As a 10-day hearing was set to begin Monday in a legal ethics case over nude photos of a senior Canadian judge, a lawyer for the Manitoba jurist asked that…
A pregnant lawyer who sought a delay in a federal corruption case because a “grueling” trial would be too taxing during her third trimester was turned down by a federal…
Alice Lee, reportedly the oldest practicing lawyer in Alabama until recently and the sister of famed author Harper Lee, died Monday after “her heart wore out,” according to a local…
Criminal defense lawyer Deborah Misir is still waiting for an answer after citing her pregnancy in an Oct. 16 request for a delay in a federal corruption retrial scheduled for…
Barbara Levenson defied naysayers, including her own mother, by becoming the first woman to hold public office—as a school board member—in her then-hometown of Columbus, Ohio, in the 1960s; returning…
NBC has decided to cancel the TV show Bad Judge after it garnered unimpressive ratings and a letter of protest from the Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Association for Women…
Washington, D.C., litigator Michele A. Roberts became the first female executive of a major North American professional sports union when she was selected to lead the National Basketball Players Association…
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Michele Roberts: “I want this union to not have a single reason to doubt my commitment.” Photo by Scott Suchman.
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Roberta Liebenberg: The recent academic findings about grit and female lawyers’ success are “truly transformative” and “hopeful for a critical mass of law firm leaders.” Photo courtesy of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.
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Lawyer Cheryl Carpenter was in tears as she argued for leniency on behalf of her client, Theodore Wafer, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting death of Renisha…
The Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers has asked NBC to cancel a new comedy series about a hard-drinking, hard-partying female judge—appropriately titled Bad Judge, the Oct 23, 2014 5:57 PM CDT
A Georgia solo practitioner alleges an immigration judge in Atlanta questioned her mothering skills because she brought her weeks-old daughter to court—after the judge denied her motion for a continuance.
If you’re a woman who wants a family and a fulfilling career, choosing the right spouse is key, says Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, a Dechert partner married Nick Clegg, the United…
Rejecting a defense argument that a Kuwaiti cleric who served as a senior adviser to Osama bin Laden was guilty only of offensive speech, a federal judge in Manhattan on…
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