Tag: lawyer
19 Year-Old to Become Youngest African American to Graduate Law School
The Birmingham Times
Haley Taylor Schlitz will become the youngest American to graduate from law school at 19 years old next month, according to blavity.com.
According...
How Birmingham Attorney C.L. May Raises The Bar And Gives Back
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Cynthianther L. May was in elementary school, a group of lawyers visited for career day. They all were dressed...
Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby
By Mary Claire Dale
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case,...
JCCEO board fired executive director after she questioned ‘financial issues,’ her...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Sharon Myles, the former Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity (JCCEO) Executive Director, said some leaders of the JCCEO are...
Neena Speer’s First Year in Law School Made Her Better Attorney...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
At the time, Neena Speer felt that going through law school was the worst hand she could have been dealt.
“I...
Attorney Eric Guster: The Business of Building a Brand
By Anita Debro
Special to the Birmingham Times
Eric Guster is ready to go home.
It’s been a long day of driving from one place to the...
Local lawyers give first-hand accounts why they see violence escalating in...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Birmingham Times
Lawyers view the violence that permeates a community from a unique vantage point as they defend the accused, prosecute...
New Orleans Scandal Involves Judge, Prominent Lawyer and Businesswoman Facing Federal...
By Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com
A scandal in New Orleans has the city riveted as a prominent lawyer, his wife, a Federal judge and a businesswoman...