286 ABA Journal Utah articles.
Because of international publicity, the judge has exponentially expanded the jury pool. The defense team includes famed celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred. The issue: whether 70-year-old Betty Perry violated a municipal…
Dec 11, 2007 10:06 PM CST
A Salt Lake City lawyer claims the government does not want to turn over documents about the death of his brother in prison after questioning about the Oklahoma City bombing…
Dec 4, 2007 2:20 PM CST
A federal judge in Utah has thrown out a guilty verdict in an assault case against an American Indian defendant because of jurors’ racist remarks during deliberations.
Rather than focusing…
Dec 3, 2007 8:37 PM CST
The controversial leader of a fringe Mormon sect in Utah that advocates polygamy was sentenced today to two consecutive terms of five years to life, following his conviction earlier this…
Nov 20, 2007 10:32 PM CST
Formerly sealed documents detailing jailhouse phone calls made by the leader of a controversial fringe sect of the Mormon church that advocates polygamy were released Tuesday by a Utah court.
…Nov 1, 2007 7:33 PM CDT
Updated: A Utah jury has reached a guilty verdict in the case of a controversial church leader accused of accomplice rape for using his religious influence to pressure a 14-year-old…
Sep 25, 2007 9:47 PM CDT
After one day of deliberations, a jury in a high-profile Utah accomplice-rape trial against the leader of a fringe Mormon group reportedly was near a verdict on at least one…
Sep 25, 2007 5:42 PM CDT
Opening arguments are expected to begin today in a Utah teen-rape case that is widely seen as putting on trial not only the defendant, Warren Jeffs, but the polygamist practices…
Sep 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll is opening an office in Los Angeles with the expectation that it will help the 500-lawyer Philadelphia-based law firm strengthen its flagship real estate and…
Sep 4, 2007 4:53 PM CDT
After two years, criminal cases brought in Arizona against eight men in the same polygamous sect for allegedly marrying underage girls are nearing an end.
Three have been convicted—and sentenced…
Aug 17, 2007 9:33 PM CDT
In a case that could have an effect on United States law enforcement, a prominent Canadian criminal attorney serving as a special prosecutor has recommended that his country reconsider its…
Aug 1, 2007 11:47 PM CDT
An effective lawyer challenges court opinions without impugning the character or motives of the judges who wrote them. But should lawyers who don’t follow this rule be penalized?
More often,…
May 7, 2007 1:53 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a Utah attorney who assured investors in a pyramid scheme that their investment was safe.
Despite improper comments by a prosecutor…
May 2, 2007 7:58 PM CDT
Prosecutors say it’s a sex crime. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs says it’s counseling his flock.
Feb 21, 2007 9:32 AM CST
Virtual Visitation Diminishes Distances Between Divorced Parents and Their Kids
Nov 29, 2005 9:05 AM CST
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