Legal Group Leaders Say Sequestration Will Hinder Access to Justice

AFTERNOON UPDATE Legal Group Leaders Say Sequestration Will Hinder Access to Justice The leaders of three legal organizations warned Monday that the safety of judges and courthouse staff could be imperiled by state funding reductions and looming federal budget cuts, which reduce federal court security funding. Prosecutors Recommend 78-Month Prison Sentence for D.C. Defense Lawyer Calling him the mastermind of a conspiracy to manufacture trial evidence in a drug case, federal prosecutors in Washington are recommending a longtime defense lawyer here spend more than six years in prison. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Register Today: 10k Run & Walk Join the legal community in supporting the American Heart Association through Lawyers Have Heart 10k Run and 3k Fun Walk! Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Set up a team from your office and compete for bragging rights! - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery Click here Damages Awards for D.C. Government Doubled in 2012 The District of Columbia won more than $20 million in litigation damages in 2012, but will be on the hook for $17.1 million in settlements and judgments, according to testimony last week before the D.C. Council by Attorney General Irvin Nathan. McKenna Long Opens Northern Virginia Office With 12 Laterals McKenna, Long & Aldridge has added 15 attorneys to its litigation practice, including 12 in northern Virginia. Five partners and seven associate counsel will join the firm in its new office in McLean, Va. All the laterals were previously with Dombroff Gilmore Jaques & French. The firm is also adding an office in Miami. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Celebrating Chief Justice Chaskalson, March 4 American University Washington College of Law will host a half day event commemorating the life of international human rights advocate, Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. Scholars, colleagues, and admirers of his transformational work as a lawyer and judge in South Africa will be in attendance including South African Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. Registration is free but required. Click here Former DOJ Lawyer Joins Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added former U.S. Justice Department official Robert Loeb to its D.C. office as a partner in its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice, the firm announced earlier today. Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: Jones Day; Fried Frank; King & Spalding; Husch Blackwell The former Health Care Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service's Office of Chief Counsel has joined Jones Day. Catherine Livingston joins as a partner. She was the principal legal adviser to IRS leadership on all aspects of the Affordable Care Act.		Get the BLT on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Available now in the App Store. If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times.
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