ABA Journal

JANUARY 17, 2023

A suspended lawyer in Renton, Washington, who once sued two other attorneys for defamation is accused of stabbing one of the lawsuit defendants in the…

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

Franklin County in Washington state is facing a lawyer shortage as newly booked inmates are not being assigned defense attorneys for the last two months, Cameron Probert reports for Tri-City Herald. Franklin County officials are looking to add $300,000 to the Office of Public Defense to attract more lawyers.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most lawyers are familiar with Rule 5.4 In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. The purpose is supposedly to prevent nonlawyers from interfering with a lawyer’s independent and professional judgment. California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rules against UPL specify that paralegals (or anyone who is not licensed to practice law) cannot provide attorney-client services to people, among other prohibitions. Essentially, by this definition, a person who is not licensed to practice law may not offer attorney services or get paid for them. Representing a Client.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The former acting solicitor general is leaving Hogan Lovells, the firm he’s called home since 2011, to join Milbank as a partner in its Washington, D.C. At Milbank, I will be working with an outstanding team of lawyers that includes a number with whom I have strong personal and professional relationships.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 23, 2025

revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program; Students or graduates from Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and other top law schools lost job offers from the Attorney Generals Honors Program”: Perry Stein and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report. “Justice Dept.

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Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

What if instead you could get some hands-on lawyering experience and help others along the way? Those who pass an ethics test and successfully complete two years in a public service legal position, such as in a states attorneys or public defenders office, would be in line for admittance to the state bar without a passing score on the exam.

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MyCase

AUGUST 17, 2021

Not surprisingly, the legal profession has not been immune, and lawyers and their firms have been impacted in many different ways. What follows are some of the more notable data points from this year’s Report relating to lawyer wage and demographic information. The median age for lawyers in 2020 was 47.1 workers was 42.5.

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LawSites

MAY 5, 2021

At least one lawyer is in this pantheon of top-paid publishers on Substack – Glenn Greenwald , the former litigator turned Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of four New York Times bestselling books on politics and law, including No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Another lawyer-turned-journalist is U.K.-based

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 30, 2023

Washington, ACP, CAS What is one word with thirteen characters that can lead to loss or victory? Also, as attorneys (and by extension paralegals) we are taught that our job is to win – and often that leads to the misconception that every conversation or subject is a battle to be won. By Joseph Lavelle, Esq. and Maureen C.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Anticipating client needs has always been a key component of good lawyering. Law Firm Innovation: Accessing patent data, tackling the changing court schedules and following judicial deadline extensions are just a few variables that businesses and lawyers are handling during the global pandemic.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Much like when people are burdened with unconscionable medical bills over procedures and ambulance rides that can bankrupt them, people also turn to GoFundMe to raise money to pay for a good lawyer. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Newsom, a HLS alumni and circuit judge for the U.S.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Devlyn Thompson of Seattle, Washington was sentenced Monday by a federal district court in Washington, DC for assaulting a police officer in a tunnel during the January 6 breach of the US Capitol. Thompson’s lawyer sought a one-year sentence on grounds of his inability to understand the gravity of his actions owing to his autism.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? I started the process, then went to work for a law firm and a team of lawyers that had me sitting second chair at trials, and they paid me very well. After graduating from law school, Sarah worked as an attorney at Georgia Pacific.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 10, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche? In a series of interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. This week, we feature personal injury lawyer Greg Colburn, who says success requires both grit and empathy. Here, we highlight their top tips.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 30, 2021

“Capitol riot defendants’ lawyer apparently hospitalized with covid leaves clients without counsel, prosecutors say”: Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post have a report that begins, “An attorney who represents the largest number of defendants charged in the Jan.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

The law enforcement community and youth justice advocates in Washington State are at odds over a new law requiring juveniles to have access to an attorney before police can question them. Jesse Johnson, the new law will extend the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney to the state’s youth. Introduced by State Rep.

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Livesay&Myers

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” released on November 5, 2020! News & World Report, in combination with Best Lawyers, has ranked law firms nationwide. is ranked for the fourth consecutive year as a Tier 2 firm in Family Law for the Washington, D.C. We are proud to announce that Livesay & Myers, P.C.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Thousands of criminal cases in Washington state have been thrown into doubt by reports of contamination at the state’s only forensic laboratory. The sampling at the Washington State Patrol Toxicology Laboratory is the latest to emerge from random testing since at least 2018.

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JURIST

MAY 6, 2023

A Washington DC federal jury Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. After the verdict was read, Tarrio’s lawyers indicated they would file an appeal.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

Jackie Schafer: I started out as a litigator at Paul Weiss, but spent most of my career in public service as an assistant attorney general, where I was regularly briefing and arguing cases before the state appellate courts in Alaska and Washington state. How does Clearbrief work? Who is your target user?

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LegalReader

JUNE 21, 2022

Your lawyer can help with that. Non-economic damages are a bit tricky as it is hard to put a price on your pain and suffering.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Attorneys for more than 40 former employees in multiple workplace investigations into the NFL's Washington Commanders demanded retractions and apologies from lawyers representing the team and owner Daniel Snyder on Friday, saying they made "baseless and desperate attacks on their veracity and character" in a letter they sent to the chair of the House (..)

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LegalReader

JANUARY 9, 2023

There are a number of situations in which switching lanes may be considered a sign of negligence.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

million lawyers in the United States. Nationwide, there are approximately four lawyers for every 1,000 residents, but the number doesn’t reflect the reality. Most lawyers work in urban areas, while many rural areas of the country have few or no lawyers. have less than one lawyer per 1,000 residents. .”

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Above The Law

JUNE 1, 2021

* A Michigan lawyer, who allegedly gave his adversary the middle finger during a virtual court hearing, has purportedly been fined $3,000. Washington Post ] * A Philadelphia-area attorney passed away last week hours after he was pulled from a bay in Longport, New Jersey. [ That's one expensive bird. Chicago Tribune ].

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Victims of the Washington, D.C., 29 include two Wilkinson Stekloff associates and a civil rights lawyer planning to join the faculty of… plane crash Jan.

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LawSites

JULY 27, 2022

But the California Senate has effectively shut down those working groups with a bill ( AB-2958 ), which is still pending, that would prevent any California State Bar committee from recommending any changes to the rules that only lawyers can own legal practices or deliver legal services. Listening as the chief justice answers my question.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In our live interactive Q&A session, industry experts Carolyn Elefant, Jared Correia, and Benson Varghese reflected on and provided answers around overdue foundational shifts in the legal industry and ways in which attorneys are adapting their business operations for a competitive, resilient law practice in 2021. Jump to a Topic.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus confirmed efforts of the Australian government to raise the issue with US and UK officials. Assange’s extradition was raised in a meeting with US counterpart Merrick Garland in Washington last month, said Drefyus.”This

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Commonwealth of Virginia should fall in line with other progressive states and adopt measures aimed at preventing wrongful convictions, writes author John Grisham in an op-ed for the Washington Post. The recent decision by Virginia Gov.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

* Rudy Giuliani sued by attorney over $1.36 American Lawyer ] * Internet "protect the children!" Washington Post ] * Meanwhile, loot boxes aimed at kids? Pro tip: it's best to write down all your questions for your attorney beforehand to streamline the meeting! million in legal fees. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2024

For those behind, the shenanigans include: Months spent just on jury selection Attorneys being ordered to buy people lunch $10 fines per cell phone ring The choice between homework assignments or jail An apparent in-court drug deal Assaulting an officer And all that is just from the 4/20 article last year! Louis School of Law.

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LegalReader

JULY 7, 2022

Under Washington law, an employee accrues at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours of work.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 18, 2021

6 Capitol breach with violating a federal law that makes it a crime to transport a firearm or explosive for unlawful use in a riot, reports the Washington Post. Reffitt attorney William L. prosecutors for the first time have charged a defendant, Guy Wesley Reffitt, 48, in the Jan. Since Jan.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

who sits in both Virginia’ Loudoun and Fauquier counties, has kicked the entire Loudoun Commonwealth’s prosecutor’s office off of a case, in a move representing the latest pushback against a wave of progressive prosecutors who won elections nationwide in recent years, reports the Washington Post. Plowman Jr.,

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