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Lawyer seeking experts in double homicide defense

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:13:56 +0000

PARIS — The lawyer for one of two men accused of a double homicide last summer is asking for several thousand dollars to have independent experts analyze the state's evidence and determine the man's culpability.

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Lawyer jailed for fraud

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:41 +0000

A Barrie-area lawyer was sentenced to 14 months in jail yesterday after being convicted fraud and forgery.

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RI lawyer nominated for federal judgeship

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:08:46 +0000

A Rhode Island lawyer has been nominated for a federal judgeship. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Jack McConnell for a seat on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.

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Trump Casinos Need New Loan, Icahn Lawyer Tells Judge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:07:35 +0000

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. , the bankrupt casino company pursued by two sets of competing billionaires, needs a new, court-approved loan to remain open, a lawyer for investor Carl Icahn said today in court.

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Former Louisville lawyer gets 90 days in jail for tax evasion

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:36 +0000

William Ayers, the former Louisville lawyer who practiced without a phone listing or office, was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail and five years' probation for tax evasion.

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Greenberg Lawyer Boies Leaves Cuomo’s Office After Deposition

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:13 +0000

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Boies, lawyer for former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, left the Manhattan offices of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo this afternoon following a deposition of his client.

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Lawyer Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:49:20 +0000

An Anderson lawyer had child pornography on his work computer and was sending it to others, police say.

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Lawyer says his client stabbed Cedar Hill woman but didn’t mean to kill her 3:33PM CT

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:43 +0000

"I'm willing to say, yes, this man did it," defense lawyer Paul Johnson said of his client, Theron Lacey, "but I'm not willing to say he did it with the intent to kill."

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Lawyer: Roethlisberger’s Accuser Leaves School, Wants Privacy

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:36 +0000

The woman who told police that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her at a Georgia nightclub has taken a leave of absence from her local college, her lawyer told WTAE Channel 4 Action News.

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Kerik can’t go to DC to meet lawyer: judge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:23 +0000

Crooked ex-NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, who's under house arrest until he reports to prison in May, got shot down in a bid to meet with a Washington, D.C., lawyer today. The disgraced former top cop sought last-minute permission for a sitdown with Athan Tsimpedes, who previously represented a

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Murdoch lawyer is a new judge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:22:47 +0000

LACHLAN MURDOCH needs a new lawyer to tend his share of the News Corporation fortune after his representative on the family's multibillion-dollar trust, Allens Arthur Robinson partner Michael Ball, was announced as the NSW Supreme Court's next judge yesterday.

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Acevedo hires new lawyer for appeal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:13:01 +0000

Disgraced former Monroe County School District Superintendent Randy Acevedo has a high-profile Tampa-area lawyer taking over his appeal of three felony misconduct convictions.

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UN expert concerned about missing Chinese lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:51:15 +0000

A U.N. torture investigator said Wednesday he is very concerned about the fate of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and believes he has been severely tortured.

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Fishermen’s Case Expected in Court by Year’s End: Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:24:25 +0000

The lawyer who represents hundreds of fishermen who are fighting the tax man on the buy-back of their fishing licenses is confident they'll be in court by the end of the year.

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Novell, IBM accused of collaborating to hurt Unix owner, lawyer says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:17:13 +0000

Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – A trial in federal court that could have a major impact on the Linux operating system opened in Salt Lake City on Monday with The SCO Group’s lawyer taking aim at Novell and IBM.

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Lawyers ask UN to help missing Chinese lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:43:27 +0000

An international group of lawyers wants a U.N. human rights body to help an activist Chinese lawyer who has been missing for more than a year.

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Lawyer argues for sex offender on rape charge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:07:57 +0000

BEVERLY and mdash; Questions have emerged about a disabled man's claim that he was forced to engage in sexual acts by a Level 3 sex offender, as the accused's lawyer raised the possibility of an alibi and mdash; her client may have been attending a sex offender treatment session at the time.

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Joseph I. Huesman, retired lawyer, dies at 88

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:37:43 +0000

Marine veteran served on ship carrying FDR Joseph Ignatius Huesman, a retired Towson lawyer and World War II veteran, died March 3 of a stroke at Oak Crest Village. He was 88.

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Riddle’s new lawyer ready to fight

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:11:16 +0000

Sam Riddle once posted on his Twitter account that he was looking for a "bare-knuckled fighter" to represent him in various legal battles. On Tuesday, his new lawyer, Richard Convertino, told reporters he's not all that familiar with Twitter, further explaining that "bare-knuckled fighters don't tweet."

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Zambia : Mahtani Group Lawyer, Others Take Fresh Plea

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:48:34 +0000

MAHTANI Group of Companies lawyer, Zaheeda Essa and 11 other workers yesterday took a fresh plea of not guilty to the charges of obstruction of justice after the State made amendments of the charges.

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Rocky Houston’s lawyer asks for release

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Rocky Joe Houston's new lawyer wants to know why he's still in jail on a case that's been dismissed.Houston, 48, sits behind bars in Roane County today, a week after an appeals court threw out the double-murder case against him in the deaths of a deputy and a ride-along. He still faces charges that include two counts of aggravated assault from a 2004 police chase, with a trial set for March 31

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Ampatuan hitman is possible witness, says lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:48:44 +0000

MANILA, Philippines - A man claiming to be one of several triggermen in the November 23 Maguindanao massacre could be the first state witness to admit actually participating in the crime, a lawyer said Wednesday.

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Man killed by cop wielded no gun, lawyer tells jury

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:42 +0000

A man shot to death four years ago in a south-side apartment wasdown on his hands and knees, not brandishing a gun, when he waskilled by a Tucson police officer, a lawyer for the man's familysaid Tuesday.

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It’s time to come down - lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:14 +0000

THE high-profile lawyer for tree man Richard Pennicuik will advise him to climb down today and end his 93-day protest.

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Lawyer says DeWeese won’t testify in Veon case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:08:03 +0000

HARRISBURG — The man who was the top-ranking Democrat in the state House of Representatives until a little more than a year ago will not be testifying in the Harrisburg public-corruption trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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Fmr. lawyer guilty of drug possession

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:36:10 +0000

Claude Michael Scialdone, a former lawyer, pled guilty to cocaine possession in a Virginia Beach courtroom earlier today.

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Columbia lawyer sentenced for growing pot

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:03:41 +0000

A Columbia lawyer was sentenced to five years probation Monday for growing more than 400 high-grade marijuana plants.

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Former lawyer gets jail and rotan for RM97,000 CBT case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:37:42 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: A former lawyer was jailed two years and ordered to be given four strokes of the rotan after the Sessions Court here found him guilty of committing criminal breach of trust involving about RM97,000 six years ago.

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Hire a Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Correctly the First Time

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:27 +0000

Although there are plenty of lawyers practicing law in the city, finding the right Miami personal injury among a horde of available names is plenty hard. You must know that there are several standards you need to set when consulting a lawyer.

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Lawyer tries again to free Rocky Houston

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:52:00 +0000

KINGSTON - Rocky Joe Houston's new lawyer has made a new bid to get him out of jail.Houston, 48, sits behind bars in Roane County, nearly a week after an appellate court threw out the double-murder case against him in the deaths of a deputy and ride-along. He still faces charges that include two counts of aggravated assault from a 2004 police chase.Houston's lawyer, Lindsey Lander, filed a

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Lawyer’s crimes tap victims’ fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:03:43 +0000

Former clients of Cincinnati lawyer Ken Lawson have received more than $200,000 from a fund that covers victims of attorney theft. The 28 claims are a record for Hamilton County and the second-highest amount in the history of Ohio's Clients' Security Fund.

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JDV lawyer against Lakas-Kampi union now on its Senate slate

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:41:54 +0000

How did former Speaker Jose de Venecia’s personal lawyer end up running for senator in the slate of the administration party?

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Questioning of baby OD father unfair: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:51:59 +0000

A Calgary father was treated in an "oppressive atmosphere" by emergency officials the day his baby daughter died of a methadone overdose, his defence lawyer says.

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Lawyer: DeWeese Will Not Testify In Veon Case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01:44 +0000

The lawyer for a state representative who defendants in the Harrisburg public-corruption case want to call to the stand said he will not be a witness in the case.

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Riddle, lawyer to appear in court

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:27:13 +0000

Sam Riddle says he has retained former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino as his lawyer.

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AFL coach unfairly targeted: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:56 +0000

A lawyer for Fremantle AFL coach Mark Harvey says the former Bomber has been unfairly targeted in a police investigation after a toddler drowned at his Essendon house.

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Kilpatrick lawyer works to get judge thrown off case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:00 +0000

Detroit -- The lawyer for ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a motion today to disqualify Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner, accusing the judge of engaging in misconduct.

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Iranian authorities imprison human rights lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:09:11 +0000

Mohammad Oliayifard, Iranian human rights lawyer and top court attorney was arrested on the morning of March 8 after being summoned by the Revolutionary court. Oliayifard, former organizer of Human Rights Activists Collective, was arrested by security forces in Tehran. -Zamaneh

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Kilpatrick’s lawyer files motion to disqualify judge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:08:04 +0000

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was ordered to stay in a courtroom while his lawyer appeals a motion to disqualify Judge David Groner.

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Lawyer files application to verify divorce between Sultan and second wife

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:48 +0000

KOTA BAHARU: A syarie lawyer, Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar today filed an application at the Syariah High Court here for verification of the Sultan of Kelantan's divorce of his second wife, Che Puan Elia Suhana Ahmad.

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Trial set for lawyer accused of assaulting client

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:15:42 +0000

Associated Press - March 9, 2010 9:05 AM ET CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Charleston lawyer accused of beating a client with a baseball bat is facing an April trial.

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Guelph family hires lawyer to investigate death of daughter killed in wall collapse

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:15:28 +0000

The family of Isabel Warren has retained a lawyer to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.

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Lawyer: Man In Baby Death Case A ‘Loving Dad’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:22:28 +0000

A Malden father and Massachusetts Institute of Technology administrator remains behind bars Tuesday, charged with killing his 6-month-old son over the weekend, even as his lawyer says he is a loving father.

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Developer accused of bribery loses bid to block ex-lawyer’s testimony

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:28:19 +0000

Jury selection in the corruption trial of a Chicago developer is expected to begin today after he lost a bid to block his former lawyer from testifying against him.The trial of Calvin Boender, accused of bribing a Chicago alderman, was put on hold Monday as Boender asked the appeals court to block his onetime lawyer from taking the stand against him, saying it violated his attorney-client

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Gunmen kill 3 including lawyer in Pakistan’s Lahore

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:22:22 +0000

Unknown gunmen killed three people including a lawyer in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday Morning, police said. Locals said all the three were returning to their village after attending city court when gunmen opened fire at them in Lahore. Attackers succeeded to run away from the site. Police have started investigation on the unknown criminals. It is being taken as a big blow to the

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Lawyer seeks dismissal of child porn case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:03:48 +0000

An attorney for Sioux Falls lawyer Leo Flynn maintains that he had legitimate reasons for having child pornography in his line of work. Prosecutors, however, say his activities were not related to his profession and that he broke the law. Because South Dakota law provides immunity for lawyers who possess child pornography in the course of their official duties, Judge John Simko never should have

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IN COURTS THIS MORNING: Lawyer gets 2 years for CBT

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:51:06 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: A 47-year-old lawyer was today sentenced to two years' jail and four strokes of the rotan after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust (CBT) amounting to almost RM100,000.

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Lawyer suspended for vulgarity

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:32:15 +0000

A lawyer in Gujarat has been suspended from practicing in any court for three years on chrages of harassing a client's daughter through vulgar text messages.

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Erie lawyer sentenced to 21 months in fraud case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:29:19 +0000

Disbarred Erie lawyer J. Gregory Moore told a judge he served his country with honor as a soldier in Vietnam. Seeing his name in a criminal court docket that pit him against his government, he said, is like "a knife in my heart."

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Lawyer gets 2 years for CBT

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:50:46 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: A 29-year-old lawyer was today sentenced to two years' jail and four strokes of the rotan after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust (CBT) amounting to almost RM100,000.

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In brief: Roethlisberger’s lawyer denies assault

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:37:00 +0000

JURISPRUDENCERoethlisberger’s lawyer denies assaultA high-profile defense attorney hired by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Monday disputed a college student’s claim that the two-time Super Bowl winner sexually assaulted her at a Georgia nightclub.The 20-year-old told police Roethlisberger, who had been out barhopping with friends, assaulted her early Friday. Roethlisberger

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Lawyer hunts for Madoff money in ‘Damages’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:25:28 +0000

Patty Hewes, the Machiavellian lawyer played by Glenn Close on FX's addictive "Damages" (10 p.m. Mondays) loves to go after the rich and powerful.

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NFL Hurt Players’ Reputations Over Drug Tests, Lawyer Argues

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:20:37 +0000

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- National Football League officials sullied the reputations of Minnesota Vikings players Kevin Williams and Pat Williams by leaking news of their suspensions for violating league drug policies, the athletes’ lawyer argued.

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Kilpatrick’s Lawyer Fires Back at Judge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:01 +0000

Kwame Kilpatrick's lawyer fires back at the judge handling his client's restitution case. This as the former Detroit mayor is ordered to surrender by the end of the day on Tuesday because he didn't make his $79,000 restitution payment.

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Milwaukee probate lawyer accused with stealing from clients accounts not charged with crime

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:41:00 +0000

A Milwaukee probate lawyer accused of plundering an elderly woman's life savings is a free man. His insurance company is coughing up a million dollars. FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn has new information in the case of the missing money.

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Lawyer guilty of misconduct over sex with client

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:42 +0000

A Canberra lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct over allegations that he developed a sexual relationship with a client.

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Lawyer accused in bat beating arraigned on four charges

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:31 +0000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The lawyer who beat his client with a baseball bat on Charlestons East End was arraigned on four charges stemming from the incident by Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Duke Bloom Monday morning. Then, after Bloom set bond at $25,000

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Know Where to Get the Perfect Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:48:12 +0000

A Florida personal injury lawyer is tremendously useful in a variety of legal claims. However, what you should know is that each personal injury lawyer specializes in a specific type of personal injury case.

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Roethlisberger’s lawyer: No assault, no crime

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:08:30 +0000

Milledgeville, Ga. -- His lawyer says Ben Roethlisberger is "completely innocent" and that no crime or sexual assault occured. "The facts show that there was no criminal activity. No sexual assault occurred. We are cooperating with the investigation. Ben is completely innocent of any crime.

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NFL Drug Test Leaks Hurt Players’ Image, Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:50:22 +0000

March 8 (Bloomberg) -- National Football League officials sullied the reputations of Minnesota Vikings players Kevin Williams and Pat Williams by leaking news of their suspensions for violating league drug policies, the athletes’ lawyer argued.

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Ben Roethlisberger Hires Ray Lewis’ Former Defense Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:52 +0000

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired prominent Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Edward T.M. Garland, the attorney who defended Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens against murder charges in 2000.

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Clemency may be the only chance for Canadian on death row in Montana: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:35:00 +0000

GREAT FALLS, Mon. - A lawyer for the only Canadian on death row in the United States says his client's fate likely depends on a life-or-death decision by the Montana governor.

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VictoryLand lawyer praises Vance ruling in bingo case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:32:47 +0000

Judge's ruling brings "some civility and some sense to a situation that has gotten totally out of control," lawyer said.

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Lawyer Isidro Q. Lico, The Cooperative Statesman

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:23:57 +0000

FOR lawyer Sid Lico, the Chairman of the Regional Cooperative Development Council who is at the helm of the 1,300 active cooperatives in Northern Mindanao with over 700,000 member-cooperators, social read more

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Hoefer, lawyer wants apologizes from Middletown school officials

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:06:41 +0000

Goshen, NY -- A civil rights and Constitutional law lawyer is seeking an apology from Middletown’s school superintendent and school board president for Oswego school board member Francis Hoefer.

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Mpls. lawyer Garcia acquitted of rape

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:37:11 +0000

The defense said the Minneapolis lawyer was unprofessional but not a rapist, and the jury agreed.

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Williams’s lawyer says NFL punishments inconsistent regarding banned substance

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:03:00 +0000

MINNEAPOLIS - The lawyer for two Minnesota Vikings who sued the NFL is telling a judge the league applied its anti-doping rules inconsistently in punishing the players.

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Local lawyer admits tax fraud

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:41 +0000

Syracuse, NY - A well-known local lawyer today admitted to failing to file a tax return last year in a plea deal to resolve unrelated grand larceny and identity theft charges.

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Lawyer: Open torture case to public

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:51:04 +0000

LONDON, March 8 (UPI) -- A British civil case involving allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay should be open to the public, a lawyer for a former detainee said.

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Lawyer offers to heal tennis war

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

THE Sydney lawyer who will oppose Paul McNamee for the presidency of Tennis Australia will campaign on his ability to resolve the split in the sport.

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Daycare Not Involved In Allegations, Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:52:54 +0000

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A lawyer representing A+ Just For Kids gave First Coast News a copy of a letter given to parents. The daycare's owner, David Hart, was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim 12 to 16 years old, sexual battery and assault.

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Lawyer seeks bail for Seh Daeng

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:47:15 +0000

Uthai Sanaeha, lawyer representing army specialist Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as Seh Daeng, filed a bail request for Seh Daeng and his seven aides on Monday.

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Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer Analyzes Common Mistakes Car Accident Victims Make

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:39 +0000

With almost 9 million car accidents a year, we are all likely to have to deal with a car accident at some point. “There are many mistakes that car accident victims make”, states Philadelphia car accident lawyer, Chris Lassen, Esquire, managing partner of the Lassen Law Firm, www.InjuryLawyerPhiladelphia.com , one of Pennsylvania’s leading personal injury law firms.

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PA Work Injury Lawyer Sheds Light On Pennsylvania Work Accidents

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:49:50 +0000

Work accidents happen every day in Pennsylvania. “I get hundreds of calls from injured workers each month asking me whether they can get money for their pain and suffering” , states PA work injury lawyer, Chris Lassen, Esquire, managing partner of the Lassen Law Firm, www.InjuryLawyerPhiladelphia.com , one of Pennsylvania’s leading personal injury law firms.

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Vietnam human rights lawyer freed after serving 3 years in prison

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:18:00 +0000

HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.

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Debt Settlement and Mortgage Modification Scams on the Rise, Warns Chicago Bankruptcy Lawyer Richard Fonfrias

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:01:00 +0000

Experienced Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Richard Fontrias of the Fonfrias Law Group, LLC, warns that the number of debt settlement scams and mortgage modifications scams reported in the state of Illinois is on the increase and that consumers need to better understand their rights under the law in order to take control of their financial future.

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Vietnam releases human rights lawyer from prison

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:00 +0000

A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state.

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Close’s Ruthless Lawyer Hunts for Madoff Money in ‘Damages’: TV

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:28:15 +0000

March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Patty Hewes, the Machiavellian lawyer played by Glenn Close on FX’s addictive “ Damages ,” loves to go after the rich and powerful.

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Billings lawyer to challenge Paxinos

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:36:55 +0000

BILLINGS - A Billings lawyer has tossed his hat into the race for Yellowstone County Attorney. Republican candidate Marvin S. McCann currently serves as a private practice attorney, but was the Beaverhead County Attorney from 2003 to 2008.

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Animal lawyer plan rejected by Swiss voters

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:24:32 +0000

The result is a blow to animal advocates such as Antoine Goetschel, Switzerland's only animal lawyer, who says prosecutors shy away from cases involving animal abuse. Photograph: Martin Godwin Swiss

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56-cent stamp needed to stop grief: Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:18:48 +0000

Toronto lawyer George Callahan calls it the 56¢ Lawsuit.

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Top lawyer to head team on Indo-Pak water dispute

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:38:25 +0000

Islamabad has selected a UK-based lawyer, Kiyan Kaikobad, as its lead advocate to argue its case at international forums, in case issues related to the distribution of water between India and Pakistan cannot be settled through bilateral talks.

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Cancel power plant’s ECC, lawyer appeals to DENR

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:17:55 +0000

A LAWYER yesterday urged a government agency to cancel the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) of Salcon Power Corp. read more

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Polansky’s lawyer: Correct ‘travesty of justice’ or he will sue

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:04:43 +0000

MILFORD -- The lawyer for suspended Superintendent of Schools Harvey Polansky warned the attorney for the school board that unless the board corrects its "travesty of justice" Polansky will sue.

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Erie lawyer to be sentenced in fraud case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:43:59 +0000

Disbarred Erie lawyer J. Gregory Moore goes before a federal judge Monday to be sentenced for stealing about $200,000 from estates in his care. He'll present a stack of letters from community leaders who believe health problems led Moore to mismanage his accounts.

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Pak likely to appoint Brit lawyer to represent it in water dispute with India

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:31:25 +0000

The Pakistan government is likely to appoint a British lawyer to argue its case concerning the river water distribution issues with India at international forums.

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Lawyer: Murder suspect’s statements can’t be used

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:02:00 +0000

JOLIET -- A lawyer wants to keep Lee K. Ponshe's statements to police from being used as evidence in his murder trial.The information about the death of Halli Burton, 18 months, was obtained illegally, Ira Goldstein argued in court documents.Ponshe, 26, was arrested April 16 and charged with the little girl's murder. He is being held at the Will County jail.Three days before the arrest, Jessi

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Bre-X lawyer prosecuted for ‘incivility’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:50:50 +0000

The "civility prosecution" against Joseph Groia by the body that regulates lawyers in Ontario is based on a flawed and unfair investigation, his lawyer argued yesterday. The disciplinary charges agai

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Lawyer slams AFP attempt to isolate another health worker

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:48:50 +0000

A lawyer of the 43 detained health workers accused of being members of the communist New People’s Army expressed alarm about reports that the military custodians were trying to isolate another detainee from the group.

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When it comes to helping world’s poor kids, ex-lawyer on the case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:45:31 +0000

Education advocate Julie Bolz left a career as a lawyer in 1998 to focus on bringing educational opportunities to poor and impoverished regions of the world.

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Chief’s lawyer roils council

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:12:39 +0000

HOLYOKE - At least it's out in the open: The police chief and members of the City Council have an adversarial relationship. Police Chief Anthony R. Scott, as he has for the past month or so, appeared at a council meeting on Thursday accompanied by his personal lawyer, Judd L. Peskin, of Springfield.

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Washington lawyer Bob Barnett is the force behind many political book deals

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:00:35 +0000

In "I, Alex Cross," the new bestseller set in Washington by James Patterson, fictional detective Alex Cross scans the ego wall in the office of a senator he's investigating:

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Jimmy Choo chooses Sarawak-born lawyer for legal advice

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:58:51 +0000

Twchoi@thestar.com.my LONDON: World-renowned shoe designer Datuk Jimmy Choo has picked Sarawak-born lawyer Lucy Chuo to help him in his business and personal work. Choo, who has been in the couture bu

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15. Jimmy Choo chooses Sarawak-born lawyer for legal advice

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:06:52 +0000

LONDON: World-renowned shoe designer Datuk Jimmy Choo has picked Sarawak-born lawyer Lucy Chuo to help him in his business and personal work.

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Palo Alto Murder Defendant Hires Celebrity Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:36:04 +0000

A Palo Alto hookah shop owner, charged with murder and arson in the October death of his girlfriend, has hired celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos to represent him.

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Lawyer: New testimony in Knox murder case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:33:11 +0000

A convict has offered new testimony in the murder case of American student Amanda Knox, according to the lawyer for Knox's former boyfriend.

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NJ murder-suicide involved model Carina Schlesinger, lawyer Daniel Cresci

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:29:22 +0000

HOLMDEL — Daniel Cresci was a pilot, a lawyer and an aspiring restaurateur. The 29-year-old's life was cut short by his girlfriend's bullet, police believe.

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Lawyer: Leak of sex claims against Italian official is ’shameful’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:08:27 +0000

Reports that an Italian government official accused of financial corruption allegedly used a Vatican choir singer to arrange gay liaisons for him are "shameful," the official's lawyer told CNN Saturday.

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Home invader has changed, lawyer tells court

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:10:54 +0000

While Jesse May committed a serious home invasion, he has turned his life around, his lawyer says. May has shown exemplary behaviour during house arrest with family friends at a trailer park, John Lefurgey said at a sentence hearing for May Friday at Ontario Superior Court in St.[ ]

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It would cost $44,000 to bring convicted killer to testify: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:26:17 +0000

Jamie Bacon's lawyer says he has been told it would cost $44,000 to bring convicted killer Dennis Karbovanec to Surrey to testify in a gun trial.

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