On May 2, the new lawyers who passed the 2022 Bar exams — 3,992 out of 9,183 or 43.47 percent — took their oath before the Supreme Court and may now use the title “Atty.” Due to the COVID pandemic, no exam was held in 2020. Instead, the candidates for […] Read More
As Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher looks on, Gov. Brian Kemp signs S.B. 92, which establishes a Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission, at the Chatham County Detention Center, on May 5, 2023. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed S.B. 92 in Savannah, making official a law that creates a Prosecuting Attorneys […] Read More
The state of New Jersey has reimbursed Bridget Anne Kelly for nearly $7.25 million worth of legal fees she incurred fighting a federal conviction for her alleged role in the Bridgegate traffic jam scandal, which was eventually reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Kelly, who served as deputy chief of staff […] Read More
The state of New Jersey has reimbursed Bridget Anne Kelly for $7.2 million worth of legal fees she incurred fighting a federal conviction for her alleged role in the Bridgegate traffic jam scandal, which was eventually reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court Kelly, who served as deputy chief of staff to […] Read More
The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ordered sanctions against former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawyers for “unequivocally false” claims made in court about 35,000 ballots added to last year’s election vote count. Attorneys for Gov. Katie Hobbs and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, both Democrats, sought sanctions against Lake for […] Read More
A religious liberty nonprofit is threatening the federal government with a legal battle after a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma was offered the choice of either extinguishing a sacred candle in its chapel or being stripped of its federal funding. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and the law firm Yetter […] Read More
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, discusses the collapse of First Republic Bank, the Treasury Departments reaction, Bidens new mortgage rule and the looming threat posed by Title 42s upcoming expiration. Nineteen Republican attorneys general are putting JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase) on notice after the bank allegedly discriminated against customers with […] Read More
Kenneth Hawthorne appears at his trial in West Palm Beach, Florida on April 25, 2023. Hawthorne is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the deaths of two men in 2017. WEST PALM BEACH — Kenneth Hawthorne complained of a stomach ache before […] Read More
ST. LOUIS — Nearly one-third of the attorneys in St. Louis Circuit attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s office have left in the past two months, leaving a decimated staff of about 23 people to handle thousands of criminal and child support cases in the city. Assistant Circuit attorney Alex Polta left […] Read More
The IndyStar edition for April 26 revealed a late-arising legislative proposal for revising the state budget to divert $7.4 million to a “pilot program” to replace in-house lawyers for the State Department of Child Services (DCS) with private attorneys in seven Indiana counties, including Marion County. The ostensible purpose would […] Read More
