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Walter Heilprin Pollak
POLLAK, WALTER HEILPRIN Walter Heilprin Pollak was a lawyer and civil libertarian who is credited with convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to first adopt the incorporation doctrine, which the Court has used to extend most of the provisions of the bill of rights to limit actions by state and local... Read more |
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Bette Clair McMurray
Bette Clair McMurray Betty Clair McMurray (1924-1980) was a typist who invented Liquid Paper. Bette Clair McMurray dropped out of school when she was seventeen because of disciplinary difficulties. In the 1940s there were very few jobs open to young women. She could not type, but she got a... Read more |
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attorney
attorney agent put in place of another to manage particular affairs of the principal. An attorney in fact is an agent who conducts business under authority that is controlled and limited by a written document called a letter, or power, of attorney granted by the principal. An attorney at law is an... Read more |
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Dwight Whitney Morrow
Dwight Whitney Morrow Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) was an American lawyer, a banker, and an unconventional but highly successful diplomat. Dwight Morrow was born in Huntington, W.Va., on Jan. 11, 1873. He was one of eight children, and his family, though of intellectual bent, was in... Read more |
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Fibroadenoma
Fibroadenoma Definition Fibroadenomas are benign breast tumors commonly found in young women. Fibroadenoma means "a tumor composed of glandular (related to gland) and fibrous (containing fibers) tissues." Description Breast fibroadenomas, abnormal growths of glandular and fibrous tissues, are... Read more |
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William Maxwell Evarts
William Maxwell Evarts , 1818-1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began (1841) to practice law in New York City, where, with Charles E. Butler, he formed (1843) a firm that became one of the best known in the country.... Read more |
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Mahlon Pitney
PITNEY, MAHLON Mahlon Pitney served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1912 to 1922. A lawyer, legislator, and New Jersey Supreme Court judge before his appointment, Pitney was a judicial conservative who believed in "liberty of contract" and who generally opposed efforts to... Read more |
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Legal Aid
LEGAL AID A system of nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to people who cannot afford an attorney. In the United States, more than sixteen hundred legal aid agencies provide legal representation without cost or for a nominal fee to people who are unable to pay the usual amount for... Read more |
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Esther Williams
COLE OF CALIFORNIA American swimwear company Founded:Formed by Fred Cole from family knitwear firm in Los Angeles, 1923. Company History:Began collaborating with Hollywood costume designer Margit Fellegi, 1936; signed Esther Williams to represent the company,... Read more |
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Anne Cole
COLE OF CALIFORNIA American swimwear company Founded:Formed by Fred Cole from family knitwear firm in Los Angeles, 1923. Company History:Began collaborating with Hollywood costume designer Margit Fellegi, 1936; signed Esther Williams to represent the company,... Read more |
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FIRM MAKING JUSTICE AFFORDABLE.(News)
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Wood & Bender LLP, a Leading Insurance Enforcement Law Firm, Names Martha...
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Baltimore County, Md., Mislabeled-Workers Lawsuit Brings New Wave of Cases.
...been a huge increase in the number...to labor lawyers and worker...Lawyers in Los Angeles County have...School of Law. "What...Bendich's firm, Bendich...of the few firms to specialize...a ... |
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More Than 125 Top Women Legal and Business Leaders Convene at Proskauer's...
...than 125 top women lawyers, in-house counsel and corporate...Women's Law Forum, held...event is to increase awareness...lawyers from the firm's offices...London, Los ... |
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Kansas City-based Polsinelli Shughart expands to California
...like to add lawyers in health...the new Los Angeles office...largest-women owned municipal bond counsel firm...national law firm such...California lawyer in a press...six ... |
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Law group uses courts to fight gay marriage
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Prominent finance lawyer Beatty Page joins Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
...joined the firm as Banking Counsel. Page represents...outstanding lawyer and an important...Schreiber increase our depth...practicing law, she spent...Financial Women's Association...York; The Women's ... |
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Washington, D.C. Lawyer Nominated to American Bar Association Board of Governors
...Meeting in Los Angeles last month...the D.C. firm, Arnold...expert trial lawyer and appellate...National Women's Law Center...Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has...as senior counsel in the ... |
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SUIT BLAMES COUNTY FOR JAIL EPIDEMIC INFECTIONS AFFECT THOUSANDS.(News)
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SUIT BLAMES COUNTY FOR JAIL EPIDEMIC INFECTIONS AFFECT THOUSANDS
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