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This week DC Vote delivered the letter below to members of the House and Senate, electronically and by mail, asking them to vote against any bill that would impose outside views on, or override local laws of, the District of Columbia. The letter is co-signed by 53 local and national organizations likewise committed to the American ideal of a representative democracy.The full letter and list of

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Propelled by Up2Us and its members, Senator Harkin and Congressman McIntyre submitted a request to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a comprehensive analysis on the state of youth sports. That request has officially been accepted – and represents groundbreaking progress for the field of sports based youth development. The GAO will examine the state of youth sports programs, the

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DC Delegate's Resolution to Reconsider Is The First Vote of 112th CongressIn a shameful start to the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives today adopted rules that revoked the privilege of the DC Delegate to vote in the Committee of the Whole House. Despite letters, formal requests from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and a lobby day yesterday by DC Vote activists, residents of the

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PAKISTAN FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF FUNDRAISING HAPPY HOURAbout 1.2 million homes have been destroyed and over 20 million people have been affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan. Please join SABA-DC’s and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin's (AAPI) efforts to raise money to help those affected by this disaster by attending a fundraising happy hour at One Lounge. One

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WASHINGTON DC COACH TO BE HONORED ON CAPITOL HILL FOR HELPING LOCAL YOUTH SUCCEED IN SPORTS AND BEYOND For triathlon coach Colin Shah, teaching the basics of biking, running and swimming is just as important as using sports to teach nutrition, discipline and self-confidence. He uses his role as a leader to support the at-risk youth he works with socially, emotionally and physically – and that’s

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MD/DC/NY Attorney. Law Review. Award winning author. Open to all practice areas, but experienced in unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, surety law, and trusts and estates (as a trustee). Coursework in tax, ERISA, HIPAA, employee benefits, and title/mortgage loan processing. Non attorney, non law firm, positions welcome. Phenomenal references. Reasonable salary expectations. Andrew: (

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The vampire craze recently invaded a courtroom in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the last of a series of trial simulations.High school teachers, some dressed as vampires, testified in a true-to-life trial simulation. Using a fictional but realistic scenario, the teachers posed as student vampires who posted a vampire-themed poem and related comments on the school’s “

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We have three fully furnished offices (phones included) available for lease immediately in our lovely townhouse office building located south of Dupont Circle and steps from the Metro (parking available). We also offer shared conference rooms and kitchen. One attorney in the building would like to share his secretary if this is of interest. Offices can be rented separately or together. If

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Near courts, Verizon Center and Penn Quarter; up to 2,000 sq.ft.; long or short term with no pass throughs. Call Jay at (703)862-4279.

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Busy, General Practice DC law firm seeks attorney with dual licensing in either MD/VA, MD/DC, or VA/DC with minimum 5 years criminal experience. Excellent work environment and benefits, salary commensurate with experience. Equal opportunity employer. Email resume to kmrosebach@racatty.com.

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Small, busy, real estate/general practice law firm seeks attorney licensed in DC with a minimum of three years litigation experience. Salary commensurate with experience. Email resume to briankass@kmklawyers.com.

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AV rated Rockville law firm seeks associate attorney with 1-3 years experience to become involved in an established litigation practice with full litigation responsibilities. Competitive salary, medical, and 401(k) benefits. Email resume and cover letter to ltosh@andersonquinn.com. Anderson & Quinn, LLC, 25 Wood Lane, Rockville, MD 20850.

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The Probate Resource Center is a volunteer program operated by the Pro Bono Services section of the District of Columbia Bar. Services are provided weekly by volunteer attorneys to unrepresented persons who have questions about estate administration and other probate issues. Services are provided by appointment only and persons interested should contact the DC Bar Pro Bono office at 202-737-4700.

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There is much they do not teach you in law school. Socratic Method does not anticipate a client’s request to locate an alibi witness named Slim, who can be found at the 7-11 at 4th and L Sts, SE, between 2 and 3 AM. Neither does it teach the newly minted graduate what to do when there is a fist fight at a deposition; when an heir files a Bar Counsel complaint of theft because his estate account

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Our Public Notice section contains notices that are required by law to be published in a newspaper of general circulation. These notices are provided to us by the Probate Division by way of a petitioner’s submission. Inside this section, you will find various legal notices, starting with an index organized by type which include the following:Notice to Creditors-Large Estate: For people who die

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United States District Courtfor the District of Columbia AnnouncementThe following changes * in the Emergency Assignments category covering the period from November 26, 2009 - December 27, 2009 are indicated. The following revised emergency assignments, for civil and criminal matters, commences at 4:30 pm on the previous day and remains in effect until 9:00 am the next regular business day. The

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ATTORNEY / LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTExperience in unemployment insurance and workers' compensation, including the Medicare Secondary Payer and Longshore Acts. Open to other areas. Researched and wrote press releases, "Action Alerts," "Talking Points," a company newsletter, and many publications. Drafted legislation. Organized conferences. Worked with government employees and congressional staff. Law

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by Ronald A. Goodbread, Legal Editor In a punishing affirmance, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a 92-page per curiam opinion upholding the judgment issued by D.C. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler in August 2006, in which she found eleven of America’s major Tobacco Companies and related entities guilty of nearly 150 counts of mail and wire fraud in a continuing “pattern of

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By Ronald A. Goodbread, Legal Editor In the continuing epic saga of “Marion Agonistes,” former Mayor and current Council Member Marion S. Barry, Jr., who has cast his shadow over the Capital of the Free World for nearly 40 years now, presented U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson with the task of once again wrestling with the turgid problem of whether to pull the plug on him and send him to

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Who murdered Robert Wone?

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The 2008 Index is now available, for the first time, in both a print and .pdf version. Due to the size of this years index we will only be sending this out upon your request. Phone us at (202)331-1700 or email to lawreporter@mindspring.com the name the subscription is mailed to and whether you'd like the print or online (or both) version sent.

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According to ElectionTrack.com, two donors supporting Proposition 8 in California (which has banned same sex marriage in that state) are employed by law firms that also have offices in DC and also subscribe to the DWLR. These two donors are:Michael Lee, attorney at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Sierra Madre, CA and donated $1,000Nathan Jensen, attorney at Morrison & Foerster in San Diego, CA and

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Paul Pearlstein – in his art-filled office on Rhode Island Ave., with a view of St. Matthews Cathedral and a month-to-month lease that keeps him from being overly committed -  finally likes practicing law, after a mere 46 years. “I can’t say I always loved it.  I began to love it more when I stopped caring about the money, and that was only in the last years.  I think the problem with the

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“People behave in their wills the way they behave in life,” says Anne Meister, who became D.C.’s Register of Wills in February, 2007.  Meister is examining the original will of Robert E. Peary, who explored the Arctic in 1908.  Peary, in his will, gives to his son Robert his medals, trophies, clothes and jewelry.  “And an island,” says Meister.  “An island!”  (The island, incidentally, is Eagle

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A Note to our Clients:Concerning invoices - you mailing us a check isn't quite the same as us receiving a check. In order for the DWLR to consider an invoice paid, we need to have actually received payment, not just your assurance that you put it in the mail. 

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It is the middle of a sunny Tuesday afternoon in June, and the Moultrie Courthouse is buzzing.  A line of people wait to go through the security checkpoint, lawyers, jurors, parties, court-house staff – and who knows who else – ride the escalators up and down, mill around the hallways, talk to each other.  A crowd of jurors listen to instructions so they’ll know if they are sitting on a jury or

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by Reinhold A. Gütbrot * Guessed Columnist In a month that opens in honor of fools, April closed with an unusually large number of loons flying low off the nearby manmade lake and circling above the staid, if architecturally mismatched, precincts of the Prettyman Memorial Courthouse. Like King Cnut, the chief daily task of a trial judge is to attempt to hold back the relentless

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CORRECTION: In reporting the case of United States v. Naegele, 136 D.W.L.R. 517 (Mar. 11, 2008)(Friedman, J.) the headnote incorrectly states that the Defendant had been convicted of knowingly making a false statement. It should have said that he had been "charged with" that offense, among others. In fact, in addition to being acquitted by the jury on four other counts, the Defendant, Mr.

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By Ronald A. Goodbread, Legal Editor In a 165-page opinion, issued on January 30th, Judge James Robertson of the U.S. District Court here took up where his controversial colleague, Judge Royce Lamberth, left off two years ago in excoriating the Interior Department over its handling of billions of dollars in Native-American land claims stemming from a long-standing class-action

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Rule 11 is Alive and Well in the D.D.C. by Ronald A. Goodbread, Legal Editor In a long, over-pled case consisting of a concatenation of work-related complaints by numerous D.C. employees that ended up before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Counsel for the Plaintiffs recently received a stern admonition from this genteel, but no-nonsense jurist. The U.S. District Court here does not

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Ronald A. Goodbread, Legal Editor U.S. District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. recently issued a judgment in the principal amount of $1.7 billion against the Social People's Libyan Republic and six high-ranking Libyan government officials, including the brother-in-law of Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi. The judgment was granted on behalf of the families of seven U.S. citizens who perished,

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