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MARCH 1, 2023

“Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein leaves Supreme Court practice, law firm”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report. ” The post “Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein leaves Supreme Court practice, law firm” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“Biden nominates union lawyer, Muslim American to U.S. ” Azi Paybarah of The Washington Post reports that “ Biden nominee would be first Muslim on federal appellate court in U.S. ” The post “Biden nominates union lawyer, Muslim American to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.”

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ABA Journal

APRIL 1, 2022

The company that does business as Best Lawyers has sued the publisher of the Washingtonian magazine for its publication of a directory and lawyer referral…

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Above The Law

JULY 26, 2024

Can't Just Ignore This Business: 303 Creative litigant needs someone to pay $2M in lawyer fees. Comparison Is The Thief Of Saving Face: This might be the first and last time Giuliani gets compared to George Washington. The post This Is Why People Hate Lawyers — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

MAY 6, 2024

The American lawyer on the problem of overturning of Roe vs Wade, the ‘psychological difficulty’ of retirement — and what ‘Macbeth’ tells us about Washington.” The American lawyer on the problem of overturning of Roe vs Wade, the ‘psychological difficulty’ of retirement — and what ‘Macbeth’ tells us about Washington.”

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HowAppealing

MARCH 11, 2022

market; Kramer Levin combining with Washington, D.C. firm Robbins Russell; Robbins Russell formed in 2001 by former Mayer Brown, DOJ lawyers”: Sara Merken of Reuters has this report. “Kramer Levin combines with litigation firm to enter D.C.

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LawSites

JANUARY 6, 2025

5, in a move to enhance access to justice, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued a historic order authorizing a regulatory reform pilot program by which entities not owned by lawyers will be able to deliver legal services. The move makes Washington only the third state, after Utah and Arizona, […]

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ABA Journal

JUNE 5, 2024

A Washington lawyer has agreed to give up his law license, rather than fight allegations stemming from his guilty plea to misdemeanor assaults on a…

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

“Stephen Glasser, co-founder of the Legal Times newspaper, dies at 79; He and his wife started the Washington-based weekly in 1978; The newspaper was among the first to focus on lawyers and the legal profession, and helped spark a bevy of imitators”: Harrison Smith of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Shapiro, Groundbreaker in Solicitor General’s Office, Dies at 93; She was the office’s first female lawyer, and the quality of her written Supreme Court briefs made her a name in Washington legal circles”: This obituary , written by Katharine Q. “Harriet S.

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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., of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Miles & Stockbridge has announced that it will merge with 30-lawyer Krooth & Altman, a real estate law firm in Washington, D.C. The combined firm…

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Dong Yuyu’s son, Dong Yifu, has called on Japanese authorities in Washington to assist, emphasizing that his father did not commit espionage during his meetings with diplomats. In November 2024, the Beijing Number 2 Intermediate Peoples Court indicted Dong Yuyu for espionage and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

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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? Pilot Program Will Allow New Lawyers to Swap Public Service For South Dakota Bar Exam [The Public Opinion] Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. ” certificate?

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

“Judge Defers Ruling in Adams Case, Appointing Lawyer to Guide Decision; Judge Dale E. Ho said that with Eric Adamss lawyer and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report. ” You can access today’s order of the U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the countrys largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

In December 2023, the Washington Post reported on its year-long investigation of the “Hong Kong Twelve” case. One person interviewed by the Washington Post stated it was likely Li faced treatment “ten times worse” than the rest. China signed and ratified the Convention in 1986 and 1988 respectively.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A former Ohio lawyer was arrested Thursday for allegedly using fake identities to obtain law firm jobs in Washington, D.C., and Florida. Richard Louis Crosby…

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

— Jeff Lowe, senior managing partner and market president for Washington, D.C., consulting firm CenterPeak, in comments given to the American Lawyer , on the difficulties associated with becoming a Biglaw equity partner.

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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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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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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An Ohio judge has ordered a lawyer and a co-defendant to register voters in Washington, D.C., for sending robocalls with false information about mail-in ballots…

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Liberal lawyers shouldn’t fall for it.” ” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post. Liberal lawyers shouldn’t fall for it.” “Originalism is bunk. The post “Originalism is bunk. ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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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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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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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

Charlie Adelson Earlier this month, Charlie Adelson’s lawyer argued that his client should be resentenced over a counting error. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A disbarred lawyer convicted on espionage charges in 1998 sought to regain her law license during a hearing in Washington, D.C., The lawyer,…

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

On Tuesday, Washington, D.C.-based A new study has found that most legal professionals are not yet using artificial intelligence to address increasing workload challenges. based legal…

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HowAppealing

JULY 2, 2022

“A firm’s split with its star gun-case lawyer shows what ails the left”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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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.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2023

lawyer to co-head appellate team”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report. Michel joins Washington, D.C. lawyer to co-head appellate team” appeared first on How Appealing. lawyer to co-head appellate team” appeared first on How Appealing. “Law firm Quinn Emanuel hires Justice Dept.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 13, 2022

A once-prominent lawyer in Washington, D.C., has sued PNC Bank for allegedly ignoring “red flags and serious irregularities” that allowed an employee to embezzle money…

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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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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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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

Bureaucratic federal hurdles around cannabis are affecting lawyers as well, with Bloomberg News reporting that ethical and legal snags abound for lawyers representing cannabis industry clients in the growing number of states where weed is legal, requiring extra due diligence to ensure compliance.

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