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Robert L. Kendall Jr., 83, lawyer

2014-08-31 10:31:15| Trucking - Topix.net

Robert L. Kendall Jr., 83, formerly of Gladwyne, retired partner in the law firm Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis L.L.P., died Wednesday, Aug. 20, of Parkinson's disease at Dunwoody Village.

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Ex-petty officer allegedly posed as JAG lawyer in Nassau court

2014-08-29 21:55:25| Footwear - Topix.net

Kenneth Goldstein, 51, of Queens, is accused of impersonating an attorney during a trial at the Nassau County District Court, according to prosecutors.

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Ex-Coast Guard officer allegedly posed as former military lawyer

2014-08-28 09:35:39| Footwear - Topix.net

An ex-petty officer in the Coast Guard pawned himself off as a former military lawyer and nearly fooled a Long Island judge - until he started rambling like Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinny,'' sources said Wednesday.

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Brazil first indigenous woman lawyer beats prejudice battle land rights

2014-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Raised in isolated villages in the Brazilian Amazon, Joenia Batista de Carvalho grew up loving nature and taking pride in her tribe's customs, way of life and Indian identity. Carvalho is a Wapixana Indian, one of five tribes totalling around 20,000 people who have lived for generations in the Raposa-Serra do Sol - meaning "Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun' - in Brazil's northernmost Roraima state. When Carvalho was seven, the family moved to town while her father stayed behind. That...

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