Michael W. Kiernan, Esq.

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Michael W. Kiernan, Esq.

Litigation, Family Law, Wills, Trusts & Estates and Real Estate.

03/09/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/russia-is-a-no-show-at-international-court-hearing-on-ukraine-invasion

Russia has declined to participate in a hearing before the International Court of Justice on its invasion of Russia.

03/08/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-accused-of-shooting-arrows-gun-at-ex-girlfriends-law-office-loses-civil-appeal

A disbarred California lawyer accused of shooting a crossbow and gun into his ex-girlfriend’s law office building has failed to overturn a $2.2 million judgment against him.

03/07/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/ukrainian-bar-leaders-share-experience-on-the-ground-amid-russian-invasion

The aftermath of the missile attack by Russian forces against the city council building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photo by Pavel Dorogoy/The Associated Press.

02/25/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biden-nominates-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-us-supreme-court

U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be nominated to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court, multiple publications are reporting.

02/24/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-deemed-an-overzealous-advocate-is-suspended-for-altering-lineup-photos

The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a Miami criminal defense lawyer for altering photos of police lineups that were shown to a robbery victim during a deposition.

02/23/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/study-conventional-wisdom-is-wrong-about-lawyers-mental-health-but-drinking-rate-is-extraordinary

Lawyers consume alcohol “at extraordinary rates” compared to their educational peers, according to a study based on multiyear data. But lawyers don’t have significantly higher rates of mental illness than others, including doctors, veterinarians and dentists, the study found.

02/22/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/the-good-ship-5th-circuit-is-afire-dissenter-says-majority-invented-new-title-vii-sin-in-vaccine-case

A federal appeals judge under fire for asking a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer to remove his mask during oral arguments took a different tack in a fiery dissent in a case involving United Airlines’ employee vaccine mandate.

02/21/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/inmate-in-solitary-for-27-years-asks-us-supreme-court-to-rule-on-his-eighth-amendment-claim

Lawyers for Texas inmate Dennis Wayne Hope have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether his 27 years in solitary confinement violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

02/18/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-lost-his-job-his-fiancee-and-his-friends-after-presence-outside-capitol-riot

A Frisco, Texas, lawyer who posted video of himself outside the U.S. Capitol riot last year said he lost his job, his fiancee and his friends in the aftermath.

02/17/2022

The gears of justice can grind slowly.

A federal judge who took nearly five years to adopt a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation for restitution failed to conduct a proper review before doing so, according to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New York.

02/16/2022

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-says-he-will-toss-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-the-new-york-times-after-jury-verdict

Updated: A federal judge in New York told lawyers on Monday that he will dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against the New York Times by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

02/14/2022

Yes.

Reversal rates could become an issue in U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearings, but they should be taken with a grain of salt, according to experts who spoke with Bloomberg Law.

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