Things have gone from bad to worse for a New York lawyer scheduled to begin a pro se criminal trial today on charges that he schemed to scam families seeking…
Jury selection began this morning, under extraordinary security measures, for the trial of a man accused of killing an Ohio criminal defense attorney who was his live-in girlfriend and, subsequently,…
A former president of the Virginia Bar Association came out the loser when he sued a former client for additional attorney fees and the client fought back, using expert testimony…
A partner at Bingham McCutchen testified Tuesday in the divorce trial of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt that he changed a key word in a postnup property agreement after the McCourts…
Chicago-area lawyer Craig Gertz and his wife, Lori, are going public about their painful decision to give up an adopted child whose mental health issues were so severe they feared…
Updated: Deporting a baby, who happened to be a United States citizen, along with her undocumented Mexican father, despite frantic objections from her U.S. citizen mother, was hardly optimal, a…
Authorities say a 41-year-old lawyer and recreational shooter went on a rampage in Germany in which three people, including her estranged partner and their 5-year-old son, were killed and others…
Updated: A Wisconsin prosecutor who admittedly sent 30 texts to a victim in a domestic violence case seeking a sexual relationship but says that shouldn’t prevent him from keeping his…
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