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• What Happened To Heller Ehrman — And Who’s Next?

  Until very recently, Heller Ehrman LLP was a mainstay of the San Francisco legal community.  Today it is gone.  Virtually overnight, a firm that in 2007 grossed $471 million and spun off $1 million in…

• Newdorf Legal Wins $3.4 Million In Attorneys’ Fees For The City and County of San Francisco

  SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, 2008 —A San Mateo County (California) judge ordered a large national law firm and a Texas developer to pay the City and County of San Francisco $3.43 million in attorneys’ fees…

• Sample Deposition Questions In Personal Injury Cases

  This week’s litigation tip expands on my article, “The Top Ten Killer Deposition Questions,” to provide ideas for basic deposition questions in a personal injury matter. The most popular articles on this website have to do…

• Ninth Circuit Sends Mixed Signals In Strip Search Case

  There were three opinions written — a majority, concurrence and dissent — on the 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel that ruled against San Francisco on the constitutionality of its former jail strip search policy.  As the…

• What Every Litigator Can Learn from the Four Stages of a Marathon

  People sometimes ask me what I think about while out on long runs.  Before the sore muscles and aching joints recede into memory, I thought I’d share some of my musings from the San Francisco…

• Ninth Circuit affirms San Francisco’s victory in the “Fajitagate” case.

  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of San Francisco in a civil rights lawsuit dubbed “fajitagate.”  In an unsigned six-page memorandum decision issued…

• State Bar Appointment for David Newdorf

  The Board of Governors of the California State Bar appointed San Francisco attorney David Newdorf to the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section at its July 2008 meeting.  The three-year appointment begins September 28, 2008.  A former…

• Announcing Newdorf Legal, The Law Firm

  First, there was Newdorf Legal, the blog.  Now, there is Newdorf Legal, the law firm.  I am pleased to announce the formation of my law firm, Newdorf Legal, as of July 14, 2008.  I am…

• Oral Argument Set In Ninth Circuit Appeal Of ‘Fajitagate’ Case

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has calendared oral argument in the federal civil rights claims over a 2002 altercation between three off-duty S.F.P.D. officers (one of whom was the son of…

• Preparing Your Client For Deposition

  Defending your client’s deposition can be a nerve-wracking, sweaty armpit experience.  At the end of the day, a weak performance or just one poor answer can sink a case.  But even with stakes this high, most lawyers do…