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Clement T. Cooper, 76; D.C. Lawyer Clement Theodore Cooper, 76, a Washington lawyer who was involved in mining law cases, died of cancer April 16 at his home in Silver Spring. Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyer Under Scrutiny in Probe A federal task force investigating the activities of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has in recent weeks been looking into whether one of Abramoffs colleagues improperly traded favors with a Justice Department lawyer, sources familiar with the Abramoff investigation said yesterday. Lawyer says Ala. militia raids overblown Raids that resulted in the arrests of six alleged militia members and the seizure of hundreds of hand grenades and bullets were much ado about nothing, a defense lawyer said Friday. Ray Kurtzman, 79; entertainment lawyer at Creative Artists Agency Ray Kurtzman, 79, an entertainment lawyer who was one of the original 20 employees when Creative Artists Agency was launched in the 1970s, died Monday at his Beverly Hills home of complications from Alzheimers disease, the agency announced. Wiretap on lawyer was improper, judge rules A police sting on a defense lawyer -- an operation that worried colleagues statewide about law-enforcement interference in their jobs -- should have been neither proposed nor approved, a judge has ruled. Lawyer blasts new nomination process in Anders riding The nomination process announced yesterday by the federal Tories for the riding of Calgary West is nothing less than the party thumbing its nose at the courts, said a city lawyer last night. Lawyer for New Rochelle custodian charged with murder tells jurors police arrested the wrong guy The lawyer for a New Rochelle school custodian charged with murder urged jurors yesterday not to compound the tragedy of a Mount Vernon barbershop slaying by convicting the wrong man. Maryland: From Fake Lawyer to Perhaps Inmate in Waiting A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to using fake ID to pose as a lawyer and enter a Baltimore prison to have sex with an inmate, prosecutors said. The woman, Tiffany G. Weaver, 29, of Reisterstown, Md., was charged with identity theft and use of false government identification after entering the prison in November to meet the inmate, Jason B. Moody, who is serving 30 years for manslaughter. Ms. ... Special prosecutor in B.C. Rail case seemed to protect former lobbyist:lawyer VANCOUVER (CP) - A special prosecutor investigating a police raid on the B.C. legislature is shirking his public duty to be neutral in the case, a defence lawyer suggested Friday. Illness, not vendetta, caused man to hit memorial, lawyer says The Roane County man accused of squeezing his car through the West Virginia Veterans Memorial has no ax to grind with the military, his lawyer said. | |||||||