Embattled Michigan trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger will learn this week whether a Detroit federal judge views his television ads as prejudicial pretrial publicity.
Portland lawyer Steve Novick is taking a humorous look at his disabilities and his looks in YouTube ads seeking support for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in Oregon.
A politically connected law firm and its developer client were criticized in a report issued yesterday by New Jersey’s inspector general detailing the failure of a project to clean up…
The lawyer who represented President Bush in the battle over the 2000 election results raises the possibility of litigation, this time between Democrats, over the party’s rightful presidential nominee.
Proudly proceeding on a fast track toward legal residency and eventual U.S. citizenship, Beth Keathley was so excited about having had a chance to vote in her first American election…
The leading presidential candidates didn’t want to reveal their LSAT scores, but many, especially Republicans, were eager to share the names of their legal advisers.
Slate.com’s Emily Bazelon tried to see who did best on the LSAT, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. She struck out.
On the question of lawyers for the teams, however, she reported the following lineups.
Ordered last year to pay $81,000 in court costs after a major Pittsburgh-based law firm successfully sued on behalf of a client to remove him from the 2004 presidential ballot,…
The Ohio Supreme Court has overturned a record-breaking $30 million medical malpractice award, citing, among other courtroom misbehavior, a theatrical closing argument by the controversial Michigan attorney representing the brain-injured…
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