That’s it, you’re done. After struggling to pay your debts, you’re ready to consider bankruptcy. It’s time to contact a lawyer to represent you, but which one?

ALBION, N.Y. (AP) - A western New York man has been sentenced to from one to three years in prison for causing a traffic accident that killed his fiancee in 2011.

A McAlester man was recently sentenced to prison in a mehtamphetamine case.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office obtained a decision shutting down Campaign Center, Inc., one of New York’s largest professional fundraising firms, for defrauding the public out of millions of dollars in the name of fighting breast cancer. read more

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:03:51 GMT By Chris Bristol Yakima Herald-Republic Two years to the day, a motorist who caused an injury crash near Moxee while high on meth and marijuana was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. Margo Gwen Briceno, 38, of Moxee also was placed on 18 months of probation for her guilty plea to two coun...

News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday vetoed a bill that would require images that document animal abuse be turned over to law enforcement within 48 hours, saying his main concern is its constitutionality. State Attorney General Bob Cooper last week said in a legal opinion that the measure would be "constitutionally suspect" because it could violate ...

An Alabama resident who allegedly fled Genesee County justice and was later arrested in Arkansas is back in local custody, being held without bail. On March 27, 2012 , Benjamin William Muntz, 24, of Knowlesville Road, reportedly failed to appear for sentencing on his convictions for grand larceny, 3rd, burglary, 2nd, and criminal possession of stolen property, 5th. There were reports of him ...

Former Preston County Animal Shelter Manager Courtney Austin and her attorney filed a lawsuit Friday in the United States District Court for the northern district of West Virginia.

Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2013 9:15 pm | Updated: 3:18 pm, Fri May 10, 2013.

A Lawton man convicted in a counterfeiting scam will spend two years in prison.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth graduate commencement was held Saturday. Judge Phillip Rapoza, chief justice of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, delivered the graduate address and received an honorary Doctor of Law degree.

HAGERSTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maryland personal injury lawyer is hosting a pro bono legal day in Hagerstown, Maryland. Maryland personal injury lawyer with offices in Baltimore, Hagerstown, Frederick, Cumberland and Salisbury.

The U.S. Supreme Court fight over California’s Proposition 8, viewed by gay-rights advocates as a historic opportunity to establish same-sex marriage nationwide, may not even settle the issue in the state.

By Renatta Signorini, Tribune-Review Three candidates for one seat on Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court have mustered nearly $240,000 in the campaign. Of that total, personal loans from the ...

A married Jefferson City attorney who wanted to keep his Ukrainian girlfriend in the country was indicted for trying get around immigration laws by conspiring to have her marry another man.

Sandra Lee Miller, found guilty of attempting to transport illegal immigrants to Houston, will report to prison at 2 p.m. Wednesday to serve her 90-day sentence.

SAN JOSE -- Jon Reno St. James, who operated the Party Bus of Santa Cruz, appeared in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Friday to answer manslaughter charges related to the July 2012 death of a Santa Cruz woman who fell from a bus onto Highway 17.

The Davenport trial for one of the murdered Iowa cousins father has been delayed. A domestic assault trial for Dan Morrissey was scheduled to go on trial today on charges of misdemeanor assault against

An inmate who escaped from a prison in Norfolk over the weekend is back in custody, according to Cara Savelli, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Stephen Gibbons was “declared missing from the property” of the Pondville Correctional Center shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, the spokeswoman said. The facility holds up to 160 inmates at a minimum security level and up to ...

A District of Columbia teenager was sentenced to seven years in prison for beating an 81-year-old woman during a break-in of her Chevy Chase home in Northwest Washington.

A state trooper believes Theotis Thomas Jr. picked up the 14-year-old girl after recruiting her online. MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The Webster County prosecuting attorney believes a state trooper’s routine traffic stop rescued a young teenager from the child sex trade. A man from St. Louis is in the Webster County jail and accused of trying to take a girl from Springfield to St. Louis to be part of a ...

Olympia roommates who were held in solitary confinement at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center after last year’s May Day riots in Seattle — which they skipped — say they still don’t know why they were singled out.

Biologix Hair Inc. has appointed Ken Zadoorian to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Zadoorian will serve as an independent, non-executive Director.

HARTFORD, Conn.—A reputed Connecticut mobster was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he knows something about the largest art heist in U.

State GOP says Gov. O’Malley must remove his administration from corruption inquiry.

MASON, Ohio (AP) - A southwest Ohio man avoided a possible life prison sentence when a judge acquitted him of raping a toddler.

A judge ordered a Milwaukee man accused of killing three members of a southwestern Wisconsin family to stand trial Monday, noting that investigators said he had confessed to them.

State attorneys successfully quashed testimony on issues key to Vernon Hershberger's defense, including the quality of his raw milk.

A Cleveland couple is in jail after being arrested with $11,000 worth of Ecstasy pills.

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied review of a $700,000 predatory lending order against Girard Finance Company of Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County.The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission found the company and its owner Thomas Richter targeted minorities for unfair business loans.The court's May 15 decision ends appeals of the PHRC ...

A Myrtle Beach man who is accused of robbing 14 banks in six states was sentenced today in federal court in downtown Charleston for his robberies in the Palmetto state.

The trial, which is expected to last two days, will be held in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Family Division in front of Judge Patricia N. Conlon.

A state prison inmate accused of raping a teenage mentally-challenged girl while out on furlough pleaded guilty to felony rape...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has resolved the State’s enforcement action against Austin-based legal services provider Just for People, Inc. In July 2012, the State charged Just for People, its directors and its affiliates with providing unauthorized legal advice, document preparation and other immigration-related services in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA).

Gov. Mark Dayton is asking the state Senate to reject the reappointment of a tax court judge.

Waco drug dealer Carroll Joe Parr was executed Tuesday night in Huntsville for the 2003 murder of a fellow drug dealer, 18-year old Joel Dominguez, outside a convenience store.

Alan H. Willis II, 41, of Rutland, was indicted April 24 on a conspiracy to distribute heroin charge involving allegations he was selling hundreds of bags of heroin a week in Rutland since June 2012.

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor hopes to spark discussion of how to improve judicial elections and voter participation.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court will consider cases in which prosecutors are challenging how lower courts are handling drug convictions jeopardized by alleged misconduct of a chemist at a state drug-testing lab.        

When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave up a claim for damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg, he also likely neutralized a long-awaited challenge to his office's power. New York's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The courts, the Capitol and the clock are complicating a debate over how to end the prohibition on carrying concealed firearms in Illinois.        A federal court ruling in December