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Lawyer's Lament: Pressure to Review 80 Docs an Hour, for $23 an …

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

A contract lawyer’s complaint about a directive to review 80 documents an hour is raising questions about whether quantity sacrifices quality. The lawyer , who was being paid about $23 an hour for the document review project, … Continue reading →

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2nd Cir. Bans Lawyer for 'Indifference' to Client Rights …

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

A New York immigration lawyer has been barred from appearing again before the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals due to missed deadlines that resulted in the dismissal of at least 12 cases and and substandard briefs. Continue reading →

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Lawyer who Badmouthed His Client Gave a 'Brilliant' Argument …

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

Supreme Court justices differed Tuesday over the trial strategy of a criminal defense lawyer who called his neo-Nazi client “demented” and invited jurors to “smell the death” of the murder scene. The defendant, Frank Spisak, … Continue reading →

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Lawyer Loses Unemployment Cash Because of $1.30 in Daily Blog …

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

The state of New York has cut off unemployment benefits for a 2008 law grad after she reported collecting $1.30 a day in advertising income from her blog. The lawyer , who allowed only her first name of Karin to be used, … Continue reading →

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Meet Orly Taitz: Lawyer, Dentist and Birther in 'Alice in …

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Lawyer Orly Taitz’s lawsuit challenging President Obama’s right to hold office has so provoked a federal judge that he compared her crusade to Alice in Wonderland. Yet Taitz has emerged by some accounts as the most visible face of the … Continue reading →

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Longtime Lawyer Says Law Firm Bombing Changed His View on Life …

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Lawyers in a North Georgia law firm are moving back into their old building nearly one year after a bomb blast damaged their offices and severely injured one of their colleagues. McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham moved to temporary … Continue reading →

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Electronic Trail Reveals Lawyer Resumé Lies, Costing Job …

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Wrong dates or an inflated work history has cost more than one lawyer a shot at a new job. Legal recruiters Deborah Ben-Canaan and Martha Fay Africa say resumé fraud is easier to catch in the electronic age, according to their article … Continue reading →

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Judge Labels Lawyer's Motion Nearly Incomprehensible, Marks Up …

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

A federal judge irked at grammatical and typographical errors in a motion for dismissal has blasted the Florida lawyer who filed it and ordered him to copy his client on the criticism. US District Judge Gregory Presnell denied the … Continue reading →

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Lawyer-Heavy States See Higher Cocaine Use | ABA Journal – Law …

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Cocaine is more likely to be used in states with heavy concentrations of lawyers , a statistical analysis concludes. Marijuana use, on the other hand, is associated with states with higher concentrations of artists, scientists, … Continue reading →

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New Lawyer Says Waitress Job Pays More than Small Law Firms | ABA …

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Recent law school graduate Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard has discovered a sad reality as she works as a waitress at a Boston steak restaurant and goes on interviews for jobs at small law firms—her pay will likely drop when she finds legal work … Continue reading →

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