Notes from the New Generation
Dear Counsel, I spend most of my days talking about car accidents. Property damage. Injuries. Liability. Insurance limits. Medical bills and records. Personal injury has become a second language to me. And words that...
Monthly Archive: August 2026
Understanding California Rule of Court 9.20: Three Lessons from In the Matter of Mitchell
Few lawyers ever expect to be disciplined by the California State Bar. Every lawyer, however, should become familiar with California Rule of Court Rule 9.20 (Duties of Disbarred, Resigned, or Suspended Attorneys). If a...
August Message from the New Lawyer Division Board
Somewhere between law school and your first few years of practice, someone probably told you to take care of yourself. Fewer people probably told you how, or made space for you to actually do...
Tips From the Bar: John Addams on the Art of the Appeal
John Addams of Niddrie Addams Fuller Singh LLP has spent more than three decades helping clients navigate civil appeals, and his advice for newer lawyers begins with a simple proposition: focus on what matters....
Mindful Minute: August is for Awe: Presence, Wonder, and Gratitude in Late Summer
By Koryn Sheppard As August unfolds, the night skies across San Diego present us with one of the most remarkable natural spectacles of the year: the Perseid meteor shower. While often viewed as mere...
Ethics in Brief: The Hacking of Lawyers’ Computers and the Use of Hallucinatory GAI Citations Continue Unabated: Every Lawyer Must Be Familiar with the Controlling Rules of Ethics
By Charles Berwanger Legal periodicals, and the media generally, continue to report the hacking of law firm computers and the continued use by attorneys of generative artificial intelligence (“GAI”) in preparing pleadings infected with...
Ethics in Brief: Lessons from the Disqualification of Quinn Emanuel inCoStar Group, Inc. v. Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc., Case No.: 2:20-cv-8819-CBM(ASx) (C.D. Cal.)
By Caitlin Jones An attorney-client relationship built upon a conflict of interest is a house of cards. Such was the house Quinn Emanuel constructed when it chose to represent Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc....