It's the Start of the 2022 Award Season
Nominate Your Legal Colleagues for LACBA's Top Three Awards
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Submit a nomination by uploading a recommendation letter or short bio before the February 9 deadline. Honorees will be recognized at an event scheduled for summer 2022.
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Philip H. Lam (right) in June 2021 with LA City Attorney Mike Feuer following the announcement of the Diversity Impact Award being renamed in Lam's honor. Photo: @CityAttorneyLA
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Los Angeles Superior Court Seeks Attorneys Living with Disabilities to Advise Judicial Mentoring Program
LASC is looking to meet with attorneys living with disabilities to help advise regarding its judicial mentoring program for attorneys interested in appointment to the bench.
If you know individuals or members of other organizations who might be good partners, please email LACBA Executive Director and CEO Stan Bissey at sbissey@lacba.org.
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Black History Month:
Meet this Year's Honorees
Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor, Judge Michelle L. Kazadi, attorney Lisa McLean, and attorney Daniel Prince (pictured top left to bottom right) are LACBA’s 2022 Black History Month Honorees.
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By Ashod Mooradian
An attorney’s departure from a law firm in the middle of an ongoing matter can be a significant disruption—both legally and emotionally—for the affected client. The client is confronted with the unwanted choice between remaining with the firm, leaving with the departing attorney who had primary responsibility for the client’s matter, or retaining new counsel that will have the unenviable task of quickly learning a case that could have years of history.
The departing attorney and the law firm each have ethical duties to the client in connection with the departure that take priority over their own competing interests. This article explores the contours of the ethical duties that the departing attorney and the law firm owe to the client in an ongoing matter and provides practical guidance on how to best protect the client’s interests during such transitions. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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COVID UPDATE: Serving During the Current Surge
Read how the Pro Bono Projects run by LACBA Counsel for Justice are continuing to provide critical legal services to our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News reports have highlighted the plight of immigrants who may fail to obtain needed medical care and other protections due to documentation concerns.
ILAP continues consulting clients in-person, by phone, and via online workshops. To help at the Virtual Citizenship Workshop, Saturday, March 19, fill out the online Attorney Registration Form. (Event co-sponsored by ILAP and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.) Learn more.
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Growing evidence shows the pandemic has made domestic violence more common and, often, more severe.
DVP continues work remotely to provide free preparation, filing, and other services to survivors of domestic violence. Volunteers, especially bi-lingual Spanish speakers, are needed and remote volunteer trainings are offered monthly. Learn more.
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Many of our homeless veterans are among the most vulnerable to the pandemic.
VLSP is functioning remotely to provide assistance with traffic tickets, expungement of criminal convictions, and military discharge upgrades. Outreach to dozens of veterans service providers is also ongoing! Learn more.
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Inquiries have spiked in in the areas of tenant advocacy, employment, debt relief, and healthcare access.
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NEW IN MEMBER PERK: TRIPPLANET
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Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine
February 2022 Issue Preview
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This month features a cover story on extraterritorial enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, in particular, how the United States enforces the act against non-U.S. Companies. Another feature, in a most timely manner, details the role of closing agreements in tax disputes, highlighting a recent Tax Court decision, Crandall v. Commissioner, involving the procedure. Supplementing these articles are practice guidance discussions regarding a new jury selection law and a general intellectual property overview for business lawyers. The first practice tip on AB 3070, codified in California Code of Civil Procedure 231.7, represents the state legislature’s affirmative effort to address the specific issues that arise when an attorney objects to the exercise of peremptory challenges that appear to be based on a juror’s perceived memberships in a protected group (i.e. race, ethnicity, religion, LGBTQ, etc.). The second practice tip, authored by a preeminent IP expert, provides a step-by-step guide for the general business practitioner in the process to obtain protection for intellectual property. LACBA President Brad Pauley, in his monthly address, which evokes the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King and the historic 1960s Civil Rights movement and ties these to the more recent events giving rise to Black Lives Matters, to make a compelling demonstration of all the ways in which LACBA is providing current leadership to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession. Finally, in the Closing Argument, one of the members of Los Angeles Lawyer's Editorial Board looks at some of the ways that the pandemic has surprisingly proven to have a "silvery lining" for the courts.
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Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, the official publication of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, is looking for articles written by lawyers for our members' continuing professional education. We publish articles on substantive law issues that educate and inform other lawyers about the law. No area of law is excluded; what you know about, you can write about. We will gladly provide samples to prospective authors.
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