrote on behalf of the SJC.
4 minute read

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