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(LAWFUEL) – Timothy Gutierrez, age 20, of Cortez, Colorado, appeared yesterday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Durango, before U.S. Magistrate Judge David West, for arraignment and a detention hearing. Gutierrez entered the pro-forma plea of not guilty. Magistrate Judge West then found that Gutierrez is a danger to the community, and thus ordered him

LawFuel Blogs – John Bowie – Briefcase Blog – What will they do to Vince Siemer? After being imprisoned, fined, held in contempt, sued and bankrupted Siemer’s protagonist Michael Stiassny and the judicial system must want nothing better than to wash their hands of the American litigant once and for all. Before Christmas, Cooper J

NEW YORK, February 2, 2009 – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today the admission of 13 lawyers to the partnership, effective January 1, 2009. A group of associates and of counsels are admitted to the partnership each year. Orrick currently has 415 partners, including the partners announced today. Orrick will name two additional partners

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) announced that ROBERT SCHARFF was arrested today and presented before United States Magistrate Judge

WASHINGTON – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The former finance director of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay approximately $628,000 in bribes to numerous foreign government officials, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Thomas P.

LawFuel – Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Miami Field Division, announced that defendant Ricardo Figueredo, a former employee of Bank of America, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck to bank

Kicklighter begins term as Managing Partner; firm announces changes to Executive Committee and other leadership positions SAN DIEGO (February 3, 2009 – Lawfuel) – Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP, a prominent California law firm with approximately 200 attorneys throughout the state, today announced it has made a number of changes pertaining to the firm’s

Through Addition of MacPherson, Kwok, Chen & Heid Attorneys (LAWFUEL) – As part of its long-term growth strategy, Haynes and Boone, LLP is pleased to announce its addition of the 27 attorneys and professionals at MacPherson, Kwok, Chen & Heid, LLP, a leading intellectual property law firm with offices in San Jose and Orange County,

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee. The committee members provide the IRS with constructive observations about current or proposed policies, programs and procedures in electronic tax administration. Applicants should submit a resume and complete an application form by April 3, 2009. A