Trump adds another SC attorney to legal team In an email Monday to South Carolina members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, group chairman Wallace Lightsey says Deborah Barbier has been hired to join Butch Bowers in crafting a defense for Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial, set for the week of Feb. 8. By Associated Press | January 26, 2021 at 8:00 AM EST - Updated January 26 at 3:30 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Donald Trump is adding another attorney from South Carolina to his impeachment legal team: a former federal prosecutor-turned-defense attorney who specializes in white-collar crime.
That’s according to the head of a South Carolina trial lawyer group.
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AJC Mourns Passing of Honorary President Howard Friedman
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ American Jewish Committee (AJC) mourns the passing of Howard Friedman, who served as president of the premier global Jewish advocacy organization from 1983 to 1986. He was 92 years old.
A longtime partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Loeb and Loeb, Friedman served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of California from 1955 to 1957. Before being elected AJC President, the first person on the West Coast to hold the position, he served as Chair of AJC s Board of Governors, Chair of AJC s Board of Trustees, and President of AJC Los Angeles. He was an AJC Honorary President from 1986 till his death.
Elizabeth J. Roff has joined Stellpflug Law PLLC as a partner.
With more than 10 years of courtroom experience, Roff has taken the lead on more than 400 civil matters involving commercial losses, with a focus on construction defect and product liability disputes. Her career highlights include numerous successful trial verdicts, settlement awards and procedural dismissals.
Roff co-authored “Minnesota Commercial General Liability Insurance Policy: Annotated,” cited as authority by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in
Grinnell Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ripley, No. A09-179 (Minn. Ct. App., Dec. 29, 2009). She is also the primary author of the Post Loss Duties of an Insured chapter of the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Deskbook.