Kathleen Zellner
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.19.19
* An attorney who put price tags for cheaper items on more expensive products at Walmart has just received a one-year stayed suspension from practice. [Bloomberg Law]
* A plaintiffs lawyer involved in litigation against Monsanto has been charged with extortion for offering to cease legal action against a large company in exchange for a $200 million consulting fee. Hasn’t Michael Avenatti taught this lawyer anything? [CBS News]
* Boeing has been hit with another lawsuit involving its 737 Max jets. [CNN]
* The first African-American Attorney General in the history of Kentucky was sworn in this week. [NBC News]
* An attorney has been suspended for among other things submitting fake expense receipts for an ABA conference. [Bloomberg Law].
* It’s been a while since Above the Law published a “Lawyerly Lairs” segment, but check out famed “Making a Murderer” attorney Kathleen Zellner’s pad, which just hit the market. [Chicago Tribune]
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Murder, Television
With Evidence That Could Exonerate Him, Will Steven Avery Of 'Making A Murderer' Get A New Trial?
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Crime, Television
Steven Avery Of 'Making A Murderer' Makes Major Strides In Case To Prove His Innocence
This development was completely lost in the news that Brendan Dassey will be released from prison.
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Books, Murder
'Making A Murderer' Prosecutor Begged Steven Avery To Confess So He Could Write A Book About It
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.11.16
* According to the latest report from the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center, in a battle of the fittest, Biglaw firms may be heading the way of the dodo bird thanks to their refusal to evolve. [DealBook / New York Times]
* The members of the most prestigious sorority around — the women leaders of America’s Biglaw firms — dine together every few months to discuss the challenges associated with being in charge in a profession that’s essentially still a boys’ club. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* The makeup of the Supreme Court and its justices’ past, present, and future rulings continue to be a big issue on the Election 2016 campaign trail, but what really makes this a true shame is that many U.S. citizens couldn’t name a single justice if they tried. [CNN]
* Why do Supreme Court justices love quoting Shakespeare so much? A study conducted by Scott and Ami Dodson found that Justice Antonin Scalia quoted The Bard most often in opinions, and perhaps it’s because some believe he was a lawyer himself. [Economist]
* Steven Avery, the defendant profiled in Making a Murderer, has a new lawyer who hopes to prove his innocence. Kathleen Zellner joins the Midwest Innocence Project to fight for his second exoneration after an allegedly wrongful conviction. [NBC Chicago]