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Mass. Appeals Court judge wins Rehnquist award
Attorneys News 08/29/2011A Massachusetts Appeals Court judge has been named the winner of the 2011 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence. Justice James McHugh received a unanimous nomination for the award from the justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial C...
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Former U.S. attorney Lampton dies at 60
Attorneys News 08/19/2011Dunn Lampton, a former U.S. attorney in Mississippi who prosecuted two civil rights-era cold cases and a complex corruption case involving a wealthy attorney and state judges, has died. He was 60. Among Lampton's best known cases was the prosecution ...
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Lawyer pleads guilty to $47 million Ponzi scheme
Attorneys News 08/05/2011An Arkansas lawyer and businessman admitted today to staging a Ponzi scheme that netted more than $47 million, a scam that a prosecutor called the largest case of fraud in state history. Kevin Lewis, 43, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank frau...
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Chandler steps down as head of Del. Chancery Court
Attorneys News 06/20/2011William Chandler III never realized his young man's dream of becoming a university professor, yet he has managed to pass on plenty of lessons to students of American law and business. Chandler, 60, is retiring this week as head of Delaware's Court of...
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Former Chicago Mayor Joins Katten Muchin
Attorneys News 06/02/2011Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who stepped down last month after serving six terms, joined the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Daley, 69, will serve as counsel at Katten and won't participate in any work involving the city or any of its ...
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Head of Delaware business court joining law firm
Attorneys News 05/19/2011The head of Delaware's Court of Chancery, a key venue for matters of corporate law, is taking a job with a California-based law firm. Chancellor William Chandler III will join Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on June 18. He had an...
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US appeals court judge Cynthia Hall dies at 82
Attorneys News 03/02/2011Cynthia Holcomb Hall, a federal appeals court judge whose rulings frequently took a conservative view, has died in Pasadena. She was 82. The Los Angeles Times says Hall died Saturday at her home from cancer. Hall was appointed to the U.S. Tax Court i...
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Judge on federal appeals court in Calif. dies
Attorneys News 02/22/2011Federal court officials say a senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has died after an illness. Judge David R. Thompson was 80. Officials say Thompson, of San Diego, died Saturday in San Francisco, where he was in town...
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Former Wis Supreme Court justice dies
Attorneys News 02/18/2011Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Bill Bablitch has died at age 69. Court officials say Bablitch died Wednesday evening at his winter home in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Bablitch retired in 2003 after serving 20 years on the court. Justice David Prosse...
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Ex-prisons director joins Collins & Lacy law firm
Attorneys News 02/17/2011The former director of South Carolina's Corrections Department is joining a Columbia law firm.Jon Ozmint said Thursday he has joined the Collins & Lacy law firm.Ozmint is a lawyer and led South Carolina's prison system for eight years. He previou...
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Former Ga. Labor Commissioner Joins Law Firm
Attorneys News 02/08/2011Michael Thurmond, who served three terms as Georgia's labor commissioner, has joined the Atlanta law firm of Butler, Wooten and Fryhofer.In making the announcement on Tuesday, the firm said Thurmond will focus on personal injury cases, product liabil...
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Hoekstra to join Washington law and lobbying firm
Attorneys News 02/02/2011Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan is joining a law and lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.Dickstein Shapiro LLP announced Tuesday that the Holland Republican has been hired as a senior adviser.Hoekstra plans to offer legislative and regulatory...