11.   Cavanaugh, a former state legislator and Middlesex registrar of probate, apparently runs his court in the time-honored tradition of many political appointees.

12.   Choate Hall played down the loss Tuesday, saying the consulting business will be taken over by former state legislator and Suffolk County Sheriff Dennis Kearney.

13.   Cooley, a rancher and former state legislator, was an outspoken critic of federal land policies in the West during his two years in Washington.

14.   Davis reached into New Hampshire, the home of the first presidential primary, to hire former legislator Steve Maviglio as his chief spokesman.

15.   Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres, a former state legislator, summed it up when asked how he felt about the growing number of Latino legislators.

16.   Duke is a former state legislator for Louisiana who is running for the U.S. Senate.

17.   Don Sullivan, Cheyenne, Wyo., attorney and former state legislator, argued this case at the high court.

18.   Even conservatives like Muhammad Javad Larijani, a Berkeley-educated former legislator, favor temporary marriage.

19.   Everson referred questions to his attorney, former state legislator James Collins of Amherst, who declined comment.

20.   Former legislator and attorney Margaret Ng attacked the new guidelines as a blatant restriction on freedom of speech.