Elizabeth Halverson
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Crime, Deaths, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Elizabeth Halverson, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, State Judges
Morning Docket: 03.17.14
* Dewey feel bad for Zach Warren? Totally. In the saddest revelation about his indictment, it seems D&L’s head honchos “had trouble remembering who [he] was” before arraignment. [New York Times]
* If you’re interested in going to law school (and if you want to pay off your loans), you’ll want to see the law schools where you’ll make the most bank after graduating. We’ll have more on this later. [Forbes]
* Fred Phelps Sr., founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, is near death. Not for nothing, but it would probably be fitting if people picketed his funeral in SCOTUS-approved protest. [Kansas City Star]
* The widow of Dustin Friedland, the attorney who was shot and killed during the Short Hills mall carjacking, has filed a wrongful death suit against the shopping venue’s owners. [Star-Ledger]
* Elizabeth Halverson, the former judge who rolled into our lives on a motorized scooter and was removed from the bench in 2008 for her courtroom antics, died earlier this month. RIP. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
* Miley Cyrus is being sued… over her tongue. A man who helped build her tongue slide (a prop, not a sex maneuver) was injured — he claims he wasn’t warned about the potential dangers involved. [USA Today]
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Defamation, Elizabeth Halverson, State Judges
Former Judge Halverson Rolls Back Into the News
On her motorized Rascal scooter. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: A one-time legal assistant to ousted District Judge Elizabeth Halverson won a $50,000 judgment Tuesday in the defamation case she filed against Halverson in 2007. District Judge David Wall on Tuesday ordered Halverson to pay the money and to return files to the assistant, Ileen […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Elizabeth Halverson, Sentencing Law, Violence
Judge Halverson's Husband Gets 3-10 Years
There is justice for Judge Elizabeth Halverson. Her husband is going to jail for three to ten years for beating her with a frying pan. Not surprisingly, Ed Halverson didn’t go down without a fight: Before he was sentenced, Edward Lee Halverson, 49, stunned a Las Vegas courtroom with a claim that he struck Elizabeth […]
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Barack Obama, Dreier, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Halverson, Reader Polls, Rod Blagojevich
Associate Life Survey: Lawyer of the Year
In Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you to cast your vote for the 2008 ATL Lawyer of the Year. More than three thousand ballots were cast, but there can be only one Lawyer of the Year. Starting at the bottom, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may not have hit the very lowest point […] -
Elizabeth Halverson
Nevada to Halverson: Go Away and Never Come Back
The Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission has done a great public service. They have collected all of the faults of (former) Judge Elizabeth Halverson into one 28-page document. The commission found: No employee, even those inured to a judge’s mercurial temperament and foul mouth should have to experience what Judge Halverson made her immediate staff live […] -
Elizabeth Halverson
Breaking: Judge Halverson Hospitalized After Frying-Pan Attack from Her Husband!
Last month, after Judge Elizabeth Halverson lost her reelection bid, we lamented her imminent departure from these pages. It seems that we spoke too soon. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson is in the hospital after she was assaulted by her husband, Las Vegas police said this morning. Her injuries are […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Politics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Halverson Has Sung
A tipster dubbed yesterday “the day legal comedy died.” From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go. Halverson, who faces complaints of falling asleep on the bench and harassing her staff, received less than […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Health Care / Medicine, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Trials
Breaking: Judge Halverson Passes Out; Hearing Postponed
This just in, from a West Coast tipster who has been following L’Affaire Halverson obsessively: Halverson passes out at hearing; adjourned due to medical reasons. Based on live observations… Update: More details from the AP: A disciplinary hearing for a suspended Nevada state judge has been postponed, after she reported she felt ill. The Nevada […] - Sponsored
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Aaron Charney, Alex Kozinski, Ann Althouse, ATL Idol, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Halverson, H. Rodgin Cohen, Jeremy Pitcock, Pictures, Thomas Goldstein
What if They Mated: Legal All-Stars Edition
[Ed. note: This post is by MARIN, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Marin’s avatar (at right).] From ergonomic wrist supports to dual computer monitors, law firms wring every ounce of productivity from the attorneys they haven’t axed (yet). But […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Due Process for Judge Halverson?
America’s favorite plus-size jurist, Judge Elizabeth Halverson, is back in the news. The disciplinary hearing to remove her from the bench — figuratively, not literally — got underway today. Earlier this afternoon, from a Halverson-following reader: CNN.com has live video stream of the Judge Halverson trial/hearing. I just started listening to it, so there hasn’t […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Jury Duty, State Judges
The Eyes of the Law: One Angry Woman
Twelve Angry Men, move over; now there’s someone meatier. A juicy judicial celebrity sighting, from the Las Vegas Sun: Suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson returned to the Regional Justice Center on Friday — for jury duty. While waiting for an assignment, Halverson, who can’t roll through the courthouse on her motorized scooter without attracting attention, […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Legal Ethics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Elizabeth Halverson 2008 Update
Judge Elizabeth Halverson has graced stomped through these pages many times before. But this is her first appearance of 2008. The LA Times recounts some Halverson highlights: Her former bailiff said he was forced to heat and serve her lunch, check the temperature of her ice water, brush lint from her robe, help her put […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Large and Still Not In Charge
Hello and good morning everyone. This is Billy Merck once again (yes, yes, “we hate you” and so forth; get it all out on the first post), filling in for Lat today. Don’t worry, we’re still going to be on the lookout for associate bonus announcements, so send them in if they happen and we’ll […]
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Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting, Violence
Another Update on the Large (and Decidedly NOT In Charge) Judge Elizabeth Halverson
Since the last coverage of her on ATL, the Energizer-bunny-esque Judge Elizabeth Halverson has been ordered on the inactive list by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline. Following an emotional plea by Halverson in a rare television interview, and a similar public plea by two sexy ex-Halverson staffers (a law clerk and a secretary), the […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Judicial Divas, Jury Duty, Masturbation, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.25.07
* Can you invoke the Fifth Amendment if you’re a juror being voir dired? [Southern District of Florida Blog] * When it comes to the administrative state, you can run but you can’t hide. [DealBreaker] * The Elizabeth Halverson saga rolls on — and social studies teachers are grateful for the judicial soap opera: “My […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Another Update on the Large and (for the moment still) In Charge Judge Elizabeth Halverson
Jane Ann Morrison, columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, had a column yesterday that put quite a smackdown on two-time Judge of the Day Elizabeth Halverson (see her previous honors here and here). Along with some catty renditions of some of the facts we already knew (like the fact that Judge Halverson’s pre-judicial legal experience […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Judge of the Day: Elizabeth Halverson (again)
It’s time for a quick update on Judge Elizabeth Halverson. As you may recall, Judge Halverson — a Nevada state court judge, with her chambers in Las Vegas — was recently named our Judge of the Day. She achieved this honor after being banned from the courthouse by the chief judge. Anyway, we’re pleased to […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Judge of the Day, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sexual Harassment, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Judges of the Day: Elizabeth Halverson and Fred Axley
State court judges are like bratty kids, or pets that aren’t housebroken. You can’t take them anywhere. Because they’ve probably already been banned from where you were planning to take them. Even if the place in question is the courthouse. Consider the Honorable Elizabeth Halverson (at right). From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: The District Court […]