Category: Attorney

Top LGBTQ+ lawyers accused of judge shopping in Alabama

  • ericas
  • July 20, 2024
  • 7 min read

Published 2024-03-19 17:34 5:34 March 19, 2024 pm A federal judge in Alabama has unsealed a report that accuses dozens of the nation's top LGBTQ+ rights attorneys of improperly trying to select a judge friendly for a lawsuit they brought to the state. The practice of judge shopping, or trying to get a case in front of a judge who will side with an attorney, is not illegal, although it's a practice the federal judiciary has recently tried to discourage. It has recently gotten attention as a tactic used in cases brought by anti-abortion groups. On Tuesday, US District Judge…

Kranichfeld Appointed Franklin County State’s Attorney | News | Seven Days

  • ericas
  • July 19, 2024
  • 2 min read

click to enlarge Courtesy Of Greg Merhar Bram Kranichfeld delivers a sermon at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington Bram Kranichfeld will remain state's attorney for Franklin County as the permanent successor to John Lavoie, who resigned last year during an impeachment probe, Gov. Phil Scott announced on Tuesday. Kranichfeld — a veteran prosecutor, former Burlington city councilor and Episcopal priest — has been working as interim state's attorney since September. Scott has now named him to the permanent post, which is up for reelection in 2027. The office was thrust into turmoil when employees complained that former…

Governor hasn’t ruled out reassigning state trooper case to attorney general

  • ericas
  • July 18, 2024
  • 2 min read

Gov. Tim Walz said this week he remained open to reassigning the case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan to Attorney General Keith Ellison.Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged Londregan with second degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop last summer. The trooper's attorney says Moriarty ignored her office's own expert witness, who said the use of deadly force was justified. “I'm not a lawyer myself, but as a layman on this, why would you not listen to a use-of-force expert? Why wouldn't that be central to something you would do?” Walz…

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney released from custody after promising to turn himself on warrant

  • ericas
  • July 17, 2024
  • 2 min read

CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for March 19, 2024 CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for March 19, 2024 04:01 A Michigan attorney who unsuccessfully sued to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 loss in that state was released from custody in Washington, DC, on Tuesday after promising to drive back home and turn himself in on an outstanding warrant.Stephanie Lambert was released from a Washington courtroom after her attorney Kevin Irving said he was "willing and ready" to return to Michigan and face a warrant issued by a judge earlier this month."I don't think it's something he's running away from,"…

Ashleigh Merchant blasts Fani Willis on Megyn Kelly’s show

  • ericas
  • July 16, 2024
  • 5 min read

The Georgia criminal defense attorney who alleged an “improper” relationship between Fani Willis and Nathan Wade called out the Fulton County District Attorney over a speech she made claiming “Jesus” told her to prosecute Trump. Ashleigh Merchant, who filed a bombshell motion alleging Willis' relationship with Wade, whom she appointed special prosecutor on the case, appeared on Megyn Kelly's show Tuesday where she told the host that she “still [hasn’t] gotten over the church remarks.” “When someone says that Jesus himself told them to prosecute this case, how do you defend against that?… That's insane. I've never dealt with that……

Pro-Trump attorney Stefanie Lambert arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documents

  • ericas
  • July 15, 2024
  • 4 min read

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, DCStefanie Lambert was arrested by US Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the target of conspiracy theories over former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss. Lambert obtained the Dominion emails by representing Patrick Byrne, a prominent funder of election conspiracy theorists who is being sued by Dominion for defamation.In a statement, the Marshals office said Lambert was arrested on…

Why passing the bar exam will no longer be a requirement to become an attorney in Washington state

  • ericas
  • July 14, 2024
  • 3 min read

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. Prospective attorneys will no longer have to pass the bar exam to work in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders authorizing alternative…

Pro-Trump attorney arrested after court hearing about leaked Dominion emails

  • ericas
  • July 13, 2024
  • 5 min read

CNN — A pro-Trump lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a court hearing about her recent leak of internal emails belonging to Dominion Voting Systems. There was an existing arrest warrant for the attorney, Stefanie Lambert, stemming from her failure to appear at recent court hearings in her separate criminal case in Michigan, where she was charged with conspiring to seize voting machines after the 2020 election. Lambert and a cadre of election deniers have disrupted one of Dominion's many ongoing defamation lawsuits by publicly leaking thousands of the company's internal emails in recent…