Micha Star Liberty to Serve Third Term on State Bar Board of Governors

Micha Star Liberty was recently elected to serve an unprecedented third one-year term on the California State Bar Board of Governors as the California Young Lawyers Association representative.

Settlement Approved in NY Malpractice Lawsuit

The New York Supreme Court has approved a $5.2 million settlement in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of a woman in child birth from internal bleeding after a poorly performed Caesarean procedure. In September 2007, Diane McCable went to Albany Medical Center Hospital in labor. After ten hours, Dr. Cheryl Burack decided she needed [...]

Micha Star Liberty Quoted in Legal Publication

A recent publication in The Recorder discussed how Legislature may move that the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California be appointed by politicians rather than elected by members of the profession.

Micha Star Liberty, who represents the California Young Lawyers Association on the Board, was quoted as saying “This is an idea [...]

Former School Bus Driver Files Lawsuit Against Schools

ATLANTA - A former Cobb County school bus driver claims she was fired for speaking publicly at board of education meetings.
Wanda Smith, a district driver for 21 years, says her right to free speech was violated in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Smith was terminated in April 2009. She had been [...]

Micha Star Liberty Speaks at CAOC’s Annual Tahoe Ski Seminar

Micha Star Liberty was honored to speak at this past weekend’s Consumer Attorneys of California continuing education seminar in Lake Tahoe on the topic of depositions.

Former College Athlete Files Racial Profiling Suit

A former basketball player at the University of San Diego has filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming the university and its campus security staff engaged in racial discrimination and racial profiling. In his lawsuit, Trumaine Johnson claims that he and many other African-America athletes have been stopped while walking or driving and subjected to [...]

Settlement Reached in Police Brutality Lawsuit

WASHINGTON-A civil lawsuit alleging that a Prince George’s County police officer beat a young man outside a nightclub without provocation and then collaborated with another officer to falsely charge the man was settled Monday afternoon after attorneys for both sides delivered opening arguments in Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro.
The civil trial in the lawsuit, filed [...]

Lawsuit Says Stun Gun Caused Severe Brain Damage

SANTA CRUZ, CA - Steve Butler knows Barack Obama is president, but that’s only because Butler has heard the information so many times.
Butler also knows he was shocked with a stun gun fired by a Watsonville police officer when Butler refused to get off a Metro bus on Oct. 7, 2006. But he has no [...]

Boss Sexually Harassed Employee, Suit Says

TEXAS CITY - In a lawsuit laced with lurid accusations, a former College of the Mainland employee is suing the school, claiming discrimination and that sex factored in her employment.
Sandra Brewer, an African-American terminated from the college in 2008, claims in the lawsuit filed by attorney Anthony P. Griffin that she was not hired after [...]

Dartmouth College Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Dartmouth College recently settled a lawsuit with the family of a student who died in 2004 after sustaining severe head injuries during a university skiing class. According to the lawsuit, Christina Porter skied into a tree without a helmet during a beginners ski class, and was in a coma for six months before dying. The [...]