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Looking back, lawyer says ‘career’ wasn’t worth it

Posted in blogs on Sep 14th, 2010

Admitted during bad economic times in the early ’70s, lawyer advises new attorneys to get out while they can.

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Justice O’Connor stumps for judicial election reform

Posted in blogs on Sep 10th, 2010

In town for the National Hispanic Bar Association meeting, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor gave a shout out to Minnesota’s judicial election reform effort.

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Welcome to the Twin Cities, National Hispanic Bar!

Posted in Uncategorized, blogs on Sep 9th, 2010

The National Hispanic Bar Assocociation is holding its annual meeting here through Sept. 11. Minnesota lawyers and judges are among those on the agenda.

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Bar gives Blakely thumbs down; other incumbents fare well

Posted in blogs on Sep 6th, 2010

Tim Blakely was the only incumbent judge to lose in the recent bar poll of lawyers’ judicial election preferences. It’s also one of the cases where no one really has to ask why.

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Divide between lawyer haves and lawyer have nots growing

Posted in blogs on Aug 31st, 2010

More and more small-fiirm lawyers are struggling, creating a chasm between the upper echelon of lawyers and the rest of the legal community.

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Bridge case an act of unprecedented pro bono generosity

Posted in Uncategorized, blogs on Aug 30th, 2010

The I-35W bridge litigation was a pro bono project like no other with local lawyers forgoing tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

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What would a zombie spending spree look like?

Posted in blogs on Aug 27th, 2010

The zombie protestors recently settled their claims against the city of Minneapolis for $165,000, which begs a question: What can a zombie spend that much money on?

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Former Chief Justice Amdahl dies

Posted in blogs on Aug 25th, 2010

Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Douglas Amdahl died yesterday at the age of 91.

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Criminal Justice Institute kicks off at RiverCenter

Posted in blogs on Aug 22nd, 2010

Minnesota CLE’s annual educational and networking extravaganza for criminal practitioners — the Criminal Justice Institute — is going on at St. Paul’s RiverCentre from Monday through Wednesday.

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Tipping — a new lawyer compensation model?

Posted in blogs on Aug 2nd, 2010

I may be getting crotchety, but I find the proliferation of “tip jars” to be annoying. You order coffee, say at a Starbucks, someone pours it, hands it to you and charges $2. Are you supposed to put something in the tip jar? How much? Fifteen cents? Twenty cents?  Does the tip level vary depending [...]

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