Current and former firm personnel say that lawyers participating in the scheme could be limiting their partnership prospects as other industry commentators point to the policy’s lack of flexibility.        

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The brothers, practicing at Weil and Keker Van Nest, landed on a high-stakes case together—and won. “We resisted any urge to bill during dinner,” one quipped.        

Lori Cohen achieved an impressive 58 defense verdicts before suddenly and inexplicably losing her voice. Now, with the help of her long-time trial technologist and friend Gerard Buitrago, she’s harnessing the power of AI to get back in the courtroom.        

The Supreme Court for the state of Washington suspended attorney Michael Olufemi Ewetuga after a formal complaint following allegations regarding his sexual relationship with a client.        

“The commission appears to have taken sides in the political debate roiling institutions across the country. Nothing good will come of this,” Michigan Supreme Court Justice David F. Viviano said.        

“There is no good reason why the judiciary should not have a full complement of judges,” former Supreme Court Justice Barry T. Albin said. “There are at least 60,000 practicing attorneys and it is fanciful to think that we cannot find the highest caliber of judges among that number of attorneys.”        

Defense counsel aimed to demonstrate that someone has not been telling the truth during the trial.        

“Out of the $1.3 [million], half a million dollars went to the IRS, and a few hundred thousand dollars went to a home remodel the Lord told us to do,” defendant Eligio (Eli) Regalado, a paster at Victorious Grace Church, said in a video.        

It seems a bit rushed to fit in the notice and comment period regarding JD-Next ending only days ahead of the February meeting. Will it follow the pattern of what happened with the GRE in 2021? Time will tell.