Board of Trustees and Assignments
Officers
President - David B.
Mulé
Judicial Liaison, Community Outreach, New Memberships
President - Elect, Patricia S. Muro
DBA Luncheons & Mixers, 2012-13 Installation
Secretary - Michael B.
Rover
Mediation
Treasurer - Julie A.
Rosser
New Memberships, Bird Awards, Website
Trustees
Karen J.
Sloat - Bird Awards
Carlos L.
Campos - Adopt-a-School, Client Relations
James T.
Latting - Adopt-a-School, Mediation
Kimberly T.
Lee - Senior Law Day, Distinguished Lawyer Award
Robert J. Gilliland,
Jr. - Fee Arbitration
Roger K.
Tansey - Website, New Memberships, Senior Law Day
Christoffer J.
Thomsen - Fee Arbitration, Senior Law
Day
Immediate Past Presidents
Mary Gilstrap
Barbara R. Baron
New Members
- Tory Christensen
- Joseph Meeks
- Richard Muir
- Dorinda Myers
- Peter Potente
- Judith Schurr
- Summer Shaw
- Michael Walker
Past Events
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Desert Bar Association
Items of Interest
FBA INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER PRESENTS "MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCIES"
The Federal Bar Association Inland Empire Chapter presents "Municipal Bankruptcies" with speaker Franklin C. Adams, Partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 12:00pm-1:15pm. George E. Brown, Jr. Federal Courthouse, 3470 Twelfth Street, Courtroom 3, Riverside, CA 92501. Lunch will be served. Non-Members: $35.00. RSVP no later than June 14, 2013, to Julie Cicero at (951) 328-4440 or julie_cicero@cacd.uscourts.gov.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - MAY 2013 EDITION
The May 2013 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
FBA INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER PRESENTS FEDERAL ATTORNEY ADMISSION CEREMONY
The Federal Bar Association Inland Empire Chapter presents the Federal Attorney Admission Ceremony for admission to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Presiding over the ceremony will be U.S. Magistrate Judges David T. Bristow, Oswald Parada and Sheri Pym. Thursday, June 6, 2013, at 8:00am @ George E. Brown, Jr. Federal Courthouse, 3470 Twelfth Street, Courtroom 3, Riverside, CA 92501. There will be a reception immediately following the ceremony. RSVP no later than June 4, 2013, to Julie Cicero by calling (951) 328-4440 or by sending an email to Julie_cicero@cacd.uscourts.gov.
FAMILY LAW SECTION MONTHLY DINNER
Judge Dale Wells will be joining us for this month’s FLS dinner at Trilussa’s on Thursday, May 16! There has been much confusion about the state of the family law courts in Indio, and he will bring us up to date as much as can be achieved, before he prepares to move into his new assignment. We are starting at 5:30 p.m.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY LAW LIBRARY ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR
Victoria Williamson has been selected as the new Director for the Riverside County Law Library. With over 22 years of experience, she has returned to Riverside ready to lead the Law Library in living up to its mission of providing free and open access to the law for all in the County.
INDIO BRANCH OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY LAW LIBRARY IS MOVING!
The Indio Branch of the Riverside County Law Library will be temporarily closed from April 3-14, 2013, as it moves to its new location at 46-900A Monroe St., Indio, CA 92201.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2013 EDITION
The March 2013 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2013 EDITION
The February 2013 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2013 EDITION
The January 2013 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2012 EDITION
The October 2012 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
FIRST DISCIPLINARY CHARGES FILED AS A RESULT OF MCLE AUDIT
San Francisco, Oct. 3, 2012 - The State Bar announced today that it has filed disciplinary charges against three attorneys as a result of stepped up enforcement of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirements. The attorneys falsely reported to the bar that they had fulfilled the requirement to complete 25 hours of MCLE, according to charging documents filed Monday in State Bar Court. The three cases mark the first disciplinary action to result from the State Bar's increased scrutiny of MCLE compliance. More charges are expected in coming weeks. A total of 27 lawyers were referred to the Office of Chief Trial Counsel as a result of last year's random audit of 635 lawyers.
PASSING OF COMMISSIONER RONALD D. LORDEN
The DBA sadly announces the passing of Commissioner Ronald D. Lorden, on July 26, 2012. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held this Sunday, August 5, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., at the residence of Dr. Robert Steinberg, in Rancho Mirage, California.
RESULTS OF THE DBA ELECTION
The votes have been tallied, and we are now happy to announce your incoming Officers and Board of Trustees of the Desert Bar Association for 2012-2013 are...
PASSING OF MARK SULLIVAN
The DBA was sad to learn that Mark Sullivan passed away this past weekend. The service for Mr. Sullivan will be this Friday, July 6, 2012, at 3:00pm at Forest Lawn in Cathedral City. A reception will immediately follow at Mr. Sullivan's office, located at 555 South Palm Canyon Drive, 2nd Floor, Palm Springs. For more information, please contact Heidi at (760) 327-1529.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2012 EDITION
The June 2012 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
DESERT PALMS LEGAL PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION - NEWSLETTER, ISSUE 4, VOL. 12
You may download a copy of the latest issue of the DPLPA newsletter here. Warning: It is 3MB, so be prepared for a large download.
HELP FOR JENNIFER (FRENCH) MCQUEEN
We are reaching out to the legal community, friends and family asking for donations from people to help with respite and other care for Jennifer (French) McQueen, who has been stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, at the age of 39. Jennifer has worked as a paralegal in the community for almost 20 years, working for BB&K, Leonard Bock, Ealy, Hemphill & Blasdel, Law Offices of Mark Sullivan, Peters & Freedman, and The Law Offices of Joseph Roman.
PASSING OF JOHN C. RAYBURN
For those who have not heard, former magistrate judge JOHN C. RAYBURN passed away on Monday, May 14, 2012, at the age of 52. He was appointed as a United States magistrate judge for the Central District of California on October 13, 2006, and sat in the Court's Eastern Division in Riverside until his resignation in July 2008.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - MAY 2012 EDITION
The May 2012 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
STATE BAR MCLE AUDIT ALERT
The State Bar is taking a more aggressive approach to auditing MCLE compliance than it has historically. All California lawyers need to be aware of this change in the Bar’s MCLE auditing process. California lawyers must fulfill and accurately document and report their MCLE requirements. No California attorney should be surprised if their compliance certificate is audited.
NEW CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
The National Lawyers Guild is a non-proï¬t legal and political organization comprised of lawyers, legal workers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers, now celebrating 75 years since the Guild’s founding. There must be a minimum of eight dues paying members to form a chapter. They are now taking applications to form a chapter in the Inland Empire. Until a new chapter is formed, members can be designated as "at large". Chapter members can be lawyers, legal workers, law students, or jailhouse lawyers.
FAMILY LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2012 EDITION
The April 2012 edition of the Desert Bar Association Family Law Section Newsletter is now available for download.
TO SUMMARILY ADJUDICATE OR NOT ADJUDICATE: THE RECENT AMENDMENTS TO § 437c
California's statutory summary judgment and adjudication provisions are found in Code of Civil Procedure section 437c. The statue was amended by the state legislature effective January 1, 2012.
FREE MCLE PROGRAMS FROM THE OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES
The State Bar Office of Legal Services has worked with legal aid advocates and the Practising Law Institute (PLI) to develop these training programs which are available on demand at the PLI website. Registration is free.
NEW LEGAL ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE PAGE IS ONLINE
The general Ethics Information page at the State Bar website has added a new area dedicated to Ethics and Technology ― a collection of resources that address professional responsibility issues raised by the use of Internet websites, email, chat rooms and other technologies. The resources include advisory ethics opinions, articles and MCLE programs.
BAR RULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN AN E-READER
To facilitate a lawyer’s ability to readily identify and address legal ethics issues, the State Bar has published an e-Reader version of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar Act. The e-Reader version of the rule book is compatible with the Kindle Reader App, a free e-Reader application available for iPads, iPhones, Blackberry phones, Android phones, Macbooks and PC laptops. The book also works on all versions of Amazon.com’s Kindle.
STATE BAR FEE BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
Gov. Brown signed a measure authorizing the State Bar to collect $400 for most active lawyers, $115 for inactive lawyers and to offer an option to donate $20 to legal services programs.
CA SUPREME COURT OPINION: CASSEL V. SUPERIOUR COURT OF LOS ANGELES (SUPER. CT. NO. LC070478, FILED 1/13/11)
"The issue here is the effect of the mediation confidentiality statutes on private discussions between a mediating client and attorneys who represented him in the mediation. ... The [Court of Appeal] majority concluded, when a mediation disputant sues his own counsel for malpractice in connection with the mediation, the attorneys — already freed, by reason of the malpractice suit, from the attorney-client privilege — cannot use mediation confidentiality as a shield to exclude damaging evidence of their own entirely private conversations with the client. The dissenting justice urged that the majority had crafted an unwarranted judicial exception to the clear and absolute provisions of the mediation confidentiality statutes. Though we understand the policy concerns advanced by the Court of Appeal majority, the plain language of the statutes compels us to agree with the dissent."
ABA Journal: Plaintiff Who Discussed Suit with Lawyer on Work E-Mail Can't Claim Privilege
A woman who sued her employer claiming discrimination can't shield her lawyer e-mails in the litigation because they were sent from her work e-mail account, a California appeals court has ruled.
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