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Members of the Beverly Hills Bar Association gathered at the Montage hotel Wednesday night to pay tribute to former California...


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Downtown San Diego Gets New Law School

Jan. 26, 2011
By Riley Guerin

On Monday, Dean Rudy Hasl snipped the ribbon officially opening the downtown San Diego campus of the Thomas Jefferson School o...



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Southland Family Law Judges Honored

Jan. 26, 2011
By Riley Guerin

The Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers honored Los Angeles Superior Judge Scott M. Gor...


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Dedication to the Dedicated

Jan. 15, 2011
By Riley Guerin

UC Irvine School of Law opened its spring semester with a big thank you: it dedicated its brand new moot court room to Mark P....



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Lawyer Helps Preserve Childhood Memories

Jan. 15, 2011
By Riley Guerin

Some go above snapping a few photographs or telling stories around the family dinner table to preserve childhood memories. For...


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Pepperdine Celebrates New Legal Clinic

Jan. 15, 2011
By Riley Guerin

By Susan McRae Staff Writer Pepperdine University School of Law and Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution kicked of...



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Jan. 11, 2011
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

Orange County's 48 newly and re-elected Superior Court judges took the oath of office on Monday during a ceremony at the Old O...


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Ethics Lecture Goes Broadway

Dec. 24, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Ethics lectures aren't usually cause for song and dance, but the Joseph A. Ball/Clarence S. Hunt Inns of Court managed to make...



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Dec. 20, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

United Way hosted its 23rd annual Koko Challenge Awards ceremony on Dec. 16 to recognize local law firms for their fundraising...


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Mark P. Poliquin, founding partner with Doug DeGrave of Poliquin & DeGrave in Laguna Hills, was named OC Trial Lawyer of t...



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Volunteer Lawyers Give Beyond Holiday Season

Dec. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Giving is popular this time of year, but the Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association took the seasonal opportunity to recogni...


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Support Children's Rights: Shop for Makeup

Dec. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Sephora brings more to the holiday season than glittering nail polish and festive red lipstick. On Dec. 9, the Century City lo...



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The Bar Association of San Francisco held its annual changing-of-the-guard luncheon Tuesday at the Julia Morgan Ballroom to a ...


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Celebrating Humanitarian Efforts

Dec. 11, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Nearly 800 people attended the Anti-Defamation League's annual celebration Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles,...



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Fenwick: Three Times a Winner

Dec. 9, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Global M&A Network gave Fenwick & West reason to celebrate this holiday season. On Nov. 19, it presented the firm wit...


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NAPABA Inspires

Dec. 2, 2010
By Riley Guerin

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) held its 22nd annual Inspire Convention at the JW Marriot at LA L...



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ACLU Turns 90

Dec. 1, 2010
By Riley Guerin

In celebration of the American Civil Liberties Union's 90th anniversary, the ACLU of Southern California recently unveiled an ...


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Nov. 30, 2010
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) celebrated its 12th Annual Access to Justice Dinner Nov. 17. Donors, community...



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Women Lawyers Contribute to Girls' Nonprofit

Nov. 20, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Dozens of lawyers gathered Tuesday night at the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto, where the Bay Area planning committee fo...


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Twice is Nice for Pepperdine

Nov. 20, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Celebrities might want to hire Pepperdine's mock trial team for their next legal battle. The team won Saturday's 9th Annual Na...



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SD Legal Community Cleans up the Beaches

Nov. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

San Diego lawyers know how to clean up more than just a legal mess. To prove it, they took to the beaches, scouring them for t...


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Hawaii Five-O-O-O-O

Nov. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Over 300 members of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) ditched the suits, ties, and stilettos for leis and Hawaiian shir...



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A Perfect Catch

Nov. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

They say nobody's perfect, but Fish & Richardson recently proved otherwise when the Human Rights Campaign gave them a perf...


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Lucky Number Nine

Nov. 18, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Rutan & Tucker has a new lucky number: nine. That’s how many partners from the firm will appear in the 2011 edition of Be...



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Throughout California, members of the judiciary got a glimpse into what their job may have been like during the Nazi regime in...


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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders appointed local land-use attorney Donna Jones to serve on the Centre City Development Corporatio...



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Premo's Pro Bono Work Pays Off

Nov. 16, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Patrick Premo, partner in the Litigation Group and Chair of the Pro Bono Program at Fenwick & West, was awarded the 2010 P...


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Valued Volunteers

Nov. 12, 2010
By Riley Guerin

Public Counsel, the nation's largest pro bono office, hosted it's 11th Annual Volunteer Gala on Nov. 10 at Hotel Figueroa in d...



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Yesterday afternoon, Burt Jacobson was honored at a luncheon for his 50-year tenure at the Beverly Hills Law Building. He is ...


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Natalie Prescott, a litigation associate in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins was, received the Outstanding Young L...