Recent Updates
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Planned Parenthood shooting defendant returning to court
Lawyer Interviews 05/11/2016A man who admitted killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is returning to court for the continuation of a hearing on whether he's mentally competent to stand trial. A psychologist who examined 57-year-old Robert Dear is schedule...
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Supreme Court Rejects Conservative Group’s Argument
Lawyer Interviews 04/04/2016A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. The justices turned back a challenge from Texas voters that could have dramatically altered political distri...
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Man pleads guilty in threats against Wichita courthouse
Lawyer Interviews 10/17/2015A 22-year-old man accused of threatening to storm the Sedgwick County Courthouse and kill law enforcement officers has pleaded guilty. Samuel McCrory pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of criminal threat and three counts of criminal possession of a...
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Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M
Lawyer Interviews 10/14/2015A federal appeals court is again considering the fate of 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more that the government says were illegally taken from a Philadelphia mint and wound up in a jeweler's hands. A lawyer for jeweler Israel Switt...
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Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
Lawyer Interviews 08/19/2015An elderly man who spent 24 years in prison for his daughter's death in a fire will remain free after a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday refused to reinstate his murder conviction. Han Tak Lee, 80, a native of South Korea who earned...
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Chicago Out-of-State Counsel Attorneys
Lawyer Interviews 09/25/2013Local Counsel for Out-of-State Clients Companies need attorneys who understand the business-to-business and government procurement environments. Having an attorney focused specifically in the business counsel marketplace can help focus on practical s...
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Eugene Criminal Defense - MJM Law Office, P.C.
Lawyer Interviews 01/29/2012MJM Law Office, P.C. was founded to provide clients with quality representation in criminal defense and family law, including matters such as DUI offenses, drug crimes, divorce, and child custody. Mr. Mizejewski understands that effectively working t...
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Ex-Justice Stevens optimistic about court's future
Lawyer Interviews 10/13/2011Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spent much of his 35 years on the court disagreeing with the majority, but he's bullish about the institution. At a talk Monday at Princeton University, his biggest applause line was for his shorte...
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Oregon criminal defense lawyer
Lawyer Interviews 11/18/2009Max J. Mizejewski Max Mizejewski (pronounced Majeski) received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993. In 1997, Max graduated from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and went on to work in th...