lawyer of the day

Lawyer of the Day: Roland "Self-proclaimed Trail Blazer" Burris

David Lat
January 06, 2009 13:18

Lawyer-politicians from Illinois are a mixed bag. One is Time's person of the year and will be installed in the White House by the end of the month. Another has disgraced the governor's office with federal corruption charges and the threat of impeachment. Today's Lawyer of the Day was appointed by...

Lawyers of the Day: Brent Warren Yessin and Aimee Marie Dias

David Lat
December 23, 2008 18:13

The Saturday night antics of two Florida lawyers have the makings of a great episode of the Jerry Springer show. Alleged sex in a bathroom, a girl-on-girl fighting match, and legal misrepresentation. Lawyer-lobbyist Aimee Marie Dias, 35, was at a swanky restaurant in Tampa on Saturday night. When...

Lawyer of the Day: Eric Holzer

David Lat
December 19, 2008 17:32

Eric Holzer is was a tax attorney at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. But he's been caught up in a $4.8 million insider trading scheme along with a bunch of day traders, a1994 Playboy Playmate; and Lee Corbin, a partner at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever LLP, according to the Wall Street...

Ragin' Cajun Courtroom Fracas

David Lat
December 18, 2008 19:56

Lawyer fight! The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that competition for clients is heating up in the bayou: Two attorneys competing for clients, prestige and a bounty of legal fees opened a hearing at Orleans Parish Civil District Court on Monday with a schoolyard brawl that shocked the...

Lawyer of the Day: Philly ADA Gets The Yeyo

David Lat
December 02, 2008 16:27

Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Adam Yanoff just started his job as prosecutor in August. But maybe he should have been a public defender. Yanoff was busted over the holiday weekend carrying 1.3 grams of crack cocaine and about $20 worth of weed: The cop observed Yanoff empty the...