(Subscription required) Emails presented at trial showed that for months in 2020, Griffin did not tell victims’ anxious families that Girardi Keese had received their settlement money from Boeing but had yet to disburse it. He also failed to raise the alarm about the money’s whereabouts with his co-counsel and the court that had approved the Boeing settlement, Morgenstern said.

California’s Chief Justice hailed the example of St. Thomas More as she urged legal professionals and civic leaders to build trust in the state’s legal system at LA’s 41st annual Red Mass.

As a child, California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans thought about a career in law. “I had it in my head that the law had something to do with fairness and working to make things more fair,” she said. She moved to California for college, attending Stanford University and majoring in public policy.

The Supreme Court of California has refused to review the Court of Appeal’s recent opinion holding that AUSD’s Measure A parcel tax is legal and valid. The denial means that this measure can no longer be challenged, and the district can continue to use the revenue raised to support AUSD’s high-quality schools.