The Bench
A Front-Row Ticket to Trump Schadenfreude
Who’s that man just over Trump’s shoulder at his civil fraud trial? It’s Allen Roskoff, a longtime Trump antagonist, who scored a seat from Judge Engoron to watch the former President squirm.
In Georgia Judge, Has Trump Finally Met His Audience-Thrilling Match?
Scott McAfee, the cello-playing, What-A-Man-pageant-winning judge presiding over the only televised Trump trial, wants to avoid becoming “the next Judge Ito.”
A Voice for the Yorkies and Doodles When Mom and Dad Split Up
Matthew Cooper, a New York matrimonial-court judge, reviews his landmark canine cases (including one decision citing Lassie) after the passage of a New York law allowing the court to consider the welfare of pets in divorce proceedings.
Meet SG3: The Élite Legal Squad That Vowed to Safeguard the Election
Calling themselves the Three Amigos, a self-appointed legal SWAT team of former Solicitors General ran through all the Doomsday scenarios they could think of—except armed insurrection at the Capitol.
Who Is the Floyd Family’s Lawyer?
Benjamin Crump, known as “the black Gloria Allred,” represents families whose loved ones are killed by cops.
The Next Abortion Warriors
Meet the two lawyers who are preparing to argue the first abortion case to come before the Supreme Court since Brett Kavanaugh came aboard.
The Lehman Judges Judge “The Lehman Trilogy”
A play about the bankruptcy that triggered the 2008 financial meltdown brings two jurists near tears.
Brett Kavanaugh, Sportswriter
Could there be clues to the Supreme Court nominee’s views in his college sports reporting?
Trump’s Twitter Blockees Go To Court
Is the Twittersphere more like a virtual town hall, or an informal convention?
Alec Baldwin’s Legal Tussle Over a Painting
Like many lawsuits, this one began as a love story.