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Lead Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission lawyer resigns – Baltimore Sun

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The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission will have to search for a new lead attorney after Bar Counsel Lydia Lawless submitted her resignation last Tuesday. Lawless, who has held the role since being appointed in 2017, will leave office March 17, the commission announced Monday. “I am confident that I brought a fresh perspective to the role of bar counsel and that I have accomplished the goals that I set for myself and the office,” Lawless is quoted as saying in a news release from the commission. “I know that my successor will find ways to continue to improve upon the…
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Transgender graduation student attitude lawsuit

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JACKSON, Miss. – Opposing attorneys clashed Friday over whether a Mississippi school district can require a transgender girl to abide by a boys’ dress code as she and her classmates graduate from high school this weekend. The 17-year-old girl, listed in court papers by her initials LB, had chosen a dress to wear with her cap and gown Saturday at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, a coastal town about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson . Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses. Harrison County School…
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Thank the Maricopa County attorney for not being a MAGA Republican

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Arizona Republicans should pay heed to what happened this week at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Rachel Mitchell, the Republican elected to the job in 2022, announced she would not prosecute two Phoenix police officers who shot and killed a man who was hurling rocks at a patrol car and later at them. Mitchell was in charge of the case because she did not run for office as a MAGA Republican. She did not kiss the Trump ring. She did not climb into the Stop-the-Steal barrel and ride it over Fantasy Falls to crushing defeat, as did so many other…
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Attorney says Bam Margera ‘in good health and good spirits’

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Bam Margera’s attorney refuted reports that the “Jackass” personality is near death ahead of his next court hearing as he faces criminal assault and harassment charges. “He seems to be in good health and good spirits preparing for his defense in this case,” Margera’s attorney Michael van der Veen told The Times, including that he spoke to the former professional skateboarder as recently as Monday morning. The health update conflicts with comments from Margera’s older brother, Jesse Margera, 44, who shared on his private Instagram account that Bam “is dying and there is nothing I can do about it,” according…
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St. Louis judge files to hold Kim Gardner in contempt after no prosecutors show for murder trial

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st. LOUIS — A judge on Monday filed to hold St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner in contempt of court after prosecutors from her office didn’t show up for a murder trial. Jonathon Jones, 18, was set to face trial starting Monday on charges he shot and killed a man in 2021 near the Gateway Arch grounds, but no one from Gardner’s office appeared for the beginning of trial. The prosecutor assigned to the case is on sick leave. Judge Scott A. Millikan filed an order for Gardner’s office to show cause for why she should not be held…
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Top Trump attorney has recused himself from handling the Mar-a-Lago case

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Washington CNN — Attorney Evan Corcoran reccused himself from representing former President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation related to the Mar-a-Lago documents given that he tested for investigators, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Corcoran’s exit, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was an expected development after special counsel Jack Smith’s office forced him to testify without the shield of attorney-client privilege in front of the grand jury and prosecutors accused Trump of using his attorney to advance a crime. Despite recusing himself from the Mar-a-Lago probe weeks ago, Corcoran continues to represent Trump…
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Florida plastic surgeon charged with murder after attorney goes missing: “Our greatest fears were realized”

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Florida surgeon charged with murder in attorney’s disappearance Florida surgeon charged with murder in attorney’s disappearance 00:30 A Tampa-area plastic surgeon has been charged with murder, accused of killing a lawyer missing since last week from a firm that represents former co-workers the doctor has been suing in a business dispute. Largo police arrested Dr. Tomasz Kosowski on a first-degree murder charge on Saturday in the disappearance of Steven Cozzi, who was last seen Tuesday at Blanchard Law, the firm where he worked. Steve Cozzi St. Petersburg Bar Association Police said Sunday that while Cozzi’s body has not been found,…
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Police ‘were wrong about that’

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Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, arrested Sunday by McKinney police for obstructing a highway/passageway and carrying a gun during the commission of that crime, said after a conversation with an officer, he understood he could enter the road and therefore should not have been arrested or charged with a gun crime. Merritt said he was there in a legal capacity, walking on the sidewalk while some protesters obstructed traffic on US 380 in McKinney. He said he spoke with a nearby officer, then entered the road to inform the protest organizer, Lachay Batts, that the arrests were imminent. “The officer…