Attorneys

SALT LAKE CITY — Layton City Attorney Gary Crane has been named Attorney of the Year by the Utah State Bar.

Crane serves as the city attorney for Layton. He previously worked as assistant city attorney for West Valley City and as a legal counsel to Bluffdale and Morgan cities.

Crane received a Master of Public Administration and his juris doctorate from Brigham Young University.

“Across the entire state, lawyers make positive and lasting contributions to their communities.

OGDEN -- Weber County Attorney Dee Smith complained today about what he termed the shenanigans of one of Matthew Stewart's defense attorneys.

"There's been some shenanigans going on in this case by one of the attorneys. The word shenanigans is the best way to describe it."

Specifically, Smith complains about motions filed by defense attorney Randy Richards that ask for evidence in the case and implying that prosecutors have something to hide.

Stephen Glass faked all or parts of more than 40 articles for national magazines from 1996 to 1998. In 2003, he acknowledged that his violation of journalistic standards was so severe that he would "never be welcomed within journalism, and rightly so."

Now the California Supreme Court will decide whether Glass' behavior was so bad as to make him morally unfit to practice law.

OGDEN -- Weber County's lawyers would like to keep a woman suing for sexual harassment from contacting her former co-workers.

SEATTLE -- A convicted killer who committed suicide four days after he was sentenced to life in prison is appealing his case from the grave -- at taxpayers' expense.

OGDEN -- Almost a year and a half after Merlynn Kilfoyle was sentenced to prison for a homicide, the prosecution and the defense are still arguing about his psychological exams.

In court motions, Kilfoyle's public defender argued Weber County still owes $4,300 on the defense bill for psychological exams of Kilfoyle, who suffered mild mental illness. His mental state led to a plea bargain, reducing the homicide charge from a first-degree felony to a third-degree felony.