LAWYERS AND ATTORNEYS

Articles and editorials

Cobell Class Members Question Settlement Attorney Conduct, S3322 [2JN]

Objectors to $3.4B Indian Trust Settlement Get Angry Phone Calls, S3322 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions

Consumers: preclude law firms and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when taking certain actions (see S. 2328), S2953 [13MY]

Courts: clarify meaning of the term ‘‘prevailing party’’ relative to recovery of attorneys’ fees (see H.R. 5187), H6813 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: provide certain members of Reserve components of the Armed Forces who are victims of sex-related offenses with access to a special victims’ counsel (see H.R. 4863), H5363 [12JN]

——— provide members of Reserve components who are victims of sex-related offenses with access to Special Victims’ Counsel (see S. 2843), S5698 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (see H.R. 4936), H5639 [23JN]

——— provide the Inspector General with the authority to investigate allegations of misconduct by departmental attorneys (see S. 2127), S1652 [13MR]

——— reauthorize provisions relative to Independent Counsel (see H.R. 4603), H3940 [7MY]

District of Columbia: establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (see H.R. 5006), H5818 [26JN]

——— revise certain authorities of courts, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and Public Defender Service (see H.R. 4185), H2260 [10MR]

Endangered Species Act: improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees (see S. 2752), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4316), H2743 [27MR]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act (see S. 2748), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4318), H2743 [27MR]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require Federal agencies to report payments made due to court cases to which the U.S. is a party and the Administrative Conference of the U.S. to compile and publish such data (see S. 2770), S5218 [31JY]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1241 [16JA]

Manning, Jean M.: designate as Chief Counsel for Employment Emeritus of the Senate (see S. Res. 391), S1653 [13MR]

National Credit Union Administration: provide pass-through share insurance for deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts (see S. 2699), S5134 [30JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish Law School Clinic Certification Program (see H.R. 5108), H6295 [15JY]

Patents: curb unfair and deceptive practices during assertion of patents (see S. 2049), S1174 [26FE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize document production and representation in Care One Management LLC, et al. v. United Healthcare Workers East, Service Employees International Union 1199, et al. (see S. Res. 392), S1653 [13MR]

——— authorize testimony, document production, and representation in City of Lafayette v. Bryan Benoit (see S. Res. 452), S3184 [20MY]

——— authorize testimony, document production, and representation in North Dakota v. Beatrice Quill (see S. Res. 516), S4763 [23JY]

——— authorize testimony and representation in U.S. v. Onstad (see S. Res. 360), S1001 [24FE]

——— authorize written testimony, document production, and representation in Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Foundation, Inc. v. U.S. (see S. Res. 422), S2379 [10AP]

——— direct to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State (see S. Res. 504), S4557 [16JY]

Letters

Cobell v. Salazar class action lawsuit settlement: class counsel, S3323 [2JN]

Executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief: several former INS/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services general counsels, H8381 [4DE]

——— several law professors, H8378–H8381, H8641–H8643 [4DE]

Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts insurance coverage by National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund: Sheila A. Albin, National Credit Union Administration (2008), H3427 [6MY]

Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts maintenance by an attorney at a credit union: Richard S. Schulman, National Credit Union Administration (1996), H3426 [6MY]

Nomination of Pamela Harris to be circuit judge: Douglas T. Kendall and Judith E. Schaeffer, Constitutional Accountability Center, S4866 [24JY]

——— Harold E. Rolfe, S4865 [24JY]

——— Nancy Duff Campbell and Marcia D. Greenberger, National Women’s Law Center, S4864 [24JY]

——— several attorneys, S4862, S4863, S4864 [24JY]

——— Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, S4865 [24JY]

Suitability of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division relative to actions as NAACP Legal Defense Fund director of litigation in representing Mumia Abu-Jamal: Maureen Faulkner, S1268 [4MR]

Questions and answers

Actions in work as lead class action attorney in Supreme Court case Cobell v. Salazar: Senator McCain with Keith M. Harper, S3323–S3325 [2JN]

Remarks in House

ABA: Standards Review Committee proposal to change accreditation standard regarding bar passage, E163 [4FE]

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: anniversary, E1827 [12DE]

Civil rights: tribute to lawyers challenging segregation in schools, H4463, H4464 [19MY]

Decalogue Society of Lawyers: anniversary, E941 [10JN]

Deer, Sarah: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient, E1815 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of the General Counsel funding, H5291 [11JN]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to retain legal counsel who is not an employee of either Dept. of HUD or Dept. of Justice, H5177, H5178 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (H.R. 4936), H6663 [23JY]

——— U.S. attorneys investigations and prosecutorial resources funding, H4903, H4904 [28MY]

District of Columbia: establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (H.R. 5006), E1091 [26JN]

——— revise certain authorities of courts, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and Public Defender Service (H.R. 4185), H6150–H6152 [14JY], E338 [10MR]

Endangered Species Act: improve disclosure of funds expended to respond to lawsuits, dedicate employees to litigation, and cover attorneys fees, H6844 [25JY], H6990–H6993 [29JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, H6844 [25JY], H6990–H6993, H7010, H7011 [29JY]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require Federal agencies to report payments made due to court cases to which the U.S. is a party and the Administrative Conference of the U.S. to compile and publish such data (H.R. 2919), H3430–H3433 [6MY]

Hampden County Bar Association: anniversary, E1561 [13NO]

Howard, Diane: Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau, MO, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1621 [18NO]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (H.R. 5228), H7057 [30JY]

LSC: anniversary, E1208, E1213, E1214 [23JY], E1223, E1226, E1227 [24JY], E1233, E1239, E1242, E1243 [25JY], E1295 [1AU]

——— funding, H4961–H4963 [29MY]

——— funding through reductions in DEA funding, H4930, H4931 [29MY]

McIver, Harrison D., III: ABA Charles H. Dorsey Award recipient, E1594 [14NO]

New York Bar Association: anniversary of Law, Youth and Citizenship Program, H8147 [20NO]

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (organization): anniversary, E422 [24MR]

Office of the Special Advocate: establish, H4797 [22MY]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish Law School Clinic Certification Program (H.R. 5108), H7481–H7483 [15SE]

Redwood City, CA: tribute to San Mateo County Law Library, E1504 [19SE]

Southern Illinois University: anniversary of School of Law, H2684 [26MR], E434 [25MR]

Strong, Tom: Missourian Award recipient, E1472 [19SE]

University of New Mexico: tribute to mock trial team, E478 [1AP]

Remarks in Senate

Adegbile, Debo P.: suitability to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division relative to actions as NAACP Legal Defense Fund director of litigation in representing Mumia Abu-Jamal, S918 [12FE], S1262–S1264, S1267, S1270–S1272 [4MR], S1285, S1288–S1295, S1305 [5MR]

Dept. of Justice: investigation into fraudulent Social Security disability claims, S6889–S6891 [16DE]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (S. 822), S1811 [27MR], S1898, S1912 [1AP], S2337, S2358, S2371 [10AP], S2403 [11AP], S2577 [1MY], S4670 [22JY], S5290 [31JY], S5574 [15SE], S5845 [18SE]

Green, James W.F.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3210, S3212 [21MY]

Harper, Keith M.: suitability to be U.N. Human Rights Council member relative to work as lead class action attorney in Supreme Court case Cobell v. Salazar, S3320–S3322 [2JN]

LSC: anniversary, S4897–S4899 [24JY], S4994 [28JY]

Luger, Andrew M.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S644 [30JA], S677 [3FE], S744–S746 [4FE], S811 [6FE], S935, S936 [12FE]

Manning, Jean M.: designate as Chief Counsel for Employment Emeritus of the Senate (S. Res. 391), S1669 [13MR], S1724 [25MR]

Martinez, Damon P.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3212 [21MY]

National Healthcare Decisions Day: observance, S2375 [10AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: establish Law School Clinic Certification Program (H.R. 5108), S6354 [4DE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize document production and representation in Care One Management LLC, et al. v. United Healthcare Workers East, Service Employees International Union 1199, et al. (S. Res. 392), S1669 [13MR]

——— authorize testimony, document production, and representation in City of Lafayette v. Bryan Benoit (S. Res. 452), S3193 [20MY]

——— authorize testimony, document production, and representation in North Dakota v. Beatrice Quill (S. Res. 516), S4846 [23JY]

——— authorize testimony and representation in U.S. v. Onstad (S. Res. 360), S1009 [24FE]

——— authorize written testimony, document production, and representation in Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Foundation, Inc. v. U.S. (S. Res. 422), S2391 [10AP]

——— direct to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State (S. Res. 504), S4568, S4569 [16JY]

Techau, Kevin W.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S935, S936 [12FE]

Thomson, Kathryn B.: nomination to be Dept. of Transportation General Counsel, unanimous-consent agreement, S1834 [27MR]

Viken, Linda Lea: South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year award recipient, S5584 [15SE]

Walker, Larry, Jr.: ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, S2706 [6MY]

Reports filed

District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4185) (H. Rept. 113–514), H5826 [3JY]

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4318) (H. Rept. 113–540), H6397 [17JY]

Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4316) (H. Rept. 113–538), H6397 [17JY]

Nomination of Andrew M. Luger To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Nomination of Arthur L. Bentley III To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5588 [15SE]

Nomination of Damon P. Martinez To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2161 [3AP]

Nomination of David Rivera To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5992 [13NO]

Nomination of James W.F. Green To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2613 [1MY]

Nomination of Kevin W. Techau To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S223 [9JA]

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2919) (H. Rept. 113–434), H3445 [6MY]

Patent and Trademark Office Law School Clinic Certification Program Establishment: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5108) (H. Rept. 113–588), H7527 [15SE]

Texts of

H.R. 2919, Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act, H3430 [6MY]

H.R. 4185, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act, H6150 [14JY]

H.R. 5108, Patent and Trademark Office Law School Clinic Certification Program establishment, H7482 [15SE]

S. Res. 360, Senate Legal Counsel testimony and representation in U.S. v. Onstad, S1008 [24FE]

S. Res. 391, designate Jean M. Manning Chief Counsel for Employment Emeritus of the Senate, S1664 [13MR]

S. Res. 392, Senate Legal Counsel document production and representation in Care One Management LLC, et al. v. United Healthcare Workers East, Service Employees International Union 1199, et al., S1664 [13MR]

S. Res. 422, Senate Legal Counsel testimony in writing, document production, and representation in Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Foundation, Inc. v. U.S., S2387 [10AP]

S. Res. 452, Senate Legal Counsel testimony, document production, and representation in City of Lafayette v. Bryan Benoit, S3191 [20MY]

S. Res. 504, direct Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State, S4559 [16JY]

S. Res. 516, Senate Legal Counsel testimony, document production, and representation in North Dakota v. Beatrice Quill, S4771 [23JY]