By Jeff Michalowski In recent years, amicus briefing has played an increasingly significant role in appellate practice. This is true, of course, in blockbuster Supreme Court cases like Dobbs (in which 133 amici filed briefs)...
Contact with Represented Persons by a Pro Se Lawyer On September 28, 2022, the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 502, which addresses a pro se...
Message from the Vice Chair Greeting NLD Members, Stephanie Pengilley here, your vice chair. I am looking forward to becoming the division’s chair in just a few short months. This year NLD has put...
Lawyers Learning More: The Potential Benefits of Pursuing an LLM On a recent cool afternoon on Coronado, John L. Pittman III was proudly sporting his Pepperdine Law sweatshirt when he struck up a conversation...
Consider Post-Conviction Criminal Relief When I passed the bar in 2009, the economy was in deep recession, and the public defender’s office where I had hoped to work (and most such offices statewide) froze...
Assembly Bill 2644: Juvenile Interrogations Reform Bill Picture this: you are cruising down California Highway 163 on a clear morning with your windows down, music blasting. You are driving to the gym, trying to...
Settlement-Related Tax Issues that Litigators and Mediators Should Know About Negotiations and settlements are an everyday occurrence in the legal profession. Tax implications are often overlooked in settlement discussions and negotiations yet often play a...
NLD Member Spotlight: Mark Simpliciano Mark Simpliciano is a resilient young attorney who is currently an Associate Attorney with Garcia Hong Law APC, a San Diego civil law firm that focuses on business litigation,...
By David C. Carr American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rule 8.3 provides that “a lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a substantial...