06-30-09
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     03-09-05

Lawyers in the News: Lawyer Gets Trashed, Winds Up Canned;Ex-NY BigLaw Partner Really Going to Prison for Faking Expense Reports; Lawyers Stealing From Lawyers - He Done a Bad, Bad Thing; Foreign Trusts Allege N.Y. Lawyer 'Shamelessly Looted' Millions From Bank Accounts; Ex-Partner Gets 15 Years for Ripping Off Millions From His Firm; Lawyer Convicted of Mortgage Fraud; Attorney's Office Shut Down for Alleged Illegal Practice of Law; Famed Civil Rights Lawyer Faces Bar Charges; NY Lawyer Indicted for Ripping Off $735,000 in Real Estate Deal; Lawyers Who Made Job Offer to the Judge on Their Case Sued by Opposing Party; Divorce lawyer Raoul Felder Sues AllianceBernstein Over Lost $200,000; NY Lawyer Clashing With Judge May Face Sanctions Over Accusations; NY Lawyer Suspended for Forgery; Lawyer Suspended for Accepting Nude Dances;  Lawyer Who Stole $300,000 for Nestegg Going to Prison; NY Lawyer Accused of Stealing More Than $5 Million; Charges Stand Against NY Lawyer in Benefits Fraud Case; Lawyer Caught Up in Internet Scam Faces $200,000 Suit From Bank; NY Firm Sees Fees Bid Slashed in Fight Over Rejected Will; Imprisoned Pol Surrenders His Law License for Five Years; Flip-NY Firm Ruled Liable for Florida Firm's Foulup; Prominent Lawyer Is a "Sexual Predator" and a Cheat, Fired Staffer Claims; Disbarred Lawyer Pleads Guilty, Headed to Prison; GC Apologizes for Saying Judges Were "Paid Off," Accepts Reprimand; Disbarred NY Lawyer Admits Ripping Off His Grandparents; New Kind of Jailhouse Lawyer: BigLaw Partner Should Face Criminal Charges, Bankruptcy Counsel Tell Judge; Pol-Turned-Felon Gets to Keep His Law License; Witness's "Amnesia:" $500,000; Getting Away With $1.9 Billion Fraud: Priceless; Lawyer for One Month Convicted of Extortion Says He Was Just Trying to Settle Case; NY Government Lawyer Fired for Running Solo Practice On the Side for 20 Years; Judge Faults NY Firm's "Frivolous" Pursuit Of Case; Chase Bank Sues Law Firms Claiming Debt-Relief Scam; Jailed Lawyer Faces More Heat From SEC in $1 Billion Scam; Bookkeeper Who Stole $4 Million From Brother's NY Law Firm Pleads Guilty; Former In-House Lawyer Avoids Prison in FBI Fraud Case; NY Lawyer Admits Stealing $2.1 Million; NY Lawyer Sees Plea Deal Unravel After Swindled Ex-Client Tells Judge He's Being Conned; Illegal Bills: Lawyer Busted for Counterfeiting;; NY Lawyer Accused of Stealing $266,000 From Client; NY Lawyer Loses License for 30 Months Over "Exorbitant" Fees, Ethical Breaches; Lawyer's Bullying Secretary Over Weight, Demands She Exercise Were Likely "Outrageous," Judge Rules; Disbarred Lawyer Gets 41-Month Term for Settling Clients' Cases, Keeping the Cash; Prosecutors: Judge Was Told That Ruling for Star Litigator Could Be Ticket to the Federal Bench; The Legal Trail in a Delta Drama - Richard Scruggs; Lawyer Who Testified Against Partner for Ripping Off Clients Is Now Charged With Doing the Same; Lawyer Who Sexually Assaulted Five or More Minors at Courthouse Sentenced to 25 to 50 Years; Corporate Attorneys Mull Meaning of NY BigLaw Partner's Indictment; Corporate Attorneys Mull Meaning of NY BigLaw Partner's Indictment; Solo Faces 73 Criminal Counts for Leading 25-Year, $2 Million Fraud Scheme; Attorney Headed to Jail for Helping Lawyer-Husband Shake Down Her Lovers; Attorney Get 15 Years in Prison for Bilking Elderly Clients Out Of $13 Million; Attorney Indicted for Helping Clients Avoid $4.6M in Taxes; Missing Connecticut Lawyers Turns Up Dead; Attorney Arrested in Internet Sex Sting at Statehouse; Disbarred NY Lawyer Headed to Prison for Ripping Off Clients; Claims of Adultery, Forgery Have Firm, Lawyers Looking for Way Out, Dodging Subpoenas; Fugitive Local Lawyer Leaving Few Clues for Cops; Lawyer's Assistant Wore Wire for FBI in Fee Scam Case, Defense Claims; Fla. Prosecutor Charged in Sex Sting Kills Self; Suspended NY Lawyer Charged With Selling Old Man's House Out From Under Him; Lawyer Admits He Orchestrated Plot to Defraud Companies; I Covered up Church Porn: Att'y;  NY Lawyer Disbarred for Treating Clients Like "Commodities"; NY Lawyer Accused of Saying He'd Make Charges "Go Away" as Come hither Line; Ex-top Lawyer Louis Robles Faces Prison; Federal Prosecutor Arrested for Making Date to Have Sex With 5-Year-Old Girl; Famous Litigator Pleads Guity to Defrauding Clients, Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison; Reprimand Sought for Local Attorney Who Wrote Scare Letter to Ethics Grievant; Lawyer Found Naked at Courthouse With Girl, 14, Pleads No Contest; Ex Prosecutor Admits Sex With Judge in Courthouse, Loses License for 3 Years; Husband-and Wife NY Attorneys Busted in Fraud; Lawyer and Two Judges He Bribed Are Sentenced to Prison; Missing Lawyer Stuns Partner-Son With Criminal Confession, Advice, and Farewell; Litigious NY Lawyer Barred From Suing on Her Own Behalf Says She Is Victim of Judicial Conspiracy; Lawyer Indicted For Paying More Than $3M in Bribes and Kickbacks; Well That's Hardly Playing Fair: Firm Asks Bank About Buying Opposing Counsel's Mortgage; Denied Entry to Bar, Law School Grad's "Rubber Check" Business Now Called "Fraud on Court"; Violated in the Peeper's Court Att'y 'Pu Spy Cam' on Undressed Staff; Never Mind a Slice - Ferry Lawyers Want Slabs of Pie; NY Lawyer Admits Ripping Off Elderly Client; Local Lawyer Dented by New Charges of Staging Auto Accidents; Local Lawyer's Sex With Client, Brings Angry Husband to His Door and Discipline From the Bar; NY Attorney Admits Robbing $550,000 From Aunt; Judge Rejects Ex Lawyer Robles' Plea Deal; Famous and Disbarred Lawyer Robles' Girlfriend Lands Him Back in Jail; 'Teddy' Rap; Husband and Wife NY Lawyers Confess Insider Trading; Lawyer's "Life's Short. Get a Divorce" Billboard No Longer A Roadside Attraction; Lawyer's "Life's Short. Get a Divorce" Billboard No Longer A Roadside Attraction; Lawyer's Alleged "Bedside Manner" Triggers Ethics Probe; Judge Wants to Hear from Victims in Asbestos Fraud Case; Asbestos Attorney Accepts 10-Year Term in Plea Deal; Lawyer Indicted in Porn Probe Says Feds Overreached; Lawyer's Hoax Spurs Debate on Legal Tactics, Ethics; Lawyer Guilty of Medicare Fraud; Suspended Metro Solo Can Practice Again, But Can't Be Alone With Women; Husband-and-Wife Lawyers Face Trial for Demanding Payments After Wife's Affairs; NY Lawyer Who Helped Convict Brooklyn Judge Sentenced to Prison Time; Lawyer Caught With Pants Down (and 14-Year-Old Girl in Tow) at Courthouse; Lawyer Who Blew Whistle on Judge Pleads Guilty to Thefts; Pimp Slaps Betrayal, Claim Greedy Lawyer Stole his Brothel; NY Lawyer Arrested in Las Vegas, Charged With Stealing $1 Million From Aunt; Ex-Partner Accused of Cover-Up Bid in Bank Execs' Fraud; NY Partners Face Disbarment Over Tactics to Rope In Clients; NY Attorney Arrested for Encouraging Fraud; Metro Lawyer Faces Suspension Over Threats to Collect Inflated Fees; Military Lawyer Who Worked in Bush White House Was Disbarred 23 Years Ago; NY Associate Suspended for Taking $2,000 "Fee" From Opposing Party; Lying, Balky Client Opens Door for $670 Million Judgment; Metro Lawyer in Ethics Flap Trying to Take Rap for Son Who Fled Accident; Lawyer's 'Lies' Sent Me to Bad Pa; Lawyer Faces Disbarrment After Billing Client Who Was Never a Suspect Over $90,000; Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Ripping Off Clients for $800,000; Slow Lawyers - Alleged Coverup of a Suit that Was Never Filed; Panel Wants Lawyers Disbarred - 2 Accused of Extortion in Demoulas Battle; Metro Lawyer Who Billed $1,500 Per Hour Fights Ethics Charge; Police: Attorney Says More Clients Bilked out of $500,000; Lawyer Negotiated Settlement; Pocketed MoneyMetro Lawyer Arrested for Stealing Millions; Noel, ExProsecutor May Lose Bar Cards;  (Note not license) NJ Attorney General Resigns Over Boyfriend’s Traffic Stop; $ Cam Lawyers Slammed; NY Lawyer Disbarred for Deceiving Judge; NY Lawyer Loses Appeals of His Conviction for Laundering Drug Money; NY Lawyer Disbarred for Forging Judge's Name; Lawyer Drags Himself Into Court Wearing Skirt in Protest; NY Partner Disbarred for Stealing From Firm; Lawyers Broke Law; Well-Known NY Lawyer Can Keep Client's Fee Without Retainer, Judge FindsAdmitted Misconduct; Disbarred Litigator Louis Robles Faces Life in Prison; Attorney's Affair With Criminal Leads to Litigation and Bankruptcy; $200m House Mortgage Scam; Fla. Defense Attorney Faces Disbarment for Witness Tempering; NY Lawyer Disbarred Over Extortion Attempt; Fired Prosecutor Wins $1.5 Million in Jury Award; NY Lawyer Suspended, Must Pay $428,000; Solo Challenges Courtroom Pledge of Allegiance as Offensive and Objectionable;  NY Judge Blasts Lawyer for Putting Private Eye On His Tail, Refuses to Bow Out of Case Disbarred in NY, Practicing in Jersey: New York Lawyer Suspended For Fixing Parking Tickets in $12,000.00; For Now Anyway, Claims NY Bar Procedure Denied Him Due Process;  NY Lawyer Disbarred for Fraudulent Billing; Lawyer Rai$es the Bar, $1,000 an Hour; NY Lawyer Suspended for Three Years Over Lies During Murder Trial; $ 42 M 'Heir' Blitz: Lawyer Guilty of Fax Forgery; Chicago Lawyer "Loathed" at City Hall; Attorney's Request for Fee Hike Called "Outrageous" Ex-lawer King of Torts Louis Robles' Bankruptcy Hearing Pack Court; Greed Before the Court; School Bill Outrage; NY Lawyer's Federal Fraud Trial Begins - Stealing from Escrow Account; Attorney Suspended for Lying in Her Own Divorce; Candyman Bronx Lawyer Is "Balled" Out; Game Over for Lawyer's $2m "Theft"
 

NY Judges' Battle Over Pay Raise and Other News: NY Judge Again Orders Albany to Raise His and His Colleagues' Pay; No Pay Hike for NY Judges Until Economy Improves, Governor Says; Budget Glitch Does Not Mean Raise, Judges Told; Checks and Balances: NY Judge Cites Legislature's Stall on Judicial Pay Hike as Reason for Recusal; Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye Joins Skadden Arps as Of Counsel; Senate Confirms Lippman as Chief Judge; How Shelly Silver Made His Pal Chief Judge; Paterson Taps NY Judge to Lead High Court; Hispanic Bar Groups "Shocked" By Nominee List for NY's Chief Judge;  The Reform that Never Was and Other News: Courts Offer Flat Spending Plan As State Faces 'Grave' Economy; Panel Weighs 'Actual' Versus 'Threatened' Harm on Pay; NY Courts Audit Reveals $14 Million Discrepancy; Judges' Group Backs Judges Who Seek Recusals Over Pay Raise in Cases of "Conscience"; Price Fight - Live! Judith Kaye Suit on Judicial Salary; Under OCA Contract, Some NY Court Staffers' Wages Frozen Until Judges' Pay Is Raised; New York Judge Orders Pay Raise for New York Judges and Comments from the Public; Judges Already Well Compensated, Paterson, Silver Argue in Kaye Suit; N.Y. Judge Orders Himself a Raise Could Cost Taxpayers $700 Million;  The Wrong Defendants; Governor, Legislature Ordered To Raise Pay of State's Judges; Crisis? What Crisis? No Mass Recusal of Judges; Poll Finds New Yorkers Oppose Pay Hike for Judges; NY Judges Warned Against Insulting Legislator, Retaliatory Recusals in Pay Impasse; Officials Named in NY Judges' Suit Demanding Pay Raise Lawyer Up; Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike; New York State Judges Show Little Judicial Restraint when Suing for Pay Raises; Raise Again Out of Budget; Kaye Talks of April Lawsuit; Chances for Pay Raise for NY Judges "Very Difficult," Incoming Governor Says; NY Lawyer Who Moonlights as Justice Emerges as Favorite to Lead Judicial Watchdogs; Second Suit by NY Judges Demanding Pay Raise Gets Greenlight; Wachtell Partner Tapped to Sue NYS Over Judges' Pay; NYC Tightens Reins on NY Lawyers Appointed by Judges, New Rules Affect Expert Witnesses and Getting Paid; Justices Uphold New York’s Judge System; A Defeat for Judicial Reform; Ruling on Judges Reverberates Across Boroughs;  NY Judge Says Low Pay Is Forcing Him to Quit; NY's Chief Judge Offers New Plan for 2008 to Get Colleagues First Raise Since 1999; NY's Chief Judge, at "End of My Patience," Says She'll Sue Over Judges' Pay; NY Judges Suing For Pay Raises See Most Claims Rejected; NY Courts Focus on Funding Judicial Pay Hike in Budget Request; Accusations Against NY Judges Trigger Record Number of Probes Last Year; NY Judges Get Boost in Benefits, Pay Still Frozen Since 1999; NY Judge Files Three Lawsuits Over Rivals' Endorsements By Minor Parties; 1Supreme Court Weighs N.Y. Judge System; Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Is Readmitted to NY Bar; NY Judges Sue for 26 Percent Raise, Retroactive Pay; Judges From Four Groups to Sue N.Y. State for Pay Hike; NY Name Partner Criticizes Basis for Censuring Judge; NY Judge Suing to Raise His Pay Recuses Himself, Citing Lawyer's Political Office and Nice Shiny Tie; NY Judges Jostle Over Eligibility for Upcoming Election; NY Judges Denied Raise Claim Pols Should Forfeit Salaries; Wait and Seethe: NY Judges Won't Sue Over Pay . for Now; NYS and NY Judges Show Their Cards in Suit Demanding Pay Hike; Spitz and Bruno in 'Waldo' War;  Spitzer Says 'Judges Should Know Better' Than to Sue for Raise; Eliot Gives Judges $Lap; Bruno: No New Bill to Boost NY Judges' Pay; NY Judges Preparing Lawsuit Over Pay; Governor Eliot Spitzer Appoints Justice Lippman as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division, First Department; NY Judges' Pay Suit Sent Up the River; Pol Slaps Top Court on Ethics; For $1, Ex-NY Senator Bucks for Judges' Raise; Judge Cross Endorsed by the Parties Poised to Become Surrogate; Why I Won's Step Down by Raoul Felder; Spitzer Proposes Court Reform Plan; Jackie Rips Book-Critic Governor; Gov to Raoul: Quit - or Else; Roasting Raoul Felder Chair of the New York Judicial Commission; NY's Chief Judge Kaye Prepared to Sue for Judicial Raises; More Money For Agency That Oversees New York's Judges;NY Judges, Denied Pay Raise, Talk of Strikes, Quitting; NY Judges Denied Pay Raises in Last-Minute Budget Wrangling;    Feed the Judicial Watchdog; NY Judges Advised Not to Link Their Pay Dispute to Recusals;Kaye Seeks Ju$tice for Judges; Supreme Court Will Review the Way New York Selects Judicial Candidates; Pay Raise for Judges Gets Boost in Spitzer's First Budget; Chief Judge Kaye Urges "All-Out" Campaign for Judicial Pay Raises; NY State Judges File Suit to Force Salary Increase NY Judges Seek; Spitzer Calls for Court and Election Reform; Pataki's Legacy: Judicial Appointments Were High on Quality, Low on Diversity; Pay Hike in Otherwise Modest Budget (But No Reform); NY Plans to Reform Local Justice System; Chief Judge Kaye to Seek Reappointment to Aid Transition, Push Reform; NY Lawmakers and Candidates Polled on Judicial Selection Second Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Convention System; Judges Will Not Spare Rods - Can Carry Gun in Court; New State Bar Head Sees Profession "Under Siege"; Bloomberg Names Some NYC Judges to Short Terms; Primary Colors; City Bar Forms Judicial Selection Task Force; Judge Delays Bench Shakeup; The Rules Apply to You Too, Judge; Politicians Sent Scrambling As Court Rules on N.Y. Judges; Primaries Would Reduce Role of Bosses, Not of Money; Rebuking Party Leaders, Court Halts System of Picking Judges; Pols Get Benched Party Judge Picks Unconstitutional; Party's over for Rigged Judge Elex; Bloomberg Criticizes Judicial Election System at Swearing-in Ceremony News: NYU Center Seeks Damages in Judge Selection Suit; Judicial Reform Held in Contempt; Major Blumberg's New Mission; Mayor Says He Wants to Clean up New York's Courts; Order in the Court; Bad Apples on Brooklyn Bench;  Lawsuits Tossed in Surrogate's Recount; NY Law Judges Pressured by Agency Bosses, Report Concludes State Courts Form Elite Guard; The Faint Aroma of Performing Seals- The Judicial Nominating Commissions: Let the Voters Chose the Judges; Bill to Alter Court Is Assailed in Brooklyn Denied Pay Hike NY Judges Vow to Fight on; Injudicious Conduct Justice for Judges; Pataki Introduces Bill To NY Raise Judges' Pay; Pataki to Propose Pay Hike for NY Judges; Pataki Calls for Judicial Pay Hikes NY Judges Lobby for Pay Raise; How Judges Hide From Justice; Tighten Rules for Those -Who Judge Judges; Judge Kimba  Hit by Ethics Attack; Problem-Solving Court, Judges Turn Therapist Judges; Salary Hikes; Judge Tied to 'Santa' - Federal Judge Alleged Conflict of Interest; State Judge Selection Scrutinized; Data on Judges to be on the Internet; Bar Adopts Proposal on Judges'  Economic Conflicts; NY State Assembly Passes  Bill to Create Judicial Selection Process;  DA Pushes for Appointment of Judges; Judicial Screening Plan Draws Criticism; Senator Seeks Legislation on Ethics for Judicial Trips; NY's Judicial Convention System Challenged; Changes Proposed for NY Judicial Elections, N.Y. Bar Group Adopts Code of Conduct;  N.Y. Chief  Judge Decries "Scorched Earth" Litigation; New York Judgeships; Politically-Connected NY Lawyer in Line for Judgeship; Promotion of  Merit Retention; Suit Against Party Picking Judges; Talk of Judicial Reform in the  New York Courts; Chief Judge Judith Kaye; Politics of Judicial Appointments and Discipline of Judges
 

B'klyn New York Judgeships and Norman: NY Post Subpoenas Nine Judges in Libel Case Brought by Another NY Judge; NY Judge Who Reportedly Testified on Sale of Judgeships Resigns, Wins Disability Pay; NY Jurist Who Reportedly Testified on Sale of Judgeships Before Grand Jury Takes Leave; Clarence Says Jail & Farewell;  Norman Gets a Jail Break; 'King' of the Clink - Norman Is Jail-Bound; Disgraced Clarence Norman Guilty of Grand Larceny; Norman in Threat: Aide; Black Judge Dissed; B'klyn Boss Greed's Elex 'Shakedown'; It was Papy or Be 'Dumped' Norman Jury Hears; Judge With a Grudge; How to Buy a Gavel; 7 Judges Face Quiz at 'Boss' Trial; Anti-corrupt Gov Hiring Pol Tied to Norman? DA; Norman Sold Judgeship for 50g -& 6g in Stamps;  Norman Pal Deal; Disgraced Norman in Blame Game; Shelly May Rat on Norman; Norman Due Third Trial; 2 to 6 Years for Norman; Former Brooklyn Democratic Boss Sentenced to Prison; Norman Will Stay Silent to the End Squeeze lay on Norman; Norman Guilty of Stealing 2nd Conviction for Ex-Pol;  'Houdini' Norman 'Just Stupid'; Norman Case May Go to Jury Today; Norman Defense Is $Haky  Former Brooklyn Party Leader in Rematch With Prosecutor; The 5g Was My Money; Norman Claims Norman Will Take the Stand Disgraced Pol's Trial Chaos; Norman May Testify in Check Fraud Norman's Successor Facing Own Scandal; Norman Seeks Mistrial as Pol Takes 5th Treasurer Testifies in Trial: Norman Never Told MeShowing Bad Judgement; Norman Urged to Sing: Bid to Bar Norman Pal; Disgraced Judge Wore Wire in Plot; 2 New Judges Eyed in Chamber Plot$; 'Pay 50g' - and Be a Judge Democratic Leader's Demise Followed His Organization's Slide; Norman May Get Itch to Snitch; Dem Boss in Trouble & Control; Dems Look Ahead Hopeful Eyes on Top Spot; Assemblyman Norman Convicted of Financial Wrongdoing  Norman to Testify at Graft Trial Norman's Voice Mail;  Da Raps Norman's Call to Witness; Pol in Phone Threat; On Election Eve, Brooklyn Party Leader Is on Trial; War of Words Yet to Start in Norman Trial Da Probe of Dem's Past Ok'd; NY Prosecutor's Illness May Stall Politico's TrialCourt Oks Theft Charge Against Norman Norman Ready to Go to Trial;  Former NY Judge to Represent Politician in Corruption Trial; Indicted Brooklyn Politician Takes Aim at His Accuser; Plea Deal Could Oust Norman Without Jail; Scrutiny of Assemblyman Turns to Political Club's Bills; B'klyn Dem Big Must Face Extort Trial; Nix Judgeship for Sale Probe; Norman  Trial Put Off Again; Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Charges Against Norman; Judge Sustain Top Indictment Against Norman; Norman Faces New Rap; Norman Gets Break from  Judge; Down to Three Judges; Norman Claims Indictment Tainted; Norman Asks Judge to Toss out Charges Against Him; Judge Should  be Renominated; B'klyn Dem Panel Nixes Gop Judge;  Panel not Doing Job; The Politically Handpicked Judges for Civil Court  Judges: Party Machines, Rubber Stamps Judicial Appointments in Brooklyn  New York -Did Brooklyn,  Judge Buy His Seat- Judicial Bench Bought and Sold for a Price - Lawyer Quits in Probe 

Campaign Contributions by Lawyers: High-Profile Attorney Fights Charges He Illegally Funneled Cash to Presidential Campaign's Coffers; NY Attorneys Dig Deep to Help Pay for Obama's Inauguration; Obama Beats Out McCain in BigLaw Campaign Contributions; Clinton Beat Obama Raising Cash From NY Lawyers Anyway; Obama Passes Clinton in Netting BigLaw Cash - Obama, for First Time, Tops Clinton in Political Contributions from Lawyers; BigLaw Firms Pony Up More Donations to Obama, McCain; With Edwards Out, Many Trial Lawyers Look to Obama; The GCs' Choice: Obama; BigLaw Firms Fill Up Campaign Coffers at Record Pace; Edwards Leads Pack in Locking Up Lawyers' Contribution; Lawyers Lead in Campaign Contributions, Edwards the Favored Recipient; The Politically Nouveau Riche - Despite New Rules Politically Active Law Firms Filled Campaign Coffers at an Unprecedented Rate
 

Robin Hoods or Legal Hoods? Choose Your Own Punchline: Mel Weiss, Other Former Milberg Partners Snared in Madoff Scam; Attorney in Milberg Case Draws Two-Month Prison Term; Lawyer in Kickback Scheme Has Prosecutors Go to Bat for Him on Sentence; Milberg Weiss: NY Firm Defends Pay Deal With Partners Who Pleaded Guilty on Kickbacks; Judge Approves NY Firm's $75 Million Mea Culpa, Drops Charges; Milberg Agrees to Pay $75 Million to Settle Criminal ChargesNew York Lawyer; NY Firm Founder Gets 30 Months in Prison; NY Law Firm's Scheme Hurt Shareholders, Study Claims; Ex-NY BigLaw Partner Charged in Second Fraud Scheme; NY Firm Moves to Reduce Criminal Forfeiture in Scandal; Milberg Weiss Founder Melvyn Weiss Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme; abuMilberg Weiss - Former Milberg Weiss Expert Witness Agrees to Plead Guilty to Perjury; NY Firm Bats .200 in Keeping Itself Out of Court on Kickback Charges; ScruggsContrite and Cowed, "Scariest Lawyer in the World" Gets 2 Years; Lawyer Sentenced in Kickback Scheme; Retired Lawyer Sentenced in Case Over NY Firm's Alleged Kickback Scheme; Judge Rips One NY Firm for Greed, Another for a Possible Conflict; Legal Giant Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme; New York Law Journal Law Also Applies to Lawyers; NY Name Partner Indicted, Could Face Up to 40 Years in Prison; Prominent Lawyer to Be Indicted; Founder of Two National Firms Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Is Disbarred; NY Name Partner Pleads Guilty in Kickbacks Scheme, Forfeits $7.75 Million; Troubled NY Firm Defeats Bid to Oust  It From IPO Litigation; Feds Win Milberg Discovery Battle; New York Lawyer; The Fall of America's Meanest Law Firm; NY Judge Backs Indicted Firm for Spot in Back dating Case; Milberg Weiss, Name Partners Plead Not Guilty as More Lawyers Head for the Exits; If a Dwindling Milberg Is Convicted, Who Pays the Price?; Former Milberg Partners Seek Capital, Fees; Politico Aims to Ax Embattled NY Firm; Milberg Former Partners Indicted; After 41 Count Indictment Denied Charges: Milberg, Weiss, Law Firm in $11m Scam ;  Clarence Bid to Stay out of Jail Former Partners Indicted; A Prominent Law Firm Prepares for Indictment; A Three- year Investigation into Whether Mr. Lerach and  His Former New York Law Firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, Had Used Illegal Tactics in Shareholder Lawsuits That Made Him and the Firm Rich and Famous
 

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      08-05-04 

Some Who Attempt To Take The Law Into Their Own Hand-  Man in a Santa Suit Kills at Least 8 at a Party ; Police: 'Santa' Shooting Kills at Least 6 in LA; Atlanta Courthouse Shooter Gets Life; Law Firm Bombed, Four Injured; Woman Forged Judges' Signatures to Get Husband Out of Jail, Feds Say; Angry Ex-Husband Allegedly Plotted to Kill N.Y. Divorce Judge; Controversial Judge Bows Out of Courthouse Killings Trial After "New Yorker" Article; Prosecutor Aims to Boot Judge From Trial on Courthouse Killings; Judge Blasts Colleague in Courthouse Murder Case as a "Fool" and "Embarrassment"; Fulton County Courthouse Shootinng Shock Atlanta; Police Kill Man Who Shot 5 at La. Law Office - Angry Over Divorce; Man Shoots 5 at Louisiana Law Firm; Wheelchair-Bound Lawyer's Office Torched by Client's Ex-Husband, Cops Say; Disgruntled Client Launches Toll Free Number for Gripes About BigLaw Firm; Bagel Hubby: I Killed My Wife- Cops Say Husband Confessed; Train to Arraign' in Wife Slay; Judges in fear after E-Mails; Couple Guilty in Law Office Standoff, Held Attorney Hostage; Gunman Felt Cheated over His Invention; Gunman Angry Over Patent, Police Say; Lawyer Murdered, Disgruntled Client in Custody; Man Gets Life for Shooting Lawyer Five Times in Videotaped Attack Bitter Divorce Behind Courthouse Shooting; Man Kills Ex -Wife, Then Shoots Self at Courthouse Lawyer Also Injured in Attack; Deadly Encounter Man Guns down Son-in-law, Rams Police Cruiser, Then Kills Self; Judge 'Resigns' to End Hostage Standoff, Entire District Bench Recused in Murder  for Hire Case
 

Divorce Big Business: "Three Pony Rule" Invoked to Cut Michael Strahan's $18,000 a Month Child Support Tab; Alec Baldwin: Not My Intention to 'Bury' Ex-wife Kim Basinger in New Book; Bill May Remove 'Loaded' Words Psychologists' Guidelines at Risk; Judge Urges McGreeveys to Settle Now; Kooky Marital Colli$ion at Home; A House Divided-Judge Oks Wall for Splittin' Spouses; Cover Your Assets in Divorce; NY Judge Finds Seriously Ill Husband Can't Divorce Unsympathetic Wife; Chief Judge Asks Legislature to Consider No-Fault Divorce; Newly Divorced Metro Lawyer Says Costly Litigation Futile; Judge: Divorce Cases Skewed Toward Women; Well Known NY Lawyer Denied Withdrawal for Non Payment of Fees: Gross Injustice: Custody Battle Mom; Suddenly Splitsville; A New Push to Loosen New York Divorce Law; Official Says NY Courts "Long Overdue" for Restructuring Commission Hears the Pain of Divorce; Lawyer's Internet Tie; Divorcées Demand Court's Ear; For Arbiters in Custody Battles, Wide Power and Little Scrutiny; Judge  Tells Mother Pawn Your Ring to Pay Experts in Child Custody or You Will be in Contempt; Child Custody, Insider Club' Gets Dibs On Splits-ville $poils  High Paid Experts in Child Cases
 

Security for Judges: Judge in Gunfire Case Is an Unlikely Vendetta Target, Friends Say; Threats Against Judges Increase; US Marshals Not Doing Enough to Protect Federal Judges; More Judges Packing Pistols in Courtrooms; Government Acts on Rising Threats Against Judges; Threats Up Against Federal Judges; Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats; Jittery Judges Get 12m for Security; Senate Panel Hears from Judge Lefkow; Judge Returns to Bench; Urged to Condemn Jurist Disrespect;  Courts Seek More Protections for Judges; Judge Joan Lefkow: Pro Se Status Should Have No Relevance; Chief Judge Wants More Security; Ross the Killer of  Lefkow Was Tracked in 1999; Suicide May Be Killer of Chicago Federal Judge's Husband and Mother - Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow
 

The Borat Lawsuits:  Judge Junks Fifth Avenue 'Borat' Suit;  Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Has the Last Laugh; "Borat" Sued by Duped Drivers' Ed Teacher; Borat Film Notoriety Not Niiiice; NY Businessman Sues "Borat"; Wa Wa Wee Wa, Is Borat in Trouble Again?; Man Claiming "Borat" Accosted Him in Restroom Sues; Man Claiming "Borat" Accosted Him in Restroom Sues; Frat Boys Denied Injunction Against "Borat"; NY Judge Gives "Borat" Suit a Thumb Down, Romanian Villagers Vow a Rewrite; Woman Claims She was Duped by "Borat," Seeks Criminal Probe; "Borat" Co-Stars Upset at Being Duped, Some Sue; Sacha Baron Cohen Hides in Plain Sight -Unrehearsed, Accidental 'Borat' Stars Want Last Laugh - Americans in Blockbuster Film Say They Were Duped; Frat Boys Are First Borat Victims To Sue; First Comes Borat, Then Comes Bruno, Then Comes the Big BucksTurkish Man Says He's the  Real "Borat," Wants Piece of the Profits; Kazakhstan Strips Borat of Site; Kazakhstan on Borat: Not Nice
 

Darren Mack Nevada Trial: Sentenced and Prior Proceedings;  Murders of Wife, Divorce Judge Trigger $590 Million Wrongful Death Verdict; Judge Says Mack
Must Go to Trial for All Charges; Darren Mack Case Turned Over to Clark County Prosecutors; Mack Puts Together Diverse Legal Team; Judge Shot by Sniper Makes First Public Appearance; Wealthy Pawnbroker Arrested in Sniper Shooting of Judge; Search for Darren Mack Day Three; Judge Told Officials Mack Had Harassed Him in the Past; Wounded Judge Was Despised by Some Parents: Judge Is Hurt in Shooting at a Court in Nevada - Nevada Family Court Judge Chuck Weller Shot Standing By Window" Police Expect Reno Suspect to Surrender
 

New York Judge Gross: NY Judges Officially Bounced From Bench; Justice for Gall: "Fantasy Life" Fiasco: Ex-NY Judge Gets Prison for Laundering Mob Money; Campaign Warchest; Justice Gross NY Judge Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges Mob Judge Demands to be Paid; Suspended Judge Hopes to Keep Getting Paid During His Trial Judge Is Charged in Money-Laundering Case; Long
Island Judge David Gross Arrested for Money Laundering, Fencing
 

Options Backdating: Inside the Backdating Probe: the SEC Speaks Investigators Are Amazed at How Common the Practice Was and the Involvement of Lawyers; Backdating Issues Create a Taxing Situation in More Than One Way; Backdating Probe Snares General Counsel; A Counselor Pulled From the Shadows - Larry W. Sonsini, Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Sought After - Lawyer, May of his Clients Are in the Limelight Because of a Growing Scandal Involving Possible Improprieties or Illegalities Relating to the Backdating of Lucrative Stock Options Among Them Brocade Communications

 

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      02-08-06

Retired Judge Phillips: Guardians of Retired Judge Accused of Lax Accounting and Improprieties; Ripped-off Judge Gets New Home; Grand' $Lam on Estate Lawyer; 'Scam' Family Plan; NY Lawyer Faces Ethics Probe Over Guardianship of Former Judge; Judge-case Judge Probe; Lawyer Denies $Cam; Da Eyes 'Rip-off' of Judge;  Out of  Order - Ailing Judge's Guardian Stole 187 G; lJudge 'Home' Bound; Judge's Guardian Out;  'Prisoner' Judge Bids for Liberty; Former Brooklyn Judge Says He's a Virtual Prisoner in a Bronx Nursing Home Where He Has Been Confined by a Court Order for More than a Year While His Appointed Guardian Sells His Assets
 

Chadwick Jailed for 11 Years in Bizarre Divorce Saga; Home for the Holidays?: Lawyer Jailed for Hiding Millions From Spouse Wants Out; Judge orders man jailed in divorce case to pay ex-wife $4.2 mil; Millionaire Held for Contempt for 10 Years Chadwick to Tell his Story on 20/20; 7 Years for Jailed Pauper or Is it Millionaire Schemer

 

     11-11-07
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     12-09-04
 

Kerik and Giuliani and Bush: Kerik's Troubles Follow Giuliani; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Kerik; Bush Knew about Kerik Past: Report; Go Ahead, Scrutinize Me, Sez Rudy; Rudy: Sorry I Hyped Kerik, Admits Background Botch for Fed Post; Testimony by Giuliani Indicates He Was Briefed on Kerik in ’00; Kerik Now a Criminal; Perjury Indictments for Kerik Cronies; Kerik Comedown Mayor Has Ex-top Cop's Name Removed from Manhattan Jail Get His Name off Tombs, Say City Prison Workers; But Holds Head High; Final-hour Deal Would Let Bernie Stay out of Jail, Avoid Indictment on Felony, Sez Source ; N.J. Case Adds to Bernie's Problems: Complaint Sez City's Ex-top Cop & Mafia-linked Co. Traded Favors: Kerik Deal Called a Possible Bribe Scheme; Probe Twist: Cash & Bern - Kerik Hit up Pal for Apt. Kerik Royalties Shocker - Gets 75g  for 9/11 Book; 2 Officers on Security OT  the Day Kerik Wed; Kerik invited to Inaugural; Kerik Probed; The Book Deal; Kerik Up for a Fight; Credit Cards: Charge Racial Profiling: Eye on Kerik 'Graft'; The Pal Who Busted Bernie; Legacy of Giuliani Years - Damage Suits Against City;Kerik  Kerik a Disgrace; Kerik to  be Investigated; Broke But Bought Two Apartments; Strain Is Seem  in Giuliani Ties With President; News Finds Kerik In Cash Conflict Got Thousands, Didn't Report it; Kerik Pulls Out as Bush Nominee for Homeland Security Job; Kerik Bows out Nanny Flap Sinks Homeland Security Post;  Security Post Would Put Kerik Atop Field That Enriched Him
 

Sealed Files: Dade Judge Voids Own Order to Seal Court File; New Rules on Court Records Often Ignored; Rush Limbaugh Has a Secret; Miami Herald Wins Honors from Florida Bar; Judge Fails to Explain Secret Settlement; Secrecy in Court Files to Be Probed; Opening Up Hidden Cases; Can Court Cases Be Hidden? State High Court Hears Debate over Open Records; Court Records -New Secret Case Rules Called Inadequate; Open Court Case Files Encouraged; Civil Court Cases Were Kept Hidden in Miami-Dade County; Court Records Opening Strategy: Chief Justice: Restore Public Trust; Concealed Cases Must Get Review; High Court Weighing Change in Sealing Cases; Clerks Ask State Supreme Court to Keep Judges from Sealing Cases; In My Opinion Broward 'Bubba Judges' up to Same Old Tricks; More Civil Cases Uncovered in Broward Court; Officials' Divorce Cases Hidden on Secret Docket in Broward County, [Fort Lauderdale] Florida
 

Images From Cell Phone Camera Suppressed in Subway Groping Case

Duke Prosecutor Disbarred, Faces Lawsuits and Ruin

Child Custody and Child Support: DNA, New Law Can End Child Support Payments in Florida; Court Panel Upholds Custody Rights Grant to Nonbiological  Lesbian Mom: Child-custody Case of Gay Parents Pits Law Two States; 'Poor' Pa Ponies up $250,000; This is Not About Money This is About Me s a Father Says Sean (P. Diddy) Combs; When Child Support Is Due Even the Poor Find Little Mercy; City Often Took Children Without Consulting Court; Court Limits Removing Child When Mother Is Abuse Victim  - New York State's highest court ruled that children cannot be taken from their home merely because they have been exposed to domestic abuse at home
 

The Mafia Princess (Judge Deborah Kaplan); Married-to-the-mob Cash Clash;Judge 'Booty' - Claim They Put Roof Over Her Head; Eviction 'Revenge' vs. Mafia; Who Became a NYC Judge; The Father of the Judge (Burton Kaplan) In a Rat's Nest - Mob Turncoat Bids to Evict Capo's Son; (Using Court to Enforce a Money Laundering Scheme Through Mortgages)  Judge Rips Her Mob-Rat Father Mafia Cops Were Gonna Betray Me, Father  Tells Jury; Judge's Dad Is Mobster - Career Criminal Will Testify Against Alleged Mafia Cops
 

David Boies Controversy: Landscaper's Fruitful Legal Efforts May Set Precedent; Controversy Grows Over Boies Firm, Document Company; The Landscaper Saga:  Judge Steps Aside After Litigant Hires His Wife The Lawyer Landscaper;  Disqualified From Case, Client Ordered Jailed for Contempt  Lawyer David Boies Who Represented Gore in Trouble With Florida Bar
 

Trial Lawyers by Any Other Name: First, Rename All the Lawyers; Recasting the
 Image of Trial Lawyers, No Longer Association of Trial  Lawyers  Renamed
"American Association for Justice";  The Plaintiffs' Bar Whom Injured Americans
Love or the Lawyers Whom Litigation Weary Americans Love to Hate. - Are they Vultures? Paladins? Or, a bit of Both?
 

Bankruptcy Reform: A Year After Reform; President Signs Bankruptcy Reform Into Law; Legislation  Passes; Legislation Would Limit Protections of Doctor's Assets
Erasing Debts In Bankruptcy May Get Harder; Bill Tightening Bankruptcy Leaves
Holes Unplugged 
 

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Federal Judges Accountability: New Rules Mean Shift Toward Accountability for Judiciary; Did a Federal Judge Cross a Legal Line for His Clerk? Ethics Lapses by Federal Judges Persist, Review Finds Violations Involve Stock Holdings And Free Trips;  Thoughts on the Law Addressing Bad Federal Judges: Self-Policing Isn't Working, But Is There a Good Alternative?

 

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    05-07-06

Businesses Vulnerable to 'Drive-by' Lawsuits 

Robin Hoods or Legal Hoods?  NY Judge Backs Indicted Firm for Spot in Back
dating Case; Milberg Weiss, Name Partners Plead Not Guilty as More Lawyers Head for the Exits; If a Dwindling Milberg Is Convicted, Who Pays the Price?; Former
Milberg Partners Seek Capital, Fees; Politico Aims to Ax Embattled NY Firm; Milberg Former Partners Indicted; After 41 Count Indictment Denied Charges: Milberg, Weiss, Law Firm in $11m Scam ;  Clarence Bid to Stay out of Jail Former Partners Indicted;
A Prominent Law Firm Prepares for Indictment; A Three- year Investigation into Whether Mr. Lerach and His Former New York Law Firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, Had Used Illegal Tactics in Shareholder Lawsuits That Made Him and the Firm Rich and Famous
 

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Maxam's Oath Project: Vindicated: Activists Slam New York Judges; Golen
Falls Jugde Recuses Self; Root Unsworn Judges;  Maxam says She is Forced to Give Up Her Investigation of the N.Y. Judiciary:  Maxam's Oath Project On Judges In The New York State Court System
 

   11-07-05

Judge's Beau Arrested - The Crime Minister; Double Shot at Judge Donna Mills; Your Dishonor; Boozy Reverend 'Crossed' Up: Lawyer; Used Judge's Car for Getaway, Tag No. (NY) "Supreme Court 237"

 

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Vellela  Freed After Making Return Trip to Rikers; Court Enforcers Gave 41g to Their Guy; Velellato be Released; Official Who Taped In Vellela Case, Back as a Lobyist; Vellela a Man With No Appeal: Vellala Back in Jail; Vellala Going Back to Jail: Vellela to Return to Jail Monday; Court Order Guy Back to Jail: Velella Case Could Send Four Others Back  to Jail;Vallella's Illegal Release; Guy Will Fight; Guy Headed Back to Jail; City Investigators Order Review of the Early Release of Velella: Guy's Friends  in Albany; Vote Releasing Velella May Be Illegal; Vallella Sits Out Columbus Day Parade; Writers Say Freeing Velella Was Not Intent; Pataki's Troubled by Velella's Release; Panel That Freed Velella Had Few Guidelines; Velella  Had Koch, Egan in His Corner; City to Probe Velella's Release Bruno Oks Extra 10g for Jailbird Velella; Velella Pleads Guilty; Bruno: Velella's Defense Fund Ok for Defense of Charges that his and his Father's Law Firm Pocketed $137,000
 

Man's Quest Spotlights Law Library Public Access -

Pension Pickle - The Mistake of Failing to Update Pension

Public Defender's Ethical Compass Askew  - Our Opinion: Broward Office Is Run like a Personal Fiefdom; What Was Public Defender Thinking About - In Asking Employees for Money