Some of the chapters of the state's fourth Chief Justice David S. Terry's life — which included the shooting of a sitting U.S....
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Gun violence prevention group holds 20th anniversary dinner
By Ben Adlin
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence held its 20th anniversary dinner Friday, June 28. The center was founded in reaction to...
The Los Angeles County Bar Association installed its 2013 president, Bonne, Bridges, Muelle, O'Keefe & Nichols lawyer Patr...
The Inner City Law Center, the sole provider of legal services in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, awarded its Humanitarian Awa...
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Bench officers, attorneys gather at wine tasting to honor judges
By Ben Adlin
Hundreds of bench officers and attorneys came together June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to rec...
Three of Los Angeles' top public attorneys representing federal, county and city governments convened June 13 at the Los Angel...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP hosted a campaign celebration and awards reception marking the completion of a month...
Attorneys showed up in force to see equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and several honorees speak at Equal Rights Advocates' 3...
DLA Piper's rock band Def Piper took home first place for charity fundraising at the 1st Annual Law Rocks event last week at S...
Promising the film industry's help on consumer and progressive issues, movie producer Chris Moore accepted a new award from th...
The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its 10th annual "ACColades: A salute to women w...
The Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles held its Alfred Jenkins Scholarship Awards Dinner, titled "Champions of Justi...
Delivering the keynote address at the Public Law Center's annual Volunteers for Justice Dinner on Monday, Attorney General Kam...
The Daily Journal honored California's leading in-house lawyers with receptions in Menlo Park on June 5 and in Beverly Hills o...
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers hosted a dinner Tuesday, June 18, featuring a panel that delved into recent developm...
Rutan & Tucker LLP hosted an event marking the firm's first decade in Silicon Valley. One of Orange County's largest law f...
Hannah L. Blumenstiel, the newest member of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of California, was sworn in Jun...
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Election law takes center stage at Public Policy Institute event
By Ben Adlin
The state's top campaign finance enforcer and a leader in the California business community sat down Tuesday to talk about imp...
On June 4, the Beverly Hills Bar Association held its annual Supreme Court Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The justices o...
Bingham & McCutchen LLP last month announced the establishment of a two-year public interest law fellowship with the Legal...
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9th Circuit judge, students recognized at Mexican-American bar gala
By Ben Adlin
The Mexican American Bar Foundation held its annual Scholarship and Awards Gala on June 8 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in ...
At its eighth annual Justice for All: Celebrating Pro Bono event on May 22, the Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal...
The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice held its annual awards gala on June 3 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. The celebratio...
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Two attorneys win State Bar's inaugural real property award
By Ben Adlin
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Dennis B. Arnold and Arthur Mazirow, a principal at Mazirow Real Estate Dispute Resolu...
The California Employment Lawyers Association hosted its second annual Diversity Leadership Summit on May 21 at Loyola Law Sch...
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Judge Lee Smalley Edmon named LA County Bar's 2013 Outstanding Jurist
By Ben Adlin
On May 21, the Los Angeles County Bar Association presented Judge Lee Smalley Edmon with the group's Outstanding Jurist of 201...
Amanda Allen, an associate at Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg and Bagley LLP, took home the Lawyers Club of San Diego's first ...
The Century City Chamber of Commerce recognized the pro bono work and philanthropy of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Cerisi LLP,...
An audience of nearly 60 gathered on May 29 for a Georgetown University Law Center-organized panel discussing women in leaders...
Lawyers with the Los Angeles office of Hunton & Williams LLP hosted a mock trial May 15 for a class of 24 students from Ma...