Attorney News Oct 2007
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Lawyer: DNA evidence doesn't match convicted killers
DNA evidence gathered after the 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis does not match the three teens imprisoned for the crimes, a lawyer for one of the convicted killers said. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:21:10 GMT)
Lawyer stands by claim in fatal stabbing
A lawyer insists in a letter from prison that a neighbor he fatally stabbed in Fairfield last year had molested his 2-year-old daughter and that the investigation that cleared the man was a "sham. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:20:12 GMT)
Missing Westbrook lawyer found dead in Iowa
Police in Iowa say a lawyer from Westbrook, who vanished after acknowledging embezzling money from his clients, has been found dead. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:23:02 GMT)
Students Get Cyberwarning From Attorney General
ST. PETERSBURG - Attorney General Bill McCollum came to Northeast High School today, regaling students with Internet horror stories, playing a game with them called "Pick the Perp" and showing video dramatizations, including one titled "Sara's Underwear." (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:39:54 GMT)
Supreme Court lawyer attacked in Blueline bus
A 47-year-old Supreme Court lawyer was reportedly attacked by four robbers in a moving Blueline bus near Kaka Nagar in South Delhi on Monday. The police said the bus was crowded and one of the men pressed a knife against the victim's abdomen and asked him to take out his valuables. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:03:33 GMT)
Louisiana lawyer pleads guilty to Miss. bank robbery
Associated Press - October 30, 2007 3:34 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Louisiana lawyer is pleading guilty today (Tuesday) to robbing a south Mississippi bank earlier this year. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:39:53 GMT)
New Orleans District Attorney to Resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan disclosed plans to resign Tuesday amid a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office and a rising murder rate since Hurricane Katrina. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:40:00 GMT)
Lawyer Suspended 2 Years In Insurance Fraud Case
CONCORD, N.H. -- The state Supreme Court has barred a New Hampshire lawyer from practicing law for two years after he admitted to insurance fraud. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:41:35 GMT)
Leading 2008 Democrats come out against attorney general nominee
The three leading Democratic presidential candidates announced Tuesday they will oppose President Bush's nomination for attorney general, citing his recent testimony on torture and executive power. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:56:02 GMT)
Lawyer pleads guilty to heist
A Louisiana lawyer pleaded guilty today in federal court to robbing a Mississippi bank and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:57:30 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney to resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan on Tuesday disclosed plans to resign amid a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office and a rising murder rate since Hurricane Katrina. Jordan's spokesman, Dalton Savwoir, said the district attorney told his staff he would resign on Wednesday. Jordan lost the discrimination lawsuit against dozens of his former employees in 2005. The white former ... (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:57:43 GMT)
Lawyer suspended for 2 years in insurance fraud case
Associated Press - October 30, 2007 4:05 PM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer from practicing law for two years after he admitted to insurance... (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:12:16 GMT)
Prosecutions drop during US attorney's tenure
Prosecutions have dropped by more than a third during U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan's tenure, while a nonprofit research group says cases involving white collar crimes have dropped by nearly half, The Boston Globe reported. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:14:15 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney to resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan on Tuesday disclosed plans to resign amid a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office and a rising murder rate since Hurricane Katrina. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:20:56 GMT)
New Orleans District Attorney to Resign
The district attorney's office is facing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:22:08 GMT)
New Orleans District Attorney to Resign
New Orleans District Attorney Discloses Plans to Resign (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:52:08 GMT)
Charge anyone naming Royal ‘victim’, says accused’s lawyer
A lawyer who is defending one of the men accused of blackmailing a member of the Royal Family has called for anyone identifying the alleged victim to be prosecuted. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:43:07 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney to resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan, criticized for his response to New Orleans' growing crime problem and stung by a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office, said Tuesday that he will resign. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:47:07 GMT)
Embattled New Orleans district attorney quits
New Orleans' embattled District Attorney Eddie Jordan quit on Tuesday, ending a controversial four-year tenure that saw him become the symbol of the hurricane-ravaged city's inability to combat violent crime. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:04:29 GMT)
Top Democrats oppose Bush's attorney general pick
Top Democratic presidential hopefuls, including Hillary Clinton, Tuesday vowed to oppose President George W. Bush's attorney general nominee, questioning his views on torturing terror suspects. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:17:24 GMT)
Missing Westbrook lawyer found dead in Iowa
Associated Press - October 30, 2007 7:24 PM ET WESTBROOK, Conn. (AP) - Police in Iowa say a lawyer from Westbrook, who vanished after acknowledging embezzling money from his clients, has been... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:08:45 GMT)
Lawyer suspended for 2 years in insurance fraud case
A New Hampshire lawyer who admitted to insurance fraud has been suspended for two years. The Supreme Court punishment was longer than one conduct committee recommended for James Grew, but much less than that suggested by the state's Attorney Discipline Office, which wanted him disbarred. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:11:27 GMT)
Governor names Tracy Shriver state's attorney in Windham Co.
Tracy Kelly Shriver, a deputy state's attorney, was named Windham County's prosecutor Tuesday. Shriver succeed Dan Davis, who retired Oct. 1. Her appointment was announced by Gov. Jim Douglas, who called her a "skilled prosecutor." (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:25:43 GMT)
Accused killer gets time to brief lawyer
A Perth court has granted the accused killer of a Chinese student time to brief a new lawyer on his case. The semi-naked body of Jiao Dan, 22, was found on the verge of a north suburban Innaloo house early on October 9, close to where she lived. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:40:36 GMT)
Crash driver received "death threats": lawyer
A 26 year-old Pearsall man charged with dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly couple on the Mitchell Freeway in August has received a spate of death threats since the crash, his lawyer said today. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:55:16 GMT)
Klaudt's lawyer: It was immoral, not rape
PIERRE -- Former state Rep. Ted Klaudt was wrong to trick two foster daughters into thinking he could help them make money by selling their reproductive eggs, but his purported medical examinations did not amount to rape, Klaudt's defense lawyer said Tuesday. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:59:36 GMT)
Lawyer, wife work toward reconciliation
D.W. Bray and his wife, Dollie are trying to reconcile after getting in a fight over the weekend. The two were arrested, delaying a murder trial for which D.W. Bray is the defense lawyer. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:01:08 GMT)
Mukasey Vote for Attorney General May Be Closer Than Predicted
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Mukasey is resisting clarifying his position on torture, making it more likely the Democrat-controlled Senate will be closely divided on his confirmation to be attorney general. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:02:21 GMT)
Missing Conn. Lawyer Turns Up Dead in Iowa
The saga of missing Clinton, Conn., lawyer Jonathan Hoyt has ended with his suicide in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hoyt, a 59-year-old business law attorney believed to have embezzled close to $700,000 from about a dozen clients, was found by police Monday around 11 a.m. in his one-bedroom apartment. Hoyt had been missing since early July. Hoyt's landlord says Hoyt began renting the apartment on Aug. 30 ... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:06:06 GMT)
Attorney General Nominee Unsure About Legality of Waterboarding
Michael Mukasey, the president's nominee for attorney general, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday he does not know whether the interrogation technique known as waterboarding is illegal. He pledged to study the matter and to reverse any DOJ finding that endorses a practice that violates the law or the Constitution. It was not immediately clear whether that reply would satisfy panel ... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:06:16 GMT)
Supreme Court to hear from governor's lawyer in smoke shop case
A lawyer for Gov. Carcieri is scheduled to go before the state Supreme Court to argue that Carcieri shouldn't have to testify in a trial over a violent raid at a Narragansett Indian smoke shop in 2003. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:24:06 GMT)
Missing Conn. Lawyer Turns Up Dead in Iowa
The saga of missing Clinton, Conn., lawyer Jonathan Hoyt has ended with his suicide in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hoyt, a 59-year-old business law attorney believed to have embezzled close to $700,000 from about a dozen clients, was found by police Monday around 11 a.m. in his one-bedroom apartment. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:03:02 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney to resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan has called it quits, citing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:29:04 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney to resign
District Attorney Eddie Jordan has called it quits, citing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:44:29 GMT)
Lillo Brancato calls on lawyer cousin to testify
Lawyers for Lillo Brancato, 31, charged in the 2005 slaying of an off-duty cop in the Bronx, put his lawyer cousin, Pat Longobucco, on the stand Tuesday in a bid to get the actor's confession tossed. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:52:19 GMT)
Miami: Lawyer in death penalty case sought for legal team
The lawyer who defended Kenneth Wilk on charges he murdered a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy could join the legal team representing a Miami man accused of killing four people at sea. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:59:44 GMT)
Prosecutors to claim lawyer funded scholarship with ill-gotten money
Federal prosecutors say they will prove that suspended lawyer Shirley Cunningham Jr. funded a $1 million scholarship at a Florida university with some of the $46 million he and two other lawyers allegedly obtained fraudulently from clients in Kentucky's fen-phen case. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:07:18 GMT)
Harvard Lawyer Wants Looser Poker Rules
`A Civil Action' Lawyer Makes Poker His New Cause; Hopes for Relaxing of Legal Restrictions (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:16:13 GMT)
Supreme Court to hear from governor's lawyer in smoke shop case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A lawyer for Governor Carcieri is scheduled to go before the state Supreme Court to argue that Carcieri shouldn't have to testify in a trial over a violent raid at a Narragansett Indian smoke shop in 2003. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:55:50 GMT)
North Hampton lawyer suspended for insurance fraud
CONCORD (AP) — A New Hampshire lawyer who admitted to insurance fraud has been suspended for two years. The Supreme Court punishment was longer than one conduct committee recommended for James Grew, but much less than that suggested by the state's... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:14:01 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney resigns
District Attorney Eddie Jordan has called it quits, citing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office as the reason for his decision to resign at the close of business Wednesday. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:23:20 GMT)
Missing Connecticut lawyer found dead in Cedar Rapids
A lawyer from Connecticut who vanished after acknowledging he'd embezzled money from his clients was found dead on Monday at 718 C Ave. NE, No. 8.Police say Jonathan Hoyt, 59, was renting the apartment under the name Jim Bragg and spent most of his time near the apartment. His landlord called police after not hearing from him for a while. The death does not appear to be suspicious, though an ... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:45:17 GMT)
U.S. Attorney Wants Ryan To Report To Prison
The U.S. Attorney's office on Tuesday filed a motion asking that Ryan and his co-defendant Larry Warner start serving their prison sentences. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:50:57 GMT)
Lawyer dead after admitting he stole from clients
Police in Iowa say a lawyer from Westbrook, Conn., who vanished after acknowledging embezzling money from his clients, has been found dead in... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:29:20 GMT)
Lawyer fined for vandalising cars
A senior Aberdeenshire lawyer who damaged 11 parked cars after getting drunk at a party is fined £1,000 (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:08:50 GMT)
Lawyer fined for vandalising cars
A senior Aberdeenshire lawyer who trashed 11 parked cars after getting drunk at a party is fined £1,000 (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:12:33 GMT)
New Orleans district attorney resigns
District Attorney Eddie Jordan has called it quits, citing a $3.7 million discrimination verdict against his office as the reason for his decision to resign at the close of business Wednesday. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:22:11 GMT)
Lawyer charged with gangsterism helped settle drug disputes: Crown
MONTREAL - Crown prosecutors are telling a jury how a Montreal lawyer charged with gangsterism helped settle drug disputes among gang members. The jury is hearing closing arguments today in the trial of Benoit Cliche, a lawyer also accused of obstructing justice and helping a criminal organization. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:23:04 GMT)
Attorney general nominee's prospects dimmed by refusal to say waterboarding illegal
The prospects of Michael Mukasey's confirmation as the nation's 81st attorney general grew dimmer Wednesday after he again declined to call waterboarding torture and endorsed many of President Bush's positions on executive power. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:17:34 GMT)
Lawyer makes it easier to provide for pets after death
As a lawyer concentrating in estate planning, Peter Canalia was frequently was asked by clients to set up trusts for their pets. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:56:26 GMT)
Jury hears closing arguments for Montreal lawyer charged with gangsterism
MONTREAL - Crown prosecutors are telling a jury how a Montreal lawyer charged with gangsterism helped settle drug disputes among Hells Angels gang members. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:21:00 GMT)
Lawyer's aide pleads guilty to fraud
Shelia Mae Boone pleaded guilty this afternoon to one count of bank fraud for embezzling money from an escrow account kept by Harvey Latney Jr., the lawyer she worked for. Latney, besides having a private law practice, works part-time as commonwealth's attorney for Caroline County. Boone, 49, of Caroline, was charged in U.S. District Court with two counts of bank fraud and with one of agravated ... (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:51:17 GMT)
Varanasi lawyer gunned down
Unidentified assailants shot dead a 45-year-old lawyer in his chamber at Chaukaghat on Monday. The assailants fled. The deceased was identified as Anjani Singh. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:08:29 GMT)
US Attorney General Nominee's Position on Water Boarding Could Jeopardize Confirmation
President Bush's nominee to be attorney general, Michael Mukasey, has told U.S. senators he does not know whether the interrogation technique known as water boarding amounts to torture. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:15:13 GMT)
Model using Legal Aid Society lawyer
"America's Most Smartest Model" star Andre Birleanu is using a free Legal Aid Society lawyer to help him with his recent brushes with the law in New York. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:53:33 GMT)
Top GOP senator: Attorney general nomination 'at risk'
A top GOP senator Wednesday warned that Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general is "at risk" because the retired federal judge refused to categorically declare that a controversial interrogation technique is torture. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:39:19 GMT)
Iowa landlord says missing lawyer sent suicide note
A missing Connecticut lawyer found dead in Iowa this week sent his landlord a suicide note and placed another on a table near where his body was found, police said. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:40:57 GMT)
Baseball's labor lawyer defends drug testing
NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball's top labor lawyer defended the way that drug testing is conducted, saying that players aren't given notice of tests. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:17:50 GMT)
Sen. Whitehouse to oppose attorney general's confirmation
Prospects for Michael Mukasey's confirmation as the nation's 81st attorney general dimmed Wednesday after he again refused to equate waterboarding with torture and more Democrats on a key committee announced they would vote against him. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:43:08 GMT)
Canadian's lawyer says barred from Guantanamo trial
A civilian lawyer for the only Canadian terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo said on Wednesday he had been barred from his client's hearing at the U.S. base next week because of a dispute with military defense lawyers. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:24:20 GMT)
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