District of Columbia
833 ABA Journal District of Columbia articles.
Prosecutor resigns over shared Facebook post
A Texas prosecutor resigned Monday after she shared a Facebook post that appeared to compare protesters with Nazis. Assistant District Attorney Kaylynn Williford of…
Jul 1, 2020 4:40 PM CDT
Another law firm cuts pay for lawyers and staffers
Holland & Hart is reducing profit distributions to equity partners and cutting pay for salaried lawyers by 15%. Staff members who…
Jun 24, 2020 4:48 PM CDT
A former partner at two large law firms has agreed to a three-year suspension after his conviction for insider trading.
Jun 19, 2020 12:20 PM CDT
Lawmakers in several states are considering revisions to police lethal force laws following the deaths of George Floyd and others during
encounters with officers.
Jun 19, 2020 11:23 AM CDT
Updated: Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman has been suspended for 90 days and ordered to take a continuing legal education course on conflicts of interest.
Jun 17, 2020 2:39 PM CDT
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has refused to sanction former female associates who
filed a $200 million lawsuit against Jones Day for alleged gender bias.
Jun 10, 2020 10:29 AM CDT
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended a former administrative law judge who claimed in a lawsuit that a dry cleaners owed him more than $67 million for losing his pants.
Jun 8, 2020 3:14 PM CDT
DC protesters sue over their ouster from Lafayette Square
Protesters and Black Lives Matter D.C. allege in a lawsuit that their ouster from Lafayette Square on June 1 violated their…
Jun 5, 2020 2:38 PM CDT
The en banc 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, has revived a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution’s ban on presidents accepting emoluments from foreign states.
May 14, 2020 12:43 PM CDT
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington, D.C.,
has appointed Debevoise & Plimpton partner John Gleeson to make arguments in connection with a possible attempt to hold Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, in criminal contempt of court.
May 14, 2020 10:27 AM CDT
U.S. District Judge Justin Walker has a new and higher rating from the ABA as he
appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for a hearing on his nomination the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
May 6, 2020 2:18 PM CDT
Updated: The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has taken a preliminary step that could lead to a review of the circumstances surrounding the retirement of one of the court’s judges.
May 5, 2020 12:14 PM CDT
10th Circuit strikes down Kansas voter ID law
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Denver has struck down a Kansas law that required a birth certificate or…
Apr 30, 2020 4:23 PM CDT
Clinical law students across the country say their work helping clients remotely is now much different and more difficult because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it comes closer to real-life lawyering than ever before, according to some law professors who direct the clinics.
Apr 28, 2020 8:00 AM CDT
Are people who don masks to protect themselves during the COVID-19 epidemic breaking the law?
Apr 23, 2020 4:28 PM CDT
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