http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lawyers/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:44:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418035/posts The leaders of the Detroit undie bomber’s Al-Qaeda group are Gitmo Grads and may have been represented by Eric Holder’s firm before their release. Two Gitmo grads rehabilitated in Saudi Arabia rejoined the jihad and made a movie earlier this year. Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri (right) and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi appeared in a threatening Al-Qaeda movie earlier this year. Said Ali al-Shihri (or al-Shahri) passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. (AFP) The two set up their base in Yemen. This week... Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418035/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415773/posts Percy Sutton dies; His Obama revelation omitted from obituaries Legendary lawyer and politician Percy Sutton has died at the age of 89, and the major media are omitting mention of one of his most notable acts. The former Borough President of Manhattan, Sutton had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer (he was Malcolm X's attorney) and media mogul, who purchased radio stations in New York and other cities, making them into high rated black-oriented outlets. He also purchased and renovated (thereby saving from the wrecking ball) New York's legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. To top it off, Sutton... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415773/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415625/posts NEW YORK (AP) - Percy Sutton, attorney to Malcolm X and a pioneering media mogul, has died in New York. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson, confirmed Sutton's death Saturday. She did not know the cause of death. The son of a slave, Sutton became a fixture in Harlem after moving to New York City following his military service with the famed Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. His law office represented Malcolm X and the slain activist's family for decades. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415625/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415221/posts MIAMI — A U.S. district judge has ruled that U.S. treasure-hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration should return to Spain a fortune in old coins recovered from the wreck of a 19th-century Spanish warship. Judge Steven Merryday nevertheless directed that the return of the treasure to Spain be stayed until an appeals process in the case was concluded. Merryday's order backed a recommendation by a U.S. magistrate judge in June that Odyssey should hand over to the Spanish government nearly 600,000 silver and gold coins valued at some $500 million that it recovered from the wreck of the 19th-century Spanish warship... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415221/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412315/posts Neither of the Obamacare proposals now before Congress includes a medical malpractice reform provision despite the fact that the public wants one -- and that it would cut annual health care costs by $200 billion. A medical malpractice reform provision would protect doctors from expensive lawsuits filed by avaricious class-action plaintiffs' attorneys who have driven malpractice insurance rates into the stratosphere. Judging by Federal Election Commission data on the political contributions of people associated with the top 15 class-action plaintiffs' law firms, it's no accident that malpractice reform is not part of health care "reform": Trial lawyers are investing heavily... washington examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412315/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407324/posts A man died after being shot with a Taser during a confrontation Sunday night with Mason police officers, according to police. Police said Douglas Boucher, 39, of Mason died at a local hospital after he was shot by the Taser following a disturbance around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Speedway gas station, 711 Reading Road. Two Mason police officers stopped at the Speedway at the corner of Tylersville and Reading Road for a drink when a clerk asked them to talk to Boucher, who was causing some kind of trouble, according to a report. The two officers approached... The Pulse Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407324/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401625/posts Believing that all the applicants were qualified, but able to hire only a few, this person recommended rejecting each member of the Federalist Society. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401625/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400960/posts WHEN LAWYERS LEAVE ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THERE HAS TO BE A LEGAL PROBLEM The Department of Justice announced yesterday that Deputy U.S. Attorney General, David Ogden, the second highest ranking official under Eric Holder, would resign on February 10th and return to private practice. Nia-Malika Henderson, writing for Politico.com, a markedly liberal leaning site, could not deny the facts: The second-in-command at the Justice Department is leaving his post, officials announced Thursday — making him the third top Obama legal official to announce his departure in recent weeks. Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden will return to private practice... The Post and Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400960/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400183/posts Weeks ago, we discussed a provision in the House health care bill that cuts off grant money for states that impose meaningful caps on medical malpractice claims. But that's not the only gift for trial lawyers that is tucked away in the 2,000 pages of the House-passed health care bill. There are good reasons why plaintiffs' lawyers give so much money to the Democratic Party, and why Linda Lipsen, the top lobbyist for the American Association for Justice, has visited the White House at least five times this year. Trial lawyers' see their political agenda on the advance. After years... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400183/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:11:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396512/posts When he informed the Florida Highway Patrol that he was canceling a scheduled interview for a third time Sunday, golfer Tiger Woods did so through Orlando attorney Mark NeJame, who told authorities he is now representing Woods. Officers want to question Woods about the incident in which the SUV he was driving hit a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home at 2:25 a.m. Friday, leaving him bleeding and temporarily unconscious. NeJame is a veteran attorney who, according to a biography on his firm's website, has "primarily devoted his entire career to the practice of criminal defense" and has... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396512/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395071/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach. "They just went to a party. They didn't do anything wrong," Paul Morrison, a Virginia attorney who has represented Michaele and Tareq Salahi in the past, told The Associated Press. A Secret Service investigation of the security breach, now under way, will help determine whether Morrison is right about the lack of legal liability. But the main focus was on the agency itself. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395071/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394460/posts Some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful law firms have donated hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal services to terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Their work, bolstered by left-wing activists groups, has helped to free, or force the transfer, of hundreds of al Qaeda suspects to third countries. Some have gone back to terrorism and the job of trying to kill Americans. The work of big American law firms on behalf of al Qaeda is drawing new attention since Attorney General Eric Holder decided this month that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who orchestrated the murder of... The Two Malcontents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394460/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394300/posts Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394300/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393070/posts Scott Fenstermaker, an attorney for terrorists at Gitmo, is on Bill O'Reilly now and is repeatedly refusing to answer the question, "Were the people killed on 911 murdered?" He just kept answering that the jury will decide that. He is also saying the trial will be filled with "US propaganda." No link, it's on O'Reilly. Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393070/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391813/posts According to POLITICO, Obama’s fans in the Beltway are shocked, shocked that he and his White House minions scapegoat White House General Counsel Greg Craig for Obama’s failed promise to close Guantanamo in one year. The closing of Guantanamo – as Obama’s critics have long predicted – ain’t gonna happen, because there’s no place else to put the hardcore terrorists currently housed there. When Obama announced his dubious executive order closing Guantanamo by January 2010, the Kool-Aid drinkers were ecstatic. “See?” they said, “This is why we elected him. We were so right.” No, they were so wrong. It was... Seattle Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391813/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:16:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390018/posts Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages AUSTIN — Texans: Are you really married? Maybe not. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman." But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares: "This state... Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390018/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389726/posts I want to know more about who is advising you on these decisions. There are attorneys at the Justice Department working on this issue who either represented Guantanamo detainees, or worked for groups who advocated for them. This prior representation I think creates a conflict of interest problems for these individuals. Grassley brought up the case of Neal Katyal, who is now the Principal Deputy Solicitor General. Katyal, formerly a law professor at Georgetown University, worked on legal challenges to the Military Commission Act -- he represented Osama bin Laden's driver -- and is reportedly still working on detainee questions... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389726/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388366/posts A disbarred New York lawyer convicted in 2005 on charges of supporting terrorism by helping an imprisoned blind Egyptian cleric smuggle messages to militant followers was ordered to prison by a U.S. federal appeals court that upheld her conviction on Tuesday. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388366/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387404/posts Vivid has announced that it has the tapes in its possession, and TMZ has published a letter from Vivid chair Steve Hirsch to Prejean's lawyers seeking the right to distribute "erotic footage that Carrie Prejean, former Miss California, produced for her boyfriend following their four (4) day rendezvous in February 2007." Law Offices of Charles S. Limandri P.O. Box 9120 16236 San Dieguito Road Suite 3-15 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Re: Carrie Prejean Dear Mr. Limandri: Vivid Entertainment ("Vivid") is interested in acquiring the rights to distribute the erotic footage that Carrie Prejean, former Miss California, produced for her... Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387404/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387070/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found. The law makes it easier for lawyers to sue and win financial judgments in cases arising from claims that minorities effectively were shut out of local elections, while shielding attorneys from liability if the claims are tossed out. The law was drafted mainly... hosted.ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387070/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386850/posts No one ever accused Florida attorney Scott Rothstein of being subtle -- or of skimping. Some investors say they were impressed by the ties Scott Rothstein, left, had with Florida luminaries, including Gov. Charlie Crist, right. .At an Eagles concert this year, Don Henley, the band's drummer, singled out Mr. Rothstein and his wife, Kimberly. "I don't normally do this, but this goes out to Scott and Princess Kimmy on their one-year wedding anniversary," Mr. Henley told the audience as the band ripped into "Life in the Fast Lane," its paean to the perils of excess. Mr. Rothstein paid $100,000... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386850/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382560/posts FORT HOOD (November 9, 2009)—John P. Galligan, a retired military attorney who now practices criminal defense law said he was contacted Monday by the brother of the man accused opening fire Thursday at Fort Hood, killing 13 and injuring 29. Galligan, a retired Army Col., who practices in Belton and specializes in courts-martial, said Hasan’s family asked him to represent the Army psychiatrist, who was awake and able to talk Monday. Galligan said he was hoping to meet with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan later Monday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He told News 10 he informed military... KWTX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382560/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:08:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382252/posts Seventy-four percent of American physicians believe they have less control over the way they practice medicine than they did five years ago, mostly due to medical malpractice litigation. The majority, 85 percent, said the threat of medical malpractice litigation is their primary hindrance to practicing medicine as they see fit. “We found that regardless of a physician’s political affiliation, the respondents attributed the practice of defensive medicine to excessive waste in the health care system,” Orlando Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382252/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380563/posts ATLANTA, GA—STEVEN H. BALLARD, 53, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. to serve over five years in federal prison on a wire fraud charge involving a real estate investment scam that lasted over five years and defrauded a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson said, “I am gratified that the U.S. Attorney’s Office was able to present the losses of so many victims to the Court, and thereby obtain justice for those who relied on this former attorney and his ‘legal’ papers. In... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380563/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:43:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374804/posts Because I know you were worried. Section 2531 (pp. 1431-1433) of the "Bend Over And Take It, America" bill seems tantalizing at first glance. IN GENERAL.—To the extent and in the amounts made available in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary shall make an incentive payment, in an amount determined by the Secretary, to each State that has an alternative medical liability law in compliance with this section. Hooray! Some medical liability reform at last! With financial incentives to the states who implement it! Not so fast. Stephen Kruiser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374804/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:20:29 GMT