WILSHIRE BAR ASSOCIATION
c/o Law Offices of David Bruce Bloom
3580 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1045
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213-384-4088 x0
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Board of Governor Meetings
Your Wilshire Bar Association Board of Governors
convenes the first Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m.
Our next Board meeting is Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008.
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 David Bloom at 213-384-4088 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.
We particularly look forward each year to our "Bench
and Bar" Dinner and our Appellate Justices Luncheon.
Calendar of Events
Holiday Lunch December 12th.
The last event for 2008 will be our Annual Holiday Luncheon, scheduled for Friday, December 12, 2008 beginning at NOON at El Cholo Restaurant located at 1121 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006. The cost for this event including entree, beverage, tax and gratuity will be $15.00 per person. Please call 213-384-4088 to reserve your space and ask for Cheri at Ext. "101".
Annual Dues
If you have not paid in your 2008 Dues, please fill out the Application 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 to the left of this page.
Special Thank Yous and Congratulations
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 privated 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.
Members' Discounts
WBA members receive a 10% discount at the
online gift store, Artistor.com.
Artistor, an online art colony, has truly unique gifts and fine art.
For the discount, use the coupon code at check out: magic.
Your Wilshire Bar Association Board of Governors convenes the first Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Our next Board meeting is Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008.
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 David Bloom at 213-384-4088 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.
We particularly look forward each year to our "Bench and Bar" Dinner and our Appellate Justices Luncheon.
Calendar of Events
Holiday Lunch December 12th.
The last event for 2008 will be our Annual Holiday Luncheon, scheduled for Friday, December 12, 2008 beginning at NOON at El Cholo Restaurant located at 1121 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006. The cost for this event including entree, beverage, tax and gratuity will be $15.00 per person. Please call 213-384-4088 to reserve your space and ask for Cheri at Ext. "101".
Annual Dues
If you have not paid in your 2008 Dues, please fill out the Application 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 to the left of this page.
Special Thank Yous and Congratulations
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 privated 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.
Members' Discounts
WBA members receive a 10% discount at the online gift store, Artistor.com.Artistor, an online art colony, has truly unique gifts and fine art.
For the discount, use the coupon code at check out: magic.