Career & Practice
9131 ABA Journal Career & Practice articles.
Updated: Goosehead Insurance in Texas has fired associate general counsel Paul MacNeal Davis after he posted a video of himself outside the U.S. Capitol during the
riot Wednesday.
Jan 7, 2021 1:40 PM CST
Justice Stephen G. Breyer hasn’t indicated when he plans to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court, but some liberals say the timing should be sooner rather than later.
Jan 7, 2021 11:07 AM CST
One in five judges who responded to a survey on job stress met at least one criteria for depressive disorder, according to survey results released late last month.
Jan 7, 2021 9:58 AM CST
In 1987, Judge Judith Sheindlin of New York County Family Court terminated a couple’s parental rights to their two young children. The mother had shown no interest in raising them. Their father had been incarcerated for several years, and his release was many more away.
Jan 7, 2021 9:54 AM CST
The Georgia Supreme Court has suspended a state appeals judge with pay during an ethics investigation.
Jan 6, 2021 12:07 PM CST
After an extensive nationwide search, ABA Executive Director Jack Rives announced in October that the association had found its new senior associate executive director and general counsel.
Jan 6, 2021 10:09 AM CST
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., who found it difficult to think that an election lawsuit was “meant seriously,” will consider whether to refer the case to a court grievance committee.
Jan 6, 2021 9:28 AM CST
First female judge will preside over Illinois criminal court
Judge Erica Reddick was appointed as presiding judge of the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago on Monday, marking the first…
Jan 5, 2021 4:25 PM CST
Fastcase and Casemaker, two competing legal research companies that have previously faced off in litigation, announced Tuesday that they have merged.
Jan 5, 2021 2:13 PM CST
The Florida Supreme Court has disbarred a lawyer who died more than a year ago.
Jan 5, 2021 10:42 AM CST
Updated: A Foley & Lardner partner who participated in the Saturday phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no longer with her law firm.
Jan 5, 2021 10:00 AM CST
Cincinnati-based Dinsmore & Shohl started the new year by announcing that it acquired Wooden McLaughlin, a 47-attorney firm that has offices in three Indiana cities.
Jan 5, 2021 9:22 AM CST
Supreme Court asked to weigh in on student’s discipline over social media
At its first private conference after the holiday break, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide this week whether…
Jan 4, 2021 4:17 PM CST
Bar exams of the future should be delivered online as an integrated test with scenarios to answer questions from, rather than in, sections with different formats, according to preliminary recommendations released Monday by the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ testing task force.
Jan 4, 2021 1:48 PM CST
Despite predictions made in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, lawsuits alleging that COVID-19 caused physical or economic harm were limited in 2020.
Jan 4, 2021 1:15 PM CST
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