A Washington, D.C, lawyer has chosen vino over verdicts. The Washington Post reports Elizabeth Banker, part-owner of law firm ZwillGen PLLC ...

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE Dear Judge Avery, Judge Smith, Judge Barber, readers who have posted comments and those of you who have not written yet: We were wrong and we are sorry. It was never our intent to trivialize the accomplishments of ...

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The Maryland/Washington, D.C. area lost 4,419 industrial jobs between May 2011 and May 2012, a drop of 2.3 percent, according to the 2013 Maryland/DC Manufacturers Directory published by Manufacturers’ News Inc., of Evanston, Ill.

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WASHINGTON — As pressure mounts on District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray to explain criminal activity that occurred during his 2010 campaign, an Associated Press review has found that the campaign routinely paid day laborers $100 in cash — twice ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray is the new chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, the policy-making body of the program overseeing the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Gray’s election came Monday at the annual meeting ...

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WASHINGTON — In the midst of an all-consuming Civil War that divided the nation 150 years ago, Congress was able to muster the will to pass legislation that would transform higher education. It was this week in 1862 when President ...

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For some lawyers, there is nothing more holy than the law, but Bethesda attorney Kathleen Asdorian’s bible is not just the Constitution, but the good book itself. Asdorian, who owns her own title company, Foundation Title Inc., moonlights as the ...

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WASHINGTON — D.C. Council members, trying to move past their chairman’s resignation after he pleaded guilty to bank fraud, are rallying behind a quiet, deliberative colleague to fill the role on an interim basis. Phil Mendelson, a Democrat serving his ...

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It was the best times and the worst of times in the law blog round-up this Monday. Though, it was mostly just the worst of times if you are a current or incoming law school student – or if you ...

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WASHINGTON — Kwame Brown’s resignation as chairman of the D.C. Council has been certified by the district’s elections board. The board declared the chairman’s office vacant on Monday. It also set a special election to replace Brown for Nov. 6, ...

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