John F. Kennedy, Jr. failed the New York bar exam twice, the second time earning the headline, "Hunk Flunks" on the front page of the New York Times. Hillary Clinton failed the D.C. bar exam. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch failed once and former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley …
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Despite passing in Arkansas, she failed in D.C., signaling the beginning of the end of her short-lived career.
Named partner at Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Supreme Court arguer, former dean of Stanford Law School, and California bar exam failure.
Luckily for Brown, failing the California bar the first time around didn't disqualify him from becoming the state's governor.
Failed the New York bar, maybe because he kinda wishes wife beating was legal.
Good news: You can fail the Tennessee bar exam and still vote to authorize wars, ban same-sex marriage, and support the credit card industry!
Clearly failing the bar held back the former New York mayor from ever achieving anything of note his entire life.
Good to know: Failing the bar can't even keep you off the SCOTUS bench.
Betty Lou Lamoreaux was a giant on the Orange County Superior Court bench. Her work with children was so impressive that the county named the sevenstory family courthouse after her: the Lamoreaux Juvenile Justice Center. Lamoreaux, now 94, has Alzheimer’s disease and is unable to care for herself.
Their goal is the care of the client.”. However, John Deily, an Irvine probate attorney who represents fiduciaries, says the system is fraught with conflict, in which many families don’t get along with each other or with the conservators. “ [And] our probate courts are exploding with … the volume,” Deily said.
The Judicial Council of California reported that probate filings reached 47,170 cases in fiscal 2015- 16. California’s Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, a division of the Department of Consumer Affairs, has one investigator and two fulltime administrators to oversee 995 licensees.
It’s called probate court, and — used properly — it can be a way to protect the elderly and disabled from physical and financial bullying by family and friends. But probate court also can open the door for high-priced professionals to swallow a client’s life savings and the family’s future inheritance.
Kathy Gardner, a former Cicerone employee and client, joined the chorus of people unhappy with Cicerone. Gardner, in a court declaration, said she made bank deposits on behalf of clients, usually depositing them in batches, a process that takes about 15 minutes.
Kennett Taylor poses with a photo of his ex-wife, Elinor Frerichs, outside the Elihu M Harris State Building in Oakland, Calif., after meeting with Senator Nancy Skinner on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)
Betty Lou Lamoreaux was a giant on the Orange County Superior Court bench. Her work with children was so impressive that the county named the seven-story family courthouse after her — the Lamoreaux Juvenile Justice Center.
“Often there is a little buddy-buddy system going on … sometimes a judge has friends who are attorneys,” said Thomas Coleman, a Palm Springs lawyer who specializes in representing the disabled.
Elinor Frerichs’ story reads like a movie plot: rich, elderly widow marries younger man and attempts to sign over her estate. Social service workers get suspicious that the beau has too much influence over his wealthy bride.