http://www.lawyerscompete.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:38:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The bond was upped to $50,000 for the lawyer accused of beating his client with a baseball bat on Charlestons East End, and he was charged with another felony for failing to appear on Monday. Robinson appeared for a "ret Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32581.html Last fall the Obama Administration told federal prosecutors to back off when it comes to medical marijuana. It's seen as a win for state's rights. Constitutional lawyer Rob Natelson says federal law generally prohibits the use and sale of pot. However, the law school professor thinks the Constitution weighs toward ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32582.html A LAWYER for Geelong AFL premiership player Mathew Stokes has applied for drug trafficking charges against the mid-fielder to be heard by a magistrate. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32577.html When you find yourself with a legal problem, what you need is someone effective in defending you and helping you get the compensation you deserve, especially if your legal woe involves personal injury. Even before filing for a claim, you have to secure a Miami Florida lawyer as early as ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32578.html WALLOWA LAKE — The Wallowa Lake Fire District Board of Directors has hired a lawyer to negotiate its fire protection contract with the City of Joseph. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32579.html L.A. County prosecutors have arrested a lawyer and four chiropractors and paralegals who allegedly bilked insurance companies by submitting bills for phony auto accidents. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32580.html Gov. Jim Doyle has appointed an Eau Claire lawyer to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32576.html A lawyer, his wife and their househelp were killed in a fire that hit the couple’s ancestral house at Calderon Compound in sitio Banawa, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City yesterday dawn. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32575.html EL Hadji Diouf's lawyer has insisted allegations of assault against the Blackburn Rovers star are false. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32574.html Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called on Myanmar's people to give a united response to an "unjust" election law that bars her from the vote, her lawyer Nyan Win told AFP. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32573.html Diouf - back in Britain. El Hadji Diouf's lawyer has insisted allegations of assault against the Blackburn player are "erroneous". A woman in his home country Senegal has filed a complaint against the player that he assaulted her in a casino in June last year. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32572.html By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER An Illinois lawyer for a nonprofit animal-welfare group advised Toledo and Lucas County officials yesterday to target irresponsible dog owners rather than the dogs when drafting a new law. "You need to prevent these people - these reckless dog owners - from owning a ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32571.html A Barrie lawyer convicted of fraud and forgery stood and apologized to his victim and to his family just before he was taken off to jail, Wednesday. Myles McLellan, 56, a real estate lawyer who has since been disbarred, was sentenced to 22 months in jail.[ ] Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32569.html A lawyer of the Ebarle family on Thursday said he poses no objection to the plan to transfer road rage suspect Jason Ivler to the National Bureau of Investigation provided Ivler’s stay at the NBI is only temporary. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32570.html A Gaza lawyer says he expects his client, British free-lance journalist Paul Martin, to be released from Hamas custody. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32568.html Robert Byers Wilcox, a prominent Chicago lawyer who volunteered on various boards and helped found two advocacy groups, died March 5 at the age of 87 from complications of stomach cancer. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32567.html Paul Martin, a British freelance journalist arrested by Hamas in the Gaza Strip last month and held on suspicion of espionage for Israel, was being released on Thursday, his lawyer and a Palestinian official said. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32566.html UTICA, March 11, 2010 -- The passenger in an accident involving an off-duty Utica Police officer hired a lawyer this week to represent her in a personal injury case. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32565.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32564.html A Barrie-area lawyer was sentenced to 14 months in jail yesterday after being convicted fraud and forgery. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32563.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32560.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32559.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32561.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32556.html An Anderson lawyer had child pornography on his work computer and was sending it to others, police say. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32558.html "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." More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32557.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32562.html 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 More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32555.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32553.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32554.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32552.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32551.html 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. Link to original ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32550.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32548.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32549.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32547.html 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." More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32544.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32545.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32543.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32542.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32546.html THE high-profile lawyer for tree man Richard Pennicuik will advise him to climb down today and end his 93-day protest. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32541.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32540.html Claude Michael Scialdone, a former lawyer, pled guilty to cocaine possession in a Virginia Beach courtroom earlier today. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32539.html A Columbia lawyer was sentenced to five years probation Monday for growing more than 400 high-grade marijuana plants. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32538.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32535.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32537.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32536.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32533.html How did former Speaker Jose de Venecia’s personal lawyer end up running for senator in the slate of the administration party? Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32534.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32531.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32532.html Sam Riddle says he has retained former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino as his lawyer. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32528.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32525.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32529.html 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 More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32526.html Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was ordered to stay in a courtroom while his lawyer appeals a motion to disqualify Judge David Groner. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32530.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32527.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32524.html The family of Isabel Warren has retained a lawyer to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32523.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32521.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32520.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32522.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32517.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32519.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32518.html 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." Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32514.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32515.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32516.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32513.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32512.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32509.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32510.html A Canberra lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct over allegations that he developed a sexual relationship with a client. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32506.html 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 Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32507.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32508.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32504.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32502.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32505.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32503.html Judge's ruling brings "some civility and some sense to a situation that has gotten totally out of control," lawyer said. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32498.html 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 More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32501.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32500.html The defense said the Minneapolis lawyer was unprofessional but not a rapist, and the jury agreed. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32511.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32499.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32497.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32496.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32495.html 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. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32494.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32490.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32491.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32492.html HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32489.html 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 ... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32493.html A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the state. More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32487.html 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. Link to original article http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32486.html 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. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32488.html 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 More... http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32485.html Toronto lawyer George Callahan calls it the 56¢ Lawsuit. Click here for more info http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32484.html 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. Read more here http://www.lawyerscompete.com/32483.html