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Law society backs new Attorney-General
The Queensland Law Society says it is more than happy with the state's new Attorney-General. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:14:00 GMT)

Celebs lawyer 'Mr Loophole' bailed
Celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman has said that he was "totally innocent" after he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:03:09 GMT)

Lawyer 'died after defying robbers'
A successful City lawyer was stabbed to death by two hooded robbers only yards from the flat he shared with his fiancee, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:21:01 GMT)

Celebrity lawyer Mr Loophole arrested in conspiracy inquiry
Nick Freeman, the celebrity lawyer known as Mr Loophole because of his ability to get clients off motoring charges, has denied being involved in a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:55:16 GMT)

San Diego city attorney urges judge to issue order declaring pension benefits illegal
SAN DIEGO - A court order declaring pension benefits granted to city employees in 1996 and 2002 illegal is "imperative" for the financial well-being of San Diego, City Attorney Michael Aguirre told a judge Tuesday. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:46:30 GMT)

Lawyer attacks cleric media coverage
A Muslim human rights lawyer has attacked the media over its coverage of Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali during a women's rights function. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:35:10 GMT)

Lawyer: Woman in nuclear probe not a spy
The woman who lived in a home where classified material from Los Alamos National Laboratory was seized by authorities wasn't a spy — she was just trying to do her job for the lab, her lawyer said Tuesday. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:36:56 GMT)

Attorney: $390M needed to fix city’s infrastructure
It would cost the city $390 million just to catch up to a deficit associated with improving the city’s infrastructure, said City Attorney Cole Finegan at a Denver City Club meeting yesterday. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:04:16 GMT)

Mount Sinai receives grant from US Attorney General office
NEW YORK CITY -- The Office of the US Attorney General announced today The Mount Sinai Medical Center will be one of five recipients of a prescription drug education grant for health care professionals. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:08:26 GMT)

Mount Sinai Receives Grant from US Attorney General Office
The Office of the US Attorney General announced today The Mount Sinai Medical Center will be one of five recipients of a prescription drug education grant for health care professionals. The $400,000 grant is funded by the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program and will be used to educate physicians and medical students about pharmaceutical company marketing practices and (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:17:43 GMT)

Attorney general's office to handle drug case
LEWISBURG — At the request of Union County District Attorney D. Peter Johnson, the case involving the unexplained death of a 17-year-old Lewisburg girl will be handled by the state attorney general's office. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:31:43 GMT)

Attorney to cops: Stop gunshot citations
L. SAUCON TWP. | The attorney for a township man repeatedly charged with firing his handgun near neighbors' homes said his client will consider legal action if township police don't leave him alone. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:36:27 GMT)

Uneven race for attorney general still heated as Brown, Poochigian hold dueling news conferences
The rivals for attorney general trade barbs in L.A. The ex-governor has a strong lead. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:08:23 GMT)

Attorney eager to help others
MOAB - Friends remember former Grand County Attorney Bill Benge as a brilliant, quick-witted and complex man who spent most of his adult life working to help others. "He wasn't always by the book," longtime friend Jim Stiles recalled. " He often looked for ways to give people a second chance. Even people he prosecuted would go out of their way to say hello to him. He was just that kind of a (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:27:03 GMT)

Station lawyer releases e-mails with prosecutor
Kathleen M. Hagerty, a lawyer for the owners of The Station nightclub where 100 people died in a 2003 fire, yesterday lashed out at Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, who she said was lying about his office’s handling of the criminal cases against her clients. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:46:07 GMT)

Lawyer says murder accused too aggrieved to make plea
The lawyer for a man charged over a murder in Darwin's northern suburbs says he has been unable to seek instructions from his client, because he is still grieving over the death of the victim. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:11:08 GMT)

Lawyer in Osama costume faces charge
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested Tuesday after he was spotted on a highway overpass wearing an Osama bin Laden Halloween costume and holding a toy gun. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:34:23 GMT)

Lawyer who sued counsel program takes state job
A Syracuse lawyer who has been battling the local Assigned Counsel Program for the past year has shut down his law practice to take a job as a state administrative law judge. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:04:22 GMT)

Costume gets lawyer arrested
SOUTH PORTLAND - The lawyer who divulged President Bush’s drunken driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested at gunpoint Tuesday after he was seen on a highway construction site carrying a toy gun while dressed in an Osama bin Laden costume. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:16:36 GMT)

County attorney to retire after 25 years
NASSAU COUNTY - County Attorney Mike Mullin, who has offered legal counsel to Nassau County for 25 years, will retire Jan. 12. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:29:31 GMT)

Miller playing prophetic lawyer in ABC pilot
Jonny Lee Miller will play the title role in "Eli Stone," an ABC drama pilot about a lawyer who finds out he might be a prophet. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:38:48 GMT)

ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE: Ex-soldiers do battle for top state law job
When Republican Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox held a news conference last November to reveal he had cheated on his wife, many people thought he'd committed political suicide. But it doesn't appear voters are holding it against him. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:44:05 GMT)

Lawyer to file separate memo for 'Nicole'
The private lawyer of the Filipino complainant in the Subic rape case said Wednesday that she will file a separate memorandum to convince the court to hand down a guilty verdict against the accused US marines. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:06:57 GMT)

Sparks City Attorney's Admission Raises New Concerns
Sparks City Attorney Chet Adams already is under fire for deciding to settle a $100,000 lawsuit over a proposed casino resort on the Pyramid Highway. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:30:52 GMT)

Lamoille County State's Attorney Probes Shooting
The Lamoille County State's Attorney's is deciding whether to file charges against a teenager accused of shooting a hunter. 38-year-old Anthony Gates suffered several pellet wounds, including one in his head. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:34:16 GMT)

Rooting out scandal key to attorney general race
SPRINGFIELD - Rooting out public corruption has become the central issue in the upcoming Illinois attorney general's race. As allegations of corruption have become a major issue in this year's gubernatorial race, how to handle it is bleeding into the attorney general contest. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:22:22 GMT)

Nightclub fire dominates race for R.I. attorney general
Attorney General Patrick Lynch took office just weeks before a fire at a crowded nightclub killed 100 people. Three and a half years later, the disaster continues to cast a shadow over his bid for re-election as the state's top law enforcement official. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:22:30 GMT)

Attorney general’s race involves big spending, negative ads KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
The last Johnson County district attorney to take on an incumbent Republican attorney general was Dennis Moore, a Democrat who didn’t win that race but was later elected to Congress. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:03:54 GMT)

Rwanda: ICTR/Karemera - Nzirorera's Lawyer Obtains Penalty Against Prosecution Bench
Peter Robinson, the hard-bitten American lawyer of Joseph Nzirorera, ex-secretary-general of the former Rwandan presidential party - the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development - has obtained a penalty against the prosecution bench. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:06:52 GMT)

Accused lawyer to plead guilty to stealing from clients
A Mont Vernon lawyer who already has agreed to give up his home to settle a lawsuit, now says he'll plead guilty to stealing more than $1 million from clients. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:40:00 GMT)

Linklaters Lawyer Fought Attackers Before His Death, Court Told
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Tom ap Rhys Pryce, a 31-year-old Linklaters lawyer stabbed to death in front of his home, was chased down the street and struggled with two men before he collapsed, a witness told a London court today. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:50:25 GMT)

Prominent lawyer Stephen Kaye, husband of chief judge, dies at 75
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyer Stephen Rackow Kaye, who died Monday, wrote the definitive work on commercial litigation in New York, forced the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay millions of dollars in a property rights case and was the husband of state's chief judge. He was 75. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:33:01 GMT)

Attorney draws harsh penalty from top court
The Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday suspended Columbus attorney Derek Farmer for a year, a harsher penalty than the court's disciplinary board recommended in March for "misleading" the disciplinary counsel and others about statements he made to a client. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:01:19 GMT)

Neighbour 'saw lawyer's murder'
A neighbour tells a court of the last moments of lawyer Tom ap Rhys Pryce, who was murdered near his home. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:16:19 GMT)

Lawyer arrested for armed bin Laden stunt
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A South Portland, Maine, defense lawyer and political activist was arrested for dressing like Osama bin Laden and standing by a highway with a plastic gun. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:07:58 GMT)

U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud
In a preemptive move that underscores the highly partisan and tightly contested races for public office that will be decided next week, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's office said Wednesday that federal prosecutors and FBI agents are prepared to review and investigate allegations of election fraud. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:55:40 GMT)

County Attorney clears Ogden mayor, chief and officer in pay protest flap
Posted: 12:38 PM- Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey and Police Chief Jon Greiner committed no crimes last summer when the mayor helped identify - and Greiner disciplined - a police officer involved in a protest of city pay policies. That's the upshot of a long-awaited investigation by Weber County Attorney Mark DeCaria. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:56:25 GMT)

Skill games illegal, attorney general says
BREAKING NEWS: Attorney General Jim Petro issued a formal opinion today that refutes claims that amusement machines, such as Tic Tac Fruit, are legal “skill-based” games. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:09:57 GMT)

CVS partners with attorney general on indictments
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced Wednesday the indictment of four men and one woman-- including two CVS Pharmacy technicians -- on charges including the alleged forgery of prescriptions and illegally selling painkillers. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:12:49 GMT)

Accused lawyer to plead guilty to stealing from clients
NASHUA, N.H. A Mont Vernon (New Hampshire) lawyer who already has agreed to give up his home to settle a lawsuit, now says he'll plead guilty to stealing more than one (M) million dollars from clients. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:26:00 GMT)

Prominent lawyer Stephen Kaye, husband of chief judge, dies at 75
ALBANY, N.Y. The husband of New York state's chief judge has died. Lawyer Stephen Rackow Kaye died Monday at age 75. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:27:30 GMT)

State Attorney To Investigate Ann Coulter In Voting Case
An alleged voting violation by Republican pundit and bestselling author Ann Coulter will be investigated by Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer's office. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:44:30 GMT)

Attorney General
There were 300 instances of unclaimed property in Kosciusko County totaling $117,358.63 last year, and Indiana’s attorney general is encouraging Indiana property owners to claim it. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:15:25 GMT)

27 DAs endorse Tyson for attorney general
HOOVER, Ala. More than two dozen Alabama district attorneys are endorsing Democrat John Tyson for attorney general over Republican incumbent Troy King. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:23:36 GMT)

Northville lawyer sentenced in fraud case
A federal judge today sentenced a Northville lawyer who defrauded friends and neighbors of millions of dollars to five years and four months in federal prison. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:15:08 GMT)

Witness tells of mugged lawyer's dying moments
A woman told a court yesterday that she witnessed the final moments of a City lawyer as he tried to fight off two hooded robbers who, she said, stabbed him to death yards from his home.... (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:49:52 GMT)

Attorney: Furman Fired From 700WLW
Former sports-talk host Andy Furman is out of a job, his attorney confirmed Wednesday. (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:50:57 GMT)

Maury Povich's lawyer wants a gag order in sexual-harassment case
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for TV talk-show host Maury Povich has asked an arbitrator hearing a sexual-harassment complaint against him to issue a gag order, a request opposed by the lawyer for the female employee who made the charge. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:00:43 GMT)

NYC Lawyer Admits Stealing Millions From Clients
A lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of stealing more than $1.6 million from clients whose estates and accounts he handled. Campbell Holder, 58, of Brooklyn, admitted he stole the money by raiding the seven clients' accounts that he controlled, said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman of the Manhattan district attorney's office. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:59:17 GMT)

Florida State Attorney to Probe Coulter's Alleged Voting Violation
NEW YORK An alleged voting violation by conservative Universal Press Syndicate columnist Ann Coulter will be investigated by Palm Beach County (Fla.) State Attorney Barry Krischer's office, according to a Wednesday story by Palm Beach Post writer Jose Lambiet. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:10:56 GMT)

Attorney disputes electronic transfer testimony
A potential blow was delivered Wednesday to Mark David Frankel's defense when an attorney testified that he did not set up electronic fund transfers from an account reserved for clients, but simply installed software that enabled that process. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:41:00 GMT)

The Race for Attorney General
We'll speak with both candidates in the race for Attorney-General: Larry Frisoli and Martha Coakley. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:35:00 GMT)

Attorney unapologetic for Internet tomfoolery in Illinois appellate court race
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - A self-described political junkie, attorney John Rekowski isn't a staffer in campaigns for either candidate locked in a contentious, pricey race for a seat on an Illinois state appellate court. But he makes no apologies for going high-tech to meddle a bit. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:49:14 GMT)

Lamoille County State's Attorney Probes Shooting
The Lamoille County State's Attorney is deciding whether to file charges against a teenager accused of shooting a hunter. 38-year-old Anthony Gates suffered several pellet wounds, including one in his head. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:52:06 GMT)

Panel told to redo attorney search
WESTBOROUGH -- The Town Counsel Search Committee violated the Open Meeting Law when it brought forth only one candidate from a field of 24 for the Board of Selectmen to choose a new town attorney, Worcester Superior Court Judge Jeffrey A. Locke ruled this week. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:01:31 GMT)

Kanawha Circuit Court judges name city lawyer administrator
A Charleston lawyer has been hired as the new court administrator for Kanawha Circuit Court. Steven C. Hanley, a former assistant Kanawha County prosecutor and a partner at the firm Kay Casto & Chaney, will start on Nov. 16, said Chief Circuit Judge Duke Bloom. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:11:56 GMT)

China May Face More Anti-Dumping Probes From EU, Lawyer Says
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- China may face more anti-dumping inquiries started by the European Union this year as the 25- nation bloc tries to protect its markets from lower priced Chinese goods, a trade lawyer said. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:12:28 GMT)

Incumbents face challenges for board, attorney positions
CLINTON, Iowa — A former assistant county attorney will try to unseat the incumbent Clinton County attorney next week, while a Democrat challenges the two tenured Republicans on the Clinton County Board of Supervisors. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:28:18 GMT)

Attorney wants DNA samples
BURLINGTON -- The attorney for Brian Rooney, the man accused of sexually assaulting and then killing a University of Vermont senior, wants extra samples of DNA evidence preserved for independent testing. ... - The Associated Press (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:15:17 GMT)

Weber County attorney releases report on officer's suspension
Web only: Attorney Mark DeCaria's report on the investigation into the Weber County mayor's and chief of police's actions concerning the suspension of an officer after his wife was seen driving a van that displayed a message critical of the mayor. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:17:04 GMT)

Meet Your Neighbor - Jane Patterson: Attorney makes getting older easier for clients
Few words satisfy Jane Patterson more than when the Gresham attorney's elderly clients tell her, "Thank you. I feel so much better now." "To me, that's the highest compliment. It really means a lot to me," Patterson said. "I like feeling like I can be of some help to people." (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:29:17 GMT)

Democrats maintain big leads in comptroller, attorney general races
Democratic nominees hold commanding double-digit leads in the races for attorney general and state comptroller less than a week before Election Day, a new poll for The Sun shows, indicating that Republican chances of upsets in the statewide contests are slim. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:44:38 GMT)

New poll shows DFLer increasing lead in race for attorney general
Lori Swanson, the Democratic candidate for Minnesota attorney general, has widened her already significant lead over Republican Jeff Johnson, a new poll shows. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:12:44 GMT)

Attorney refutes charges
CHICAGO -- A Cook County sheriff's police officer facing dismissal is being made a scapegoat for nothing more than some hot-tub romance with her boyfriend in her back yard, her attorney says. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:25:15 GMT)

China Faces More EU Anti-Dumping Probes, Lawyer Says (Update1)
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- China may face more anti-dumping inquiries started by the European Union this year as the 25- nation bloc tries to protect its markets from lower priced Chinese goods, a trade lawyer said. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:42:42 GMT)

LAWYER A $1.6M LOOTER
A lawyer pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to stealing more than $1.6 million from clients whose estates and accounts he handled. Campbell Holder, 58, of Brooklyn, admitted he stole the money by raiding the seven clients' accounts that he... (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:46:45 GMT)

U.S. Attorney to charge track coach Graham
The track and field coach who ignited the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative drug scandal in 2003 is expected to be charged by the U.S. Attorney today in San Francisco with obstructing the investigation. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:15:12 GMT)

Missing Muslim rights' lawyer case is getting results, says DSI spokesman
BANGKOK, Nov 2 (TNA) - Thailand's Department of the Special Investigation (DSI) announced significant progress in the case of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, disappeared and presumed dead, while a well-know forensic expert would collect more evidence at the site where it is believed the body was destroyed. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:52:30 GMT)

Income trust tax angers Alberta oil patch: Calgary lawyer
Federal Conservatives in Alberta are ripping up their membership cards because they feel betrayed by the Harper government's decision to tax income trusts, says a Calgary tax lawyer. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:12:19 GMT)

Attorney General Race: Q&A
In the race to be Florida's attorney general, Democrat Walter "Skip" Campbell is in a tight race with Republican Bill McCollum. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:32:13 GMT)

Lawyer for Maury Povich asks arbitrator for gag order in sexual-harassment case
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for TV talk-show host Maury Povich has asked an arbitrator hearing a sexual-harassment complaint against him to issue a gag order, a request opposed by the lawyer for the female employee who made the charge. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:34:14 GMT)

Massillon attorney sues MWCD - Cites Ohio sunshine laws in callenge to assessment
William E. Walker, an attorney from Massillon, sued the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District and its Conservancy Court Wednesday, claiming the action the court has taken regarding the proposed 20-year, $270-million assessment plan should be thrown out. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:15:03 GMT)

Police to check whether remains are lawyer's
A forensics team is investigating bones found in a waste dump in Ratchaburi where the body of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was believed to have been taken and incinerated. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:08:54 GMT)

Lawyer wants Team Quebec at the Worlds
A well-known Quebec lawyer is urging Premier Jean Charest to get involved in helping to create a Team Quebec that would play in the 2008 world hockey championships. Guy Bertrand says it would be fitting to have such a team because part of the 2008 tournament will be played in Quebec City. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:19:46 GMT)

Well-known lawyer wants a Team Quebec at the 2008 world hockey tournament
QUEBEC (CP) - A well-known Quebec lawyer is urging Premier Jean Charest to get involved in helping to create a Team Quebec that would play in the 2008 world hockey championships. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:51:00 GMT)

Coroner: Princess Anne Lawyer Tony Bruce Died of Strychnine Intoxication
PRINCESS ANNE , Md.- The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says Princess Anne lawyer and political candidate Tony Bruce died Aug. 5 of strychnine intoxication, a chemical commonly found in rat poison. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:07:40 GMT)

Possible lead in missing lawyer case
Forensic investigators searching for the remains of missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit yesterday uncovered what they believe to be a human bone at a garbage dump in Ratchaburi province. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:04:59 GMT)

Former U.S. Attorney Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Conspiracy
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sam Currin, a former U.S. attorney, judge and state Republican Party chairman, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to a tax fraud conspiracy. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:40:15 GMT)

Ex-U.S. attorney pleads guilty in N.C.
A former U.S. attorney, judge and state Republican chairman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to a tax fraud conspiracy. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:45:02 GMT)

Lawyer: Child Was Emotionally Disturbed
A lawyer defending a woman charged with torturing her 8-year-old son to death said that his client is a beautiful mother and that the boy was severely emotionally disturbed. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:55:46 GMT)

Armed Man Enters Attorney's Office
An Essex Junction man is behind bars, after he reportedly walked into an attorney's office armed with a weapon. Police say 53-year-old Ilya Novof showed up for an appointment Thursday morning at Erin Smith's office in South Burlingto. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:05:43 GMT)

Lawyer: Wayne County juries not black enough
DETROIT -- A lawyer has challenged Wayne County's jury selection system, saying that it regularly has too few blacks to help decide criminal cases. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:37:07 GMT)

Richmond mom is 'not a murderer,' her attorney says
A Richmond woman who appeared in court this morning on charges that she tortured and abused her 8-year-old son before he died "is not a murderer," her attorney said. Teresa Marie Moses, 23, showed no visible emotion as she appeared briefly in Contra... (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:05:41 GMT)

Lawyer for Maury Povich asks arbitrator for gag order in sexual-harassment case
A lawyer for TV talk-show host Maury Povich has asked an arbitrator hearing a sexual-harassment complaint against him to issue a gag order, a request opposed by the lawyer for the female employee who made the charge. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:09:19 GMT)

Quebec should have team at World Hockey Championship: lawyer
Well-known Quebec lawyer Guy Bertrand urged Premier Jean Charest Thursday to help him create a Quebec team to play in the 2008 World Hockey Championship. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:22:01 GMT)

Poll shows Swanson leading attorney general race
A new Minnesota Public Radio/Pioneer Press poll shows DFLer Lori Swanson with an increasing lead in the race for attorney general. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:32:26 GMT)

County Attorney says officer justified in shooting suspect
A preliminary investigation by the Merrimack County Attorney's office has cleared the officer who shot and killed a Loudon man in September after the burglary suspect allegedly lunged at him with a knife. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:39:26 GMT)

City Attorney Announces Drug-Plagued Motel Cleanup
The owners of a Reseda motel where drug and prostitution activity was once rampant are now in compliance with a court order to clean up the property, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Thursday. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:52:39 GMT)

Apparent Khadr admission of plot to kill Pakistani PM tainted, lawyer says
TORONTO (CP) - A statement by Canadian Abdullah Khadr that he was part of an apparent al-Qaida plot to assassinate the prime minister of Pakistan was the product of torture and should be discounted, his lawyer said Thursday. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:35:00 GMT)

Fund honoring labor attorney to benefit National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis labor and employment attorney Maurice Wexler has had a fund created in his honor to establish programs and lectures to focus on the Civil Rights movement. (Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:39:37 GMT)

Lawyer: alleged crack house torched out of 'fear'
A lawyer representing five men from Grand Manan Island, N.B. acknowledged his clients burned down an alleged crack house, but said they acted in self defence to protect their community. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:08:09 GMT)

Judge challenged by civil lawyer
The sitting circuit judge in Cole County faces a challenge from a lawyer with 14 years of civil litigation. Democrat Tom Brown has been a judge for 20 years and followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:11:39 GMT)

Lawyer would like to see Team Quebec at 2008 world hockey championships
QUEBEC (CP) - If lawyer Guy Bertrand has his way, Canada could be represented at the 2008 world hockey championship by Team Quebec. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:18:00 GMT)

Lawyer would like to see Team Quebec at 2008 world hockey championships
Quebec City lawyer Guy Bertrand. (CP/Jacques Boissinot) QUEBEC (CP) - If lawyer Guy Bertrand has his way, Canada could be represented at the 2008 world hockey championship by Team Quebec. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:57:06 GMT)

Lawyer: Davis' voted in 2000
Tampa lawyer Susan Fox, a Democrat, says she stood in line with Jim Davis at the polls. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:59:42 GMT)

Defense requests second lawyer
COURTHOUSE - The lawyer representing accused killer Corey Jemeal Wright, a 26-year-old Norristown resident charged with the revenge-motivated shooting death of a young Norristown mother, needs some help in defending his client. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:12:36 GMT)

CAMPAIGN DIGEST: Attorney general says multi-lingual forms OK
NO PROBLEMO — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s office believes it is perfectly legal for the Iowa Secretary of State to publish voter registration forms and absentee ballot request forms in languages other than English. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:18:27 GMT)

Spotlight on Floyd County Attorney Race
FLOYD COUNTY -- The Floyd County Attorney has run unopposed in the past two elections, but Marilyn Dettmer's office has attracted quite a bit of attention in the past few years. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:20:49 GMT)

Attorney to take statements for lawsuit against Lilly
A Washington, D.C., attorney will be in Terre Haute on Wednesday to take statements as part of a race discrimination lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:10:42 GMT)

Lawyer wants to see Team Quebec at 2008 worlds
Fri, November 3, 2006 Lawyer wants to see Team Quebec at 2008 worlds By MARTIN OUELLET, THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC -- If lawyer Guy Bertrand has his way, Canada could be represented at the 2008 world hockey championship by Team Quebec. Bertrand, who is again proclaiming his sovereignist faith after embracing federalism for several years, said Thursday he wants Quebec's hockey elite to play a (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:25:31 GMT)

Attorney charged with soliciting sex
A Columbia attorney who works in the Supreme Court office that regulates the ethics of S.C. lawyers and judges was arrested Thursday on charges of soliciting sex and impersonating a SLED agent. Charles Nathaniel Pearman, 42, was taken into custody about 10 a.m. at the Western Inn motel on Bush River Road, the State Law Enforcement Division said. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:30:30 GMT)

Cuomo for Attorney General
To say that the office of the New York attorney general has been elevated is an understatement. The ho-hum, legal eagle persona was retired and in its stead, a powerhouse for weeding out corruption and serving justice emerged. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:49:59 GMT)

Attorney general to speak at luncheon
Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath will be a luncheon speaker at the AARP Consumer Summit today at 11:30 a.m. at Miles Community College. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:59:41 GMT)

Attorney fields no complaints
Robert Mandel feels a little like the Maytag repairman. Mandel, assistant U.S. attorney for South Dakota, is in charge of fielding complaints about election violations in the state. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:00:13 GMT)

Jonesville attorney sent to jail
JACKSON — A Jonesville bankruptcy attorney — who pleaded no contest to criminal sexual conduct (CSC) charges involving a family friend’s pre-teen daughter — will spend the next nine months in jail. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:07:26 GMT)

Falk is the better choice for state attorney general
The candidates for Wisconsin attorney general bring very different skills to the race, but in our view, Kathleen Falk’s administrative experience as Dane County executive, coupled with her 14 years as an assistant attorney general, make her the better choice. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:08:18 GMT)

Menendez hires top lawyer in rent case
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D- N.J.) has repeatedly denied he is being investigated by federal prosecutors, but yesterday his campaign staff confirmed that a prominent criminal defense lawyer is representing him in an inquiry into a rental property he once owned. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:55:58 GMT)

Stephen R. Kaye, 75, Litigation Lawyer, Dies
Stephen Rackow Kaye was a lawyer who wrote the definitive work on commercial litigation in New York State. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:00:03 GMT)

Lawyer raps county jury selection
A defense lawyer is challenging Wayne County's jury-selection system, saying it draws too few African-Americans and that the chief judge cannot fairly evaluate a process she helps control. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:21:56 GMT)

Missing lawyer is confirmed dead : Attorney General
Police will issue arrest warrants soon against a group of people who allegedly involved in killing Somchai Neelapaichit, a Thai Muslim lawyer who went missing two years ago. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:35:19 GMT)

Attorney general race hinges on Station fire plea bargain
Republican Bill Harsch's campaign for Rhode Island attorney general received an unexpected boost Wednesday following public accusations that his Democratic opponent, current Attorney General Patrick Lynch '87, lied intentionally about his involvement in the plea bargain of the owners of The Station nightclub in Warwick. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:04:06 GMT)

State's attorney wants cash for prosecutors
Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine says his prosecutors are being paid less than public defenders and they deserve more. But Devine will not support a tax increase to pay for higher salaries, and the public defender's office says Devine's not getting his facts straight. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:34:53 GMT)

No more warrants,yet, in missing right's lawyer case
BANGKOK, Nov 3 (TNA) - The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) conceded that it needs more time to find evidence in order to issue more arrest warrants for additional suspects involved in the disappearance of a human rights lawyer. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:07:16 GMT)

Lawyer says mother didn't torture boy
A lawyer defending a woman charged with torturing her 8-year-old son to death said Thursday that his client is a beautiful mother, not a murderer, and that the boy was severely emotionally disturbed. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:08:31 GMT)

Area lawyer gets 18 months for disobeying judge
A Gainesville lawyer, convicted earlier this year of criminal contempt for violating a judge's order barring him from advising others about federal taxes and the Internal Revenue Service and linked to a group prosecutors have called a "tax protest organization," was sentenced to an... (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:08:51 GMT)

Attorney General: Spanish Election Forms Legal
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The secretary of state's office did not violate Iowa's English-only law by offering Spanish absentee ballot request forms. That's according to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:06:08 GMT)

Attorney general's loophole weakens chain-store ban
By Peter A. Sutters Jr. I&M Staff Writer A lthough the Massachusetts attorney general’s office late last week approved the so-called chain store ban passed at Town Meeting in April, language included in a revised version of the bylaw sent to Town clerk Catherine Flanagan Stover includes a loophole that could allow chain stores to open in the downtown historic district. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:47:05 GMT)

Attorney appealing to Alabama Supreme Court
PRATTVILLE, Ala. - An attorney trying to unseat four powerful Democratic state senators plans to appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court for permission to pursue his suit in Republican-leaning Autauga County. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:19:01 GMT)

Attorney choked by defendant during trial
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. A Williamsburg man charged with several gun counts choked his attorney during his trial. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:19:14 GMT)

Attorney choked by defendant during trial
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. A Williamsburg man charged with several gun counts choked his attorney during his trial. The Daily Press reports that 19-year-old... (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:20:54 GMT)

Attorney choked by defendant during trial
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. A Williamsburg man charged with several gun counts choked his attorney during his trial. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:22:03 GMT)

Youth Admits Robbing Murdered Lawyer
A teenager on trial for the murder of a City lawyer confessed to being one of his attackers, a court has heard. Delano Brown, 18, allegedly said he had robbed Tom ap Rhys Pryce but his claimed his cousin, Donnel Carty, 19, had stabbed him. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:29:05 GMT)

Man admits robbing lawyer, but 'said cousin stabbed him'
A man accused of murdering a successful City lawyer told a prison officer that the stabbing happened after a robbery went terribly wrong, a jury heard today.... (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:51:12 GMT)

Man Who Posed As Lawyer Appears In Court
A Huntington, West Virginia man accused of bilking a Boyd County, Kentucky family by posing as a lawyer has entered a plea of not guilty to felony theft charges. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:08:14 GMT)

Lawyer fights to prove 9/11 link after 'Angel of Ground Zero' dies
A nun who spent months at the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, comforting relatives of the dead and blessing body parts, has died of lung disease, her lawyer said. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:30:45 GMT)

Lawyer sues Germany on behald of dead bear
A lawyer has sued a German state on behalf of a dead bear, four months after Bruno the badly behaved bruin was shot. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:41:57 GMT)

NKC Hospital sues lawyer over records request
North Kansas City Hospital has sued a lawyer representing Coventry Health Care of Kansas Inc. over his request for hospital records. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:03:59 GMT)

License suspended for attorney who used to work in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended the license of an attorney who is accused of ethical misconduct. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:21:24 GMT)

Mazzeo's Attorney Holds News Conference
The attorney for Chrissy Mazzeo, the woman accusing Jim Gibbons of assaulting her in a parking garage a few weeks ago, says his client's claim isn't being taken seriously. Richard Wright held a news conference early this afternoon. Join Eyewitness News for more at 4, 5 & 6. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:17:42 GMT)

State attorney general investigating lawsuit claims against Utopia developer
The state is actively investigating the claims of an Oct. 18 Manhattan lawsuit filed against Utopia Studios developer Joseph Gentile and his partners, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:28:23 GMT)

Attorney General's office demands Hevesi put $90,000 in escrow
ALBANY – Comptroller Alan Hevesi announced Friday that he placed $90,000 in escrow at the demand of the attorney general’s office amid an investigation of what he owes the state for having a government worker chauffeur his disabled wife. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:29:28 GMT)

Attorney for state agency charged with soliciting sex from SLED agent
COLUMBIA, S.C. - An attorney for a state agency was charged Thursday with posing as a State Law Enforcement Division officer to an undercover agent posing as a prostitute. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:36:49 GMT)

Anti-Hatch Ads Linked To Ex-Swift Boat Lawyer
A new independent group running ads criticizing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch is affiliated with Washington lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg -- who represented the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in the 2004 presidential campaign. More Election 2006 News More Political News (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:47:49 GMT)

Attorney choked by defendant during trial
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A Williamsburg man charged with several gun counts choked his attorney during his trial. The Daily Press reports that 19-year-old William Major Henderson reached over yesterday and put an arm around attorney Dwight Dansby's shoulder, then his neck -- and squeezed. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:49:15 GMT)

Ruling shields negligent public officials in Ontario from lawsuits, lawyer fumes
TORONTO (CP) - Suing public health officials in Canada for negligence will be impossible if a ruling by Ontario's highest court is allowed to stand, a lawyer for victims of West Nile virus said Friday. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:57:00 GMT)

Race for attorney general is deja vu all over again
He may be a long shot, but Dennis Carver isn't giving up. Fueled by anger over a series of speeding tickets he got, he ran against incumbent Attorney General Bill Sorrell two years ago. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:15:21 GMT)

King leads Tyson in fundraising for attorney general
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican incumbent Troy King leads Democratic challenger John Tyson Jr. in fundraising for the race for attorney general. Candidates filed campaign finance reports this week with the secretary of state that show how much they have taken in since late September. (Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:28:24 GMT)