Board of Governor Meetings
Your Wilshire Bar Association Board of Governors generally convenes the first
Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m.
Our next Board meeting is Tuesday, June 4, 2013. If you have any ideas how
our Wilshire Bar may continue to contribute to our Bar and our Community, or
any suggestions for events or speakers, please contact Edward Idell at
213-384-4088 ext. 4110 or by email
to present your ideas to the Board.
Your
Wilshire Bar Association provides
activities and opportunities for attorneys in and around Wilshire Boulevard from Santa Monica to
downtown Los Angeles, California, including Continuing Education
of the Bar, Educational Interaction with the Judiciary, Links to Legal
Resources, Networking, and Community Out-Reach Programs.
Calendar of Events
ANNUAL APPELLATE JUSTICES LUNCHEON - June
5, 2013
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 commencing at noon, the Wilshire Bar Association will join with the Korean
Community Lawyers Association (KCLA) in having our Annual Appellate Justices
Luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel (formerly known as the New Otani), located
at 120 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California 90012. We will have a special guest speaker for
this event, and a choice of a salmon or chicken entree. The cost for this event is $50.00 per
person. Reservations are
required. Please call 213-384-4088 and
contact Estela at ext. 4109 to reserve your space.
Annual Dues
It’s time to pay your 2013 dues!
Please fill out the Application you have received in the mail and
please and return it with your $60 dues made payable to the Wilshire Bar
Association, to David Bloom, at his address, above. Need another application?
Go to the Membership Application link at the left of this page.
Special Thank You’s and
Congratulations
Thank you to all who attended the Annual
Bench and Bar Dinner on May 15, 2013, and thank you to all of the Superior
Court Judges whose attendance helped make this joint event with the Korean
Community Lawyers Association a great success.
Thank you to all who attended our annual
Day at the Races. We hope a profitable time was had by all. Or most. Or some. Certainly a FUN time was had by everyone!
Thank you to Judge Lawrence
("Larry") Crispo (Ret.), who spoke to our Association about One Hundred and Ten Days Before Trial. We greatly appreciate your continued
involvement with our group. Judge
Crispo is available to preside at mediations, arbitrations, for discovery
references and other matters. For more
information, and to contact Judge Crispo, please go to http://www.judgecrispo.com
Thank you to Dr. Kenneth Bachrach of the Tarzana Treatment Centers for your very
informative lecture about Identifying and Treating Substance Abuse in Clients
and Peers. For more information about the Tarzana Treatment Centers or to
contact Dr. Bachrach, please visit this website: www.TarzanaTC.org
Thank you to all who attended our annual
Holiday Luncheon at El Cholo on 12-14-12.
A fun time was had by all!
Thank you to CPA Gary Capata for your
lecture on “Care and Feeding of
your Expert Witness.” Our appetite for important expert information was
sated! If you would like to contact
Mr. Capata, please visit his website at www.capatax.com
Thank you to all who attended our annual
Hollywood Bowl event on 7-29-12 which featured Mel Brooks’ “The
Producers.” It was great fun, and we
got some tips on how to produce a Broadway musical and land in prison!
Thank you to Bruce Bennett of the Rand
Corporation for your lecture at the Appellate Justices Luncheon on 6-6-12
about North Korea, China and the
Nuclear Threat. Also thank you to all
those who attended.
Thank
you to attorney Josh Keane of Blau
& Associates who spoke about “The Importance of Insurance” at our April
17, 2012 MCLE Luncheon.
Thank you to private investigator Jack
Badger who spoke to our Association about “Admissibility and Discovery of Private Investigator Reports and
Ethical Issues.” If you would like
more information about his company’s services, please visit www.goldspartan.net
Thank you to Honorable Retired Judge
Lawrence ("Larry") Crispo, who spoke to our Association about the
current ethical issues in mediation. We greatly appreciate your continued
involvement with our group.
Thank you to Appellate Law Specialist Peter
Israel for your MCLE lecture on “Appellate
Standards of Review.” We all found it quite appealing!
Thank you to addiction specialist, forensic counselor and court liaison Perry Zimmerman for your candid lecture
and discussion about Substance Abuse and its Impact on the Criminal
Justice System.
Thank you to all the Appellate Justices who
attended our Appellate Justices Luncheon and thank you to Dr. Robert J. Brown
of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for your lecture about advances in the
field of pediatric oncology.
Thank you to attorney Michael Homeier for
your lecture on “LLCs v. S
Corporations.” Choices, choices! If you would like to contact Mr.
Homeier, please visit his website at www.homeierlaw.com/homeier.m.html
Thank you to attorney Edward Lear for your
lecture on The Legal Ethics of Social Media.
If you want to contact Mr. Lear, please visit his website at http://www.calstatebardefense.com/
Thank you to all of the Judges of the Los
Angeles Superior Court who attended our recent Bench and Bar Dinner. We appreciate your attendance and
participation
Thank you to attorney Kenneth Lewis for
your lecture about how to obtain,
use and deal with Restraining Orders.
If you want to contact Mr. Lewis, you may reach him at 213-624-4904
or please visit his website at http://www.losangeleslegaldefense.com .
Thank you to Dr. Jack Rothberg, M.D., Ph.D.
psychiatrist, neurologist and expert witness, for your fascinating
presentation about the use of psychologists in civil and criminal
trials. If you would like to get in
touch with Dr. Rothberg, you may reach him at 310-208-5776.
Thank you to Dr. Richard Anderson, President of The Doctors Company, for your
timely and interesting presentation about the future of medical practice in
the U.S. Thank you to all the
appellate court justices who attended our luncheon – we hope you enjoyed
being our guests.
Thank you to Joel Bennett, Esq. for your informative presentation about “The
Pitfalls of Preparing for Trial.” If you want further information you may
contact Mr. Bennett at his website – www.jrbennettlaw.com.
Thank you to Steven A. O’Rourke, Esq. for your their joint presentation about
Alter Ego Law in California. If you
want further information you may contact Mr. O’Rourke at his website – www.calcorplaw.com.
Thank you to Amy Dow, Esq. for speaking
about “Bias Against Women in the Law,” which was equally enlightening to all
who attended.
Thank you to Ellen Pansky, Esq. for the
presentation on "Common
Ethical Problems Related to the Practice of Law." To contact Ms. Pansky,
please visit her website at www.panskymarkle.com/eap.htm
Thank you to all of the Judges of the Los
Angeles Superior Court who attended our recent Bench and Bar Dinner. Hearing your viewpoints about the portrayal
of the Judiciary in film and television
media was most enlightening, and we appreciate your attendance and
participation.
Thank you to Michael Bunda and
Lexis-Nexis for their Search Engine Marketing for Lawyers presentation. All who attended learned a lot!
Thank you to Michael Swarz
of eClaris for your presentation about the latest electronic discovery laws
and technology. For more information about eClaris, please visit their
website at www.eclaris.com
Congratulations to Christopher Marshall,
our former President, who was recently appointed to a judgeship in the San
Bernardino Superior Court.
Thank you to Edward O. Lear, Esq. for your
"reely" interesting lecture on "Reel Justice" and general
ethics issues. The Verdict is that all who attended enjoyed it.
Thank you to Joel Douglas, Esq. of the firm
of Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols for your highly ethical
MCLE lecture on "The Ethics of Bluffing."
Thank you to Honorable Lee Smalley Edmon of
the Los Angeles Superior Court, Civil, for your informative and interesting
MCLE lecture on "What's Happening in the Superior Courts of L.A."
Thank you to Dr. William (Bill) Patzert,
Oceanographer. Patzert is a scientist at the California Institute of
Technology’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California and
was our keynote speaker at our Annual Appellate Justices Luncheon. Great
presentation Doc!
Dr. Patzert's biography:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/bios/patzert_bio.html
Thank you Judge Barry Russell, Chief Judge
of the Bankruptcy Court, for your MCLE lecture to the Wilshire Bar on the new
bankruptcy law.
Congrats Wilshire Bar Board Member Phil
Putnam; elected to South Pasadena City Council. Phil Putnam is the former
Mayor of South Pasadena.
Special thank you to our Association's
photographer
John Michael Ferrari for his photographic
event coverage.
Thank you to Honorable Retired Judge
Lawrence ("Larry") Crispo, who spoke to our Association about the
current issues in mediation.
Thank you to Richard P. Carlton, MPH, of the Education, Research and Development
Section of the Lawyer Assistance Program of the State Bar of California. Mr.
Carlton spoke on "The Common Pitfalls of Legal Practice: An examination
of the substance abuse, mental health and stress challenges commonly
encountered by legal professionals and the resources that are available to
address these problems."
Thank you to licensed private investigator,
Timothy Williams, Jr., who shared with our Association Ethical Issues
Involved in Investigation in Civil Litigation. For more information about Mr.
Williams, please visit WWW.TTWILLIAMSPI.COM.
Thank you to jury consultant Harry Plotkin,
who spoke about seating a receptive jury. For information about Mr. Plotkin,
and for some helpful jury selection information, please visit Your
Next Jury.
Thank you to Julie Krone, racing Hall of
Fame member and Triple Crown winning jockey, for her most interesting and
inspiring talk at our annual Appellate Justices Luncheon, and thank you to
all the Justices and Judges who attended.
Thank you to Peter Y. Stephan, CPA, for the
weatlh of information you provided about tax resolution issues. For further
information, and to contact Mr. Stephan, please call him at 818-704-1443, or
email at petercpa@sbcglobal.net.
Thank you Howard D. Rosen, Esq., of
Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A., for your thorough presentation about asset
protection. For more information about Mr. Rosen, please visit his website at
www.protectyou.com/howardrosen.html
Thank you to all the Judges and Justices
who attended our Appellate Justices Luncheon on June 4, 2009. Thank you to Poet Laureate Nominee Bruce
Sievers for your dynamic and inspiring poetry reading and lecture at the Luncheon.
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