Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly articles from February 2009

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly archives from February 2009

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Woman: police harassment results in emotional distress.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Defense verdict The plaintiff claimed that various members of the town police department harassed her with intimidating drive-bys, phone calls and other acts originating from an...

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Pedestrian in crosswalk killed by hit-and-run car.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $1.15 million settlement On Nov. 28, 2007, at 6 p.m., a 67-year-old husband, father of two and part-time shoe store employee was killed as he was walking in a crosswalk. The...

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Patient suffers infection after spinal procedure.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $500,000 settlement In 2001, a 71-year-old renowned, semi-retired MIT professor in cellular biology was forced to stop working due to spinal stenosis. He underwent a laminectomy to...

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Motorcyclist struck by car, breaks both hips.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $245,000 settlement The plaintiff was operating a motorcycle as she approached an intersection. The defendant took a sudden left turn directly into the path of the plaintiff. An...

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Medical supplier breaks ties with linen company.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Defense verdict A seven-person jury returned a unanimous defense verdict against the plaintiff, a linen service company, on its contract claim against the defendants, a silk...

Verdicts & Settlements February 2, 2009: Customer injured after tripping over store display unit.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report $147,500 settlement The 75-year-old plaintiff went to a local market where an employee of the defendant, while working on a soda display unit, had placed a box of soda glides on the...

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers Admonitions: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report No. BD-2008-109 IN RE: BARRY F. COLLINS JR. Last known address: 262 Billings Street - #1 Quincy, MA 02171 Order of Indefinite Suspension entered by Cowin, J., on...

Commentary: tactics and ethical considerations in leveraging demonstratives.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Daniel Wolfe and Lance Johnson Using demonstratives to tell a story during trial can be critical to the success of a case. Employing a multi-modal presentation strategy, one that coordinates both visual and auditory elements, can...

Massachusetts Judicial Scouting Report: Judith Fabricant.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE JUDITH FABRICANT THE LOWDOWN ON JUDGE FABRICANT Graduated from Yale Law School (1980) and Yale College (1976) Appointed to the bench in 1996 by Gov....

Commentary: some breathing room on an IOLTA dilemma.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll Managing and accounting for client funds held in trust is a personal responsibility of each lawyer, who bears all the responsibility of accounting for every penny. In an accounting sense, these funds are a liability of...

Commentary: the who, what, why and so forth of malpractice policies.
February 2, 2009... Byline: William C. Saturley and Joseph S. Callanan Risk-Free Business is an occasional feature intended as a guide for lawyers on the topic of professional liability insurance. Our most recent column introduced certain provisions that...

Commentary: 10 cost-saving New Year's resolutions for in-house counsel.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Erik P. Bodenhofer and Christopher M. Morrison As the Dow continues to plummet and the credit squeeze forces companies in every sector to cut costs, it comes as little surprise that legal budgets are on the chopping block. ...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report New associations Nicole M. Barsamian has joined the Boston office of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green as an associate. Barsamian was an associate at Wiggin & Nourie in Manchester, N.H. ...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Most Important Opinions: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Most Important Opinions for the week ending February 2, 2009. Criminal Supervised release - Conditions - Internet - Pornography Where a defendant,...

'Workpapers' protected from disclosure to IRS, rules 1st Circuit.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Eric T. Berkman Tax-accrual workpapers prepared by a company in order to determine how much cash it should reserve in case the IRS disputed its tax returns were protected by the work-product doctrine, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of...

Critics: relocation of Cambridge District Court is bad move.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel The relocation of the Cambridge District Court to an office park in Medford later this month will put low-income individuals trying to access the courthouse in a bind and might even prompt legal challenges in certain...

It's about time: delayed trial transcripts still plaguing Massachusetts appeals.
February 2, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank On July 12, 2006, a Superior Court judge sentenced State Police Sgt. Timothy White to 15 years behind bars for stealing 27 pounds of cocaine from his department's narcotics unit. As court officers in Dedham...

Law firm not liable for client's stock hit, rules Mass. Superior Court judge.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Thomas E. Egan A pharmaceutical company that suffered a $60 million drop in its stock value cannot recover that amount in a legal malpractice suit against the law firm that drafted and filed an SEC registration statement for the...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Constitutional Fourth Amendment - Qualified immunity If a drug dealer unwittingly invites an informant into his home for a drug deal, and that informant signals the police to come in and...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Constitutional Selective Service - Federal employment eligibility Where plaintiffs have been disqualified, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. s.3328(a)(2), from federal employment because of their...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Bankruptcy Adversary proceeding dismissal Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge dismissed an adversary proceeding which a debtor had initiated against certain defendants, we hold that the...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Education MIAA - Eligibility Where a plaintiff has challenged the defendant Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's decision to deny her eligibility as an interscholastic...

Mass. Superior Courts Case Summaries: February 2, 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Report Negligence Fall on ice Where a plaintiff apartment resident has sued the defendant apartment complex owner and the codefendant complex management company for negligence following her fall on...

Commentary: new insurance legislation for residential fuel oil releases.(Massachusetts)
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Commentary: can't we all just get along?
February 9, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll The global financial crisis has created fear and stress for many lawyers who see their cherished dream of retirement moving further into the future. For the present, they worry about business that is disappearing...

Commentary: how a well-mentored subordinate becomes a superior mentor.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Sheila Connors LeDuc and Josepha Parente Expert Opinion offers the insights of law-firm management specialists on a variety of topics related to the administration of a law office. Can you name one attribute shared by Jesus...

Commentary: business litigation in Massachusetts: the year in review.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Beth I.Z. Boland and Carolyn French mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} The Superior Court's Business Litigation Session saw a number of changes in 2008. Judge Ralph D. Gants moved...

Mass. Lawyers in the News: Februaury 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff New associations Cynthia L. Jackson has joined Foley Hoag in Boston as its first director of professional development. Jackson is the former global director of career development at Bain & Co....

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Civil rights Counsel fees Where, in a civil rights case, a federal...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Settlement - Workers' compensation Where a debtor's workers' compensation claim was settled without bankruptcy court approval, the settlement must be declared void. As for the...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Criminal Revocation of pretrial release - Mootness Where (1) a single...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Civil practice Consolidated actions Where (1) separately commenced...

Massachusetts Appeals Court - Unpublished Decisions: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Following are the summaries of decisions issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to Rule 1:28. In reporting these unpublished decisions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reminds readers that the decisions...

Massachusetts Superior Court Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Negligence Failure to transfer insurance policy Where (1) it was discovered upon a decedent's death that ownership of a life insurance policy hadn't been transferred from the decedent...

District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Insurance 'PIP' benefits - Non-cooperation Where a judge granted a defendant insurance company summary judgment with respect to the plaintiff's claim for personal injury protection benefits,...

Massachusetts Land Court Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Real property Notice of complaint Where plaintiffs have sought to challenge a decision by the defendant Swampscott board of appeals revoking a building permit issued to the plaintiffs by the...

Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real estate - Wetlands Where the owners of three unimproved parcels of real estate seek a real estate tax abatement, that request should not be granted, as no overvaluation has been...

Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor Campus police officers Where a petition has been filed seeking to sever campus police officers from a bargaining unit of maintenance and security workers at numerous state and community...

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Discrimination - Retaliation Where a respondent employer has brought an appeal of a hearing officer's decision to award a complainant $122,000 in back pay plus $50,000 in emotional...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court weighs doctor liability involving third-party injuries.
February 9, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank The Supreme Judicial Court has heard arguments in a medical-malpractice case that could significantly expand the duty health-care providers owe to third parties. In Leavitt v. Brockton Hospital Inc. & others (SJC...

As seen on TV: lawyer Jim Sokolove's phone rings hundreds of thousands of times a year.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Noah Schaffer It's another morning commute. On the radio, in between weather and traffic reports, a familiar voice reaches out to those who have been injured and need a lawyer. After James Sokolove is done imploring listeners...

Commentary: Lincoln the lawyer: he was honest, but was he ethical?
February 9, 2009... Byline: David Yas So Abraham Lincoln turns 200 on Thursday. How time flies. On the $5 bill, he doesn't look a day over 150 or so. Many attorneys idolize Lincoln because he was a trial lawyer before he took office in the White House....

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules employee stock plan valid under Wage Act.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Thomas E. Egan An employee stock plan's forfeiture provision, requiring any worker who quits or is fired to surrender all unvested company stock, does not violate the weekly wage act, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The...

Verdicts & Settlement February 9, 2009: Doctors accused of misdiagnosing fatal pneumonia.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $1.5 million settlement A 67-year-old man admitted to a teaching hospital for a radical prostatectomy developed signs of possible pneumonia on the first post-operative day, including...

Verdicts & Settlement February 9, 2009: Attempts made to revoke stock shares.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $6.25 million settlement At issue was a gift of controlling a number of shares of stock. The gift was made in Florida, where, according to state law, delivery is completed by a signed...

Verdicts & Settlement February 9, 2009: Cancer recurrence goes undetected until Stage III.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $750,000 settlement A 72-year-old man was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2002. He had been previously diagnosed and treated for lung cancer in 1997. On Dec. 21, 2000, the plaintiff...

Verdicts & Settlements February 9, 2009: Insurance carriers decline to provide client coverage.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $8.5 million settlement The defendants were various insurance carriers who provided coverage to the plaintiff from 1968 to 1986. There were multiple claims alleging negligent supervision. ...

Verdicts & Settlement February 9, 2009: Nursing home resident falls down stairs of exit.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff $500,000 settlement The victim, a 97-year-old woman, suffered a fall at the defendant nursing home, resulting in serious injuries to her head, face and brain that led to her death two days...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Most Important Opinions: February 9, 2009.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil rights Counsel fees Where, in a civil rights case, a federal judge concluded that a jury award of punitive damages in a plaintiff's favor, unaccompanied by actual or nominal...

Speedy Mass. Board of Bar Overseers hearings have bar concerned.
February 16, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank Responding to a mandate from the Supreme Judicial Court, the Board of Bar Overseers and the Office of Bar Counsel are taking steps to expedite lawyer-discipline hearings - which some say spells bad news for...

From super-cautious to laid back, philosophies differ on how chummy Mass. judges, lawyers can be.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel It was no secret that Probate & Family Court Judge Arline S. Rotman and a lawyer who frequently appeared before her, Joan E. Arnold, were friends in the early '90s. Arnold reportedly spent time in Rotman's chambers...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules teen entitled to discovery on claim of selective prosecution.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Thomas E. Egan A teenager charged with statutory rape is entitled to discovery from the commonwealth concerning his claim of selective prosecution, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The commonwealth contended that the boy...

A Cure for Night.(Book review)
February 16, 2009... Byline: Peter Elikann A Cure for Night By Justin Peacock Doubleday, 2008 341 pages; $24.95 In one of the great legal career flame-outs, Joel Deveraux is an associate at a prestigious Manhattan white-shoe firm when he takes a walk on...

Commentary: do you want to sell out?
February 16, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll Since the financial crisis first hit, more lawyers than ever want to know how to sell their practice, how to value it (a requirement before selling) and then how to transition into life beyond the law. Yes, not...

Commentary: in argument, even the rule of law is fair game.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Stephanie Roberts Hartung Write On provides guidance for attorneys on writing legal memoranda and briefs. An appellate brief or trial motion memorandum should be both captivating and persuasive. Writing in a clear and direct...

Commentary: making a case for Harshbarger as the state's next U.S. attorney.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Michael T. Kogut The election of President Barack Obama has created a new sense of hope and optimism and a renewed call to public service to bring about meaningful change in this country. To do that, President Obama is seeking the...

Commentary: Overseas teaching stint is learning experience for lawyer.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Kathleen C. Stone A combination of public corruption and dramatic scenery are not unique to Alaska, as I discovered on a recent two-week teaching stint in Bulgaria. Taking advantage of a program sponsored by the Center for...

1st U.S. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff 1ST U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Employment Whistleblower - Objective...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff U.S. DISTRICT COURT Environmental Humpback whale - Endangered Species Act Where a humpback whale (1) became entangled inadvertently in lobstering gear which was owned by the defendant and fully...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGES Habeas corpus Challenge to validity of search Where a habeas corpus petitioner claims that evidence was unconstitutionally admitted against him at his state criminal trial,...

Mass. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL Bankruptcy Failure to appear for hearing Where (1) following the dismissal of a Chapter 13 case, the Chapter 13 trustee asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for an order...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Juvenile Selective prosecution - Discovery Where a...

Mass. Appeals Court Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff APPEALS COURT Editor's note: The full text of these decisions can be found on Lawyers Weekly's website, www.masslawyersweekly.com. Negligence Steam - Expert - Motion for directed verdict Where a...

Mass. Appeals Court Unpublished Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff APPEALS COURT - UNPUBLISHED Following are the summaries of decisions issued by the Appeals Court pursuant to Rule 1:28. In reporting these unpublished decisions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly...

Mass. Superior Court Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff SUPERIOR COURT Search and seizure Affidavit misstatements and omissions Where a narcotics and firearm defendant has moved to suppress evidence found pursuant to a search warrant, I find that the...

Mass. District Court/BMC Appellate Division Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff DISTRICT COURT/BMC APPELLATE DIVISION Civil practice Appeal dismissal - 'Appeal on Record of Proceedings' Where a defendant failed to file a timely designation of Appeal on the Record of...

Mass. Land Court Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff LAND COURT Real property Tax lien Where a plaintiff city is seeking to foreclose a tax lien, I conclude that the city is entitled to summary judgment. I find: that the transposition of the street...

Mass. Appellate Tax Board Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff APPELLATE TAX BOARD Taxation Temporary group home Where the appellee Hubbardston board of assessors has denied a charitable tax exemption to an appellant faith-based organization which owns a site...

Mass. Division of Labor Relations Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff DIVISION OF LABOR RELATIONS Labor Prohibited practice - Transfer of work Where the commonwealth unilaterally transferred, to non-unit members, the job duties of the Administrative Assistant I at...

Mass. Commission Against Discrimination Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION Employment Claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation Where a correction officer has complained of harassment, discrimination and...

Mass. State Ethics Commission Case Summaries: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff STATE ETHICS COMMISSION Conflict of interest School committee member - Sister-in-law as substitute teacher Where the petitioner is a member of the Chariho school committee, it is our opinion that...

Mass. Superior Court rules evidence suppressed in drug case.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Eric T. Berkman Evidence seized in a search had to be suppressed where a police officer made deliberate misrepresentations in an affidavit supporting his request for a search warrant, even though the affidavit would have been...

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Most Important Opinions: February 16, 2009.
February 16, 2009... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Whistleblower - Objective reasonableness Where a plaintiff discharged employee brought suit claiming that his termination violated the whistleblower protection provision of the...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules libel suit against Staples can proceed.
February 23, 2009... Byline: David E. Frank A fired salesman can proceed with a libel suit against his former employer even though the statements in question were true, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. The defendant, Staples Inc., argued...

Plans under way to close certain courts in Mass.
February 23, 2009... Byline: David Yas Courts will close, and court employees will be laid off The state's top judicial leaders all but confirmed those cold realities in a Feb. 12 interview with Lawyers Weekly. In somber tones, Supreme Judicial Court...

Overdue UPC tweaks, clarifies probate law in Mass.(Uniform Probate Code)
February 23, 2009... Byline: Julia Reischel One month after the governor signed the Uniform Probate Code into law, attorneys in Massachusetts are just beginning to parse the statute - part of which goes into effect on July 1 - and weigh the impact it will have...

Q&A with Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall.(Interview)
February 23, 2009... Byline: David Yas "You've seen 'The Wizard of Oz,' right?" Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall asked me last week. "Well, there's something nice about that curtain." Madame chief's words, delivered in the familiar...

Commentary: trials and tribulations of developing filled tidelands.(Massachusetts)
February 23, 2009... Byline: William V. Hovey Although probably of less interest to attorneys in Kansas or in Worcester County, owners of coastal land in Massachusetts and their attorneys may find the Moot v. DEP case required reading - the latest development...

Commentary: planning for state estate taxes: pitfalls and possibilities.(Massachusetts)
February 23, 2009... Byline: Kenneth P. Brier With the much-ballyhooed repeal of the federal estate tax scheduled to take place next year, the growing impact of state estate taxes has captured few headlines. Even if Congress permanently repealed the...

Commentary: the market and malpractice insurance.(Massachusett)
February 23, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll According to the Board of Bar Overseers, there were 51,999 active registered lawyers in Massachusetts in 2008. The board's Office of Bar Counsel, in its fiscal year 2008 annual report, states that complaints were opened...

Commentary: with client insider status, lawyer not left out in cold.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Audra Callanan Seller's Market offers practitioners information about marketing their skills and services as attorneys. Pressures to cut legal costs prompt clients to gravitate toward those lawyers who know their business best....

Commentary: getting 'a read' on colleagues takes studying.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Gretchen Neels In Do the Right Thing, Boston-based consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. As a new attorney, I'm doing my best to...

Commentary: the importance of pro bono in a troubled time.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Martha Koster In his famous speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Martin Luther King described the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence together as a "promissory note" to every American - a promise of life, liberty...