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Lawyer: Lone suspect in fatal shooting on New Orleans' Bourbon Street acted in ...
Lawyer: Lone suspect in fatal shooting on New Orleans' Bourbon Street acted in ...
(Jul 25, 2014, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
St. Charles lawyer pleads guilty to federal fraud
ST. LOUIS (AP) A St. Charles lawyer has pleaded guilty to three federal felonies involving a real estate scheme. Thirty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Witt was accused of falsifying documents to obtain a bank loan secured by a St. Louis County home which he ...
(Jul 25, 2014, fox2now.com)
New Rule Emphasizes Long Disbarments for Lawyer Theft
The next time a lawyer knowingly misappropriates client funds, it should be very clear that the punishment will include a minimum 12-year suspension from the practice of law. A Practice Book rule change recently approved by the state's Judges of the ...
(Jul 25, 2014, Connecticut Law Tribune)
St. Louis County lawyer admits defrauding clients, mother
The loan was canceled after Bremen became aware of the fraud, a lawyer for the bank said in March. The third charge stems from missing client funds. Witt admitted that from January 2011 to October of 2013, he settled some of his clients' cases without ...
(Jul 25, 2014, STLtoday.com)
Disbarred St. Louis County lawyer admits defrauding clients, mother
A lawyer representing the bank told the Post-Dispatch in March that Witt reportedly told his mother that he needed her license to take care of a traffic ticket. When his mother discovered the loan, Witt created fake documents from Bremen and forged a ...
(Jul 25, 2014, STLtoday.com)
Man charged in 2 killings wants new lawyer
Labartino says the Rutland lawyers Mark Furlan and Christopher Montgomery have not been in touch with him since his arraignment. Furlan could not immediately be reached Friday, as his voicemail box was full, and Montgomery did not immediately respond ...
(Jul 25, 2014, BurlingtonFreePress.com)
Scarola complains, lawyer remains
"I found Sandra Lee's counsel ineffective," Scarola said, referring to his lawyer in a statement he read to Kupersmith from the witness stand. "I believe the same bias that created angry mobs at my arraignment ... have influenced and compromised by ...
(Jul 25, 2014, BurlingtonFreePress.com)
Lawyer Filing Civil Suit Against Pouncey Brothers Speaks Out

Disbarred lawyer from St. Louis County admits defrauding clients, mother
A lawyer representing the bank told the Post-Dispatch in March that Witt had borrowed his mother's driver's license as part of the scheme, telling her he needed it to take care of a traffic ticket. When his mother discovered the truth, Witt created ...
(Jul 25, 2014, STLtoday.com)
McCarthy: The immigrants of a century ago and my dad, their lawyer
As the politics of immigration play out, grimly so, and with the send-'em-all-back crowd and the build-bigger-walls cabal vying for control of the outcome, little attention goes to the justice-seeking lawyers in the border states. As an admirer of ...
(Jul 26, 2014, Washington Post)
Lawyer Of Woman Arrested During Pride Fest Releases New Photos

Lawyer thinks hurricane shutters need escape latch
“If these dangers are so obvious, then why do homeowners keep dying in fires?” William's client, John D. Smith, said in an e-mail. “If you were to ask 10 homeowners in Palm Beach County how they would get out of their homes if they had their shutters ...
(Jul 26, 2014, Washington Times)
"Lawyer & lawmaker" billboard raises eyebrows

Tim McGraw's Bitch Slap Victim Lawyers Up -- Pay Up, Or Else
Jesslyn Taylor has hired a lawyer who has already contacted Tim's people ... and it's pretty obvious she wants Tim to ante up ... or face a personal injury lawsuit. Her lawyer, Eric Hertz -- a Georgia personal injury attorney -- tells TMZ his client ...
(Jul 26, 2014, TMZ.com)
Motive for lawyer turned bank robber has friends, family, authorities baffled
Warren Gladders is not your typical bank robber. He's a graduate of John Burroughs School, Colgate University and Washington University law school. He's a former St. Louis cop who shot a state trooper. And he's never said what made him do it. Family ...
(Jul 26, 2014, STLtoday.com)
Lawyer: Carter assumed New London superintendent job was his
“He had been identified as the new superintendent, he was told he was being offered the job, they had negotiated terms and conditions for the job that he signed off on,” said Carter's lawyer, Bill McCoy. “He had done everything that he was supposed to ...
(Jul 26, 2014, TheDay.com)
Pounceys to file countersuit, lawyer calls original claim 'complete sham'

Edwin Edwards' lawyer from 2000 trial defending ex-Virginia Gov. Bob ...
Edwin Edwards' lawyer from 2000 trial defending ex-Virginia Gov. Bob ...
(Jul 26, 2014, The Times-Picayune)
Lawyer: Marine's first attorneys 'missed' chance to get him out of Mexican jail

Morton Bobowick; 1942-2014: Toledo lawyer helped resolve estate disputes
Morton Bobowick, a lawyer long affiliated with the venerable Toledo firm of Eastman & Smith who melded technical expertise and empathy in his specialty of estate planning, died Friday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township. He was 71. He had ...
(Jul 27, 2014, Toledo Blade)
Florida's swollen ranks of lawyers scrap for piece of a shrinking legal pie

Fired police cadet Martha Amato to file bias charge against Nassau, lawyer says

A lawyer for sundaes, floats and frozen custard
At first glance, Brandon Byrd and Tom Buchanan may seem like an unlikely duo to do business together. Byrd rocks Converse low tops and bow ties, and sells wildly popular frozen custard out of his food truck, Goodies. Buchanan dons the K Street uniform ...
(Jul 27, 2014, Washington Post)
Tim McGraw's Slap Victim Seeks Out Personal Injury Lawyer, Singer Says Slap ...

GM's top N.A. lawyer shares hot seat with boss
DETROIT -- When Lucy Clark Dougherty was appointed in early 2011 as General Motors' top lawyer for North America, she was viewed by GM insiders as the leading candidate to succeed her boss, General Counsel Michael Millikin. Now the two attorneys ...
(Jul 28, 2014, Automotive News)
Times Square Spider-Man asks for low bail for cop punch

White Butterfly helps lawyer transform into shopkeeper
Michelle Katz, co-owner of The White Butterfly in Jackson, shows a designer bag among the selection of gifts and personal accessories available at her shop. (Photo: MARY FRANK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ). CONNECT 1 ...
(Jul 28, 2014, Asbury Park Press)
Lawyer tied to corruption cases admits hiding income
A lawyer whose former firm was tied to three federal corruption cases and who was a close friend of the former Westchester County district attorney admitted to hiding cash income a decade ago but did not detail how far he went to help federal ...
(Jul 28, 2014, The Journal News / Lohud.com)
California Lawyer is Latest Congressional Candidate to Accept Bitcoin
The Democrat representing California's 35th congressional district is a business owner and lawyer who specializes in technology and, more specifically, the Internet. Gagnier said that several of her constituents had asked if she would begin accepting ...
(Jul 28, 2014, CoinDesk)
Lawyer/Guitarist Jon Levin Is Probably Your Favorite '80s Metal Band's Attorney

Skadden Lawyer in Play for NBA Union Head
They are litigator Christine Bautista, health-care lawyer Carolyn Metnick and bankruptcy lawyer Michael Molinaro. Bautista joins from the U.S. Attorney's Office, where she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, while ...
(Jul 28, 2014, Bloomberg)
Tim McGraw Fan Hires Lawyer

Client's letter details how Ask-a-Lawyer helped
They provide roadmaps for resolution of legal issues and more volunteers are needed. The next Ask-A-Lawyer event will be 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sept. 20, at Florida State College at Jacksonville Downtown Campus (details on how to volunteer are included ...
(Jul 28, 2014, Jacksonville Daily Record)
Swindled Out Of $280000, But He Can't Recover From Lawyer

Lawyer: Teen admits role in fatal carjacking

Donald Sterling Trial: Lawyer Accuses Estranged Wife of 'Filthy Hands'

Lawyer: Wife plotted to take over Sterling trust

Victims' lawyer fires back against Pounceys

Daniel Schoedinger: Lawyer, ex-councilman dies in crash on bike
Daniel Schoedinger, a 40-year corporate attorney and a former two-term member of the Columbus City Council, died in a bicycle crash while descending a mountain road near Glacier National Park in Montana over the weekend. Schoedinger was a 1962 ...
(Jul 29, 2014, Columbus Dispatch)
Fan Who Threatened to Kill Michael Strahan Rants in Court: My Lawyer Is ...

Lawyer: State lagging in mental health transports
Nevada is falling short on meeting goals set by a federal lawsuit settlement to provide prompt treatment to mentally ill offenders to help restore their competency, a defense lawyer said. Lake's Crossing, the state's only maximum-security mental health ...
(Jul 29, 2014, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
'Gregarious' Omaha lawyer Emil Sodoro, 86, appealed a ruling to US Supreme ...
'Gregarious' Omaha lawyer Emil Sodoro, 86, appealed a ruling to US Supreme ...
(Jul 29, 2014, Omaha World-Herald)
NBPA elects D.C. lawyer as new executive director

The NRA's Top Lawyer Was Once Convicted Of Murder

Vikings hire lawyer in Richie Incognito case to work Kluwe negotiations
The Vikings have hired the lawyer who handled the NFL's Richie Incognito investigation to work on settlement talks involving the Chris Kluwe investigation, a source told the Pioneer Press on Tuesday. Ted Wells was hired by the NFL last November to ...
(Jul 29, 2014, TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press)
At ex-Virginia governor's corruption trial, lawyer says former first lady had ...

Former Gov. Bob McDonnell's wife had "crush" on businessman: Lawyer

Birmingham lawyer starts national TV ad campaign to sign up veterans to sue VA ...
Birmingham lawyer starts national TV ad campaign to sign up veterans to sue VA ...
(Jul 29, 2014, al.com)
Lawyer: McDonnell marriage had 'broken down'

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