Charles Krupa / AP Aaron Ford, attorney General of Nevada, answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Boston. By Matt Brown, Associated Press Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 | 2 a.m. BOSTON — At a moment of record visibility and influence […] Read More
Former Wisconsin attorney General Brad Schimel is running for a seat on the state Supreme Court, telling supporters at a campaign announcement in Waukesha Thursday night that his goal is to restore integrity and accountability on the court and conservatives should unify behind him. More than 100 GOP faithful gathered inside […] Read More
MINNEAPOLIS — The inmate who stabbed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in federal prison last week did so 22 times, with an improvised knife, according to recently filed criminal charges. He also admitted to corrections officers that he would have killed Chauvin had they not responded as quickly as […] Read More
This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter with expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. Want to see Capitolized in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. Broadwater County attorney Cory Swanson announced his candidacy for Montana Supreme Court this week, […] Read More
Damion Butterfield leaned back in his seat beside his court-appointed attorney on Friday and listened as his lawyer and state prosecutors began to debate how a series of profane calls Butterfield made from jail should be played at his murder trial. His attorneys said they were concerned that his at […] Read More
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney told a Fulton County court Friday that the Georgia election interference indictment against Trump “needs to be dismissed” on the grounds that it prosecutes conduct protected by the First Amendment. The argument came in the first of two hearings scheduled Friday in which attorneys for […] Read More
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The Alaska state seal hangs at the Alaska Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in the Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The Anchorage Daily News recently published two commentaries on its opinion page critical of Alaska attorney General Treg Taylor. The editorial board took Taylor […] Read More
Civil attorneys Mark K. Leeman and Cara Schaefer Wieneke filed the brief “to ensure that, going forward, Richard Allen receives his fundamental right to counsel.” DELPHI, Ind. — Attorneys for Richard Allen issued a forceful response to the Indiana Supreme Court urging the court to remove the judge in the […] Read More
The Texas House of Representatives passed the “Athena Alert” bill on May 9, 2023, which allows law enforcement to quickly issue a regional alert when a child goes missing without confirmation of being kidnapped. Varghese Summersett Injury Law Group One year after the abduction and death of 7-year-old Athena Strand […] Read More
Texas State Bar Reports Disciplinary Sanctions Against Five Attorneys | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2023/12/01/texas-state-bar-reports-disciplinary-sanctions-against-five-attorneys/ State Bar of Texas disciplinary actions. Graphic: Adolfo Pesquera Two attorneys were given active suspensions and three others given public reprimands, according to the December disciplinary report of the State Bar… December […] Read More
