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Reed Replaces Muni Court PD Reportedly Targeted by Judges

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has replaced Interim Municipal Public Defender Rosalie Joy with Kenneth Days III, who has served as the office's managing attorney since 2008. Civil rights groups and attorneys have decried what they said was an effort to oust Joy by some Municipal Court judges angered by her efforts to keep indigent defendants out of jail.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Is He Dishonest or an Imbecile? Take Your Pick to Explain Brett Talley's Disclosure Form

In the Trump administration, disclosure is for suckers. Just ask the nominee for the Middle District of Alabama, who neglected to mention that his wife is a senior White House lawyer.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Probate Court Leader Makes Case for Training Traffic Judges

They might not be the kind of judges most people think of as heading traffic court. The 20 who took three days of classes on the law governing field sobriety tests and other types of evidence were not state court traffic judges. They are probate judges.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

A previous article by this writer suggested that it would not be unethical to file a complaint even though the lawyer knew the statute of limitations had passed because in Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations must be raised as an affirmative defense.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

El Paso Judge Reprimanded For Threatening to Jail Lawyers, Shaming Would-Be Jurors

An El Paso state district judge has been reprimanded for mishandling contempt proceedings against lawyers and threatening them with arrest — including…
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Judge Suspended in Wake of Charges in Alleged Road Rage Incident

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has suspended Corpus Christi state district court judge Guy Williams from the bench without pay after he was…
2 minute read

National Law Journal

More Than 200 Civil Rights Groups Oppose DC Circuit Nominee Greg Katsas

The groups say Katsas, a White House lawyer and former Jones Day partner, is unable to be independent from the executive branch.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Ethics Committee: Judge Need Not Step Aside Because of Acquaintance's Amicus Brief

An official committee that confidentially gives guidance to California judges on ethical questions has advised that an appellate justice has no obligation to step off a case where a prior professional acquaintance filed an amicus curiae brief.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

In this modern world, the attorney disciplinary system or judicial disciplinary system are often times intertwined with the criminal courts. Unfortunately, sometimes lawyers are charged with crimes.
25 minute read

Daily Business Review

Guantanamo Military Judge Rules Defense Official in Contempt

A military judge at the Guantanamo Bay detention center ruled Wednesday that a senior legal official in charge of the defense for terrorism suspects…
3 minute read

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