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The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), previously the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association (LATLA), is one of the largest associations of plaintiffs lawyers in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although CAALA refers to itself as a local association, it has almost 3,000 members and is larger than all but six state trial-bar ...
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL) formerly known as Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles (Advancing Justice LA), is a non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocacy, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities. [1]
Trial advocacy originally focused on individual actions within the trial, proposing improved juror selection, argument delivery, and direct and cross-examination methods. However, in the 1970s, NITA advanced the concepts of theme and theory as methods of integrating the various components into a cohesive whole. [ 9 ]
With Justice Brennan's agreement and participation, the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia School of Law established the William J. Brennan, Jr. Award in 1987. The Brennan Award honors Justice Brennan's unsurpassed contributions to the United States legal system and, in particular, to the enhancement of trial advocacy ...
The State Bar of California filed disciplinary charges Thursday against a former high-ranking official in the Los Angeles city attorney's office for his alleged role in a Department of Water and ...
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is vowing to “100%” fight a recall campaign that he blames on “unscrupulous politicians” who are scaring voters about rising crime rates and ...
From February 6 to July 17, 1970, Ira Reiner represented Leslie Van Houten in the Tate-LaBianca murder trials. He was dismissed, and replaced by Ronald Hughes. [3]He was the Los Angeles city controller from 1977 to 1981, and was the Los Angeles city attorney from 1981 to 1984, both times being succeeded by James Hahn.
Howard Lloyd Weitzman (September 21, 1939 – April 7, 2021) was an American entertainment lawyer active in matters ranging from intellectual property and entertainment issues to family law and estate issues.