A New Year’s Resolution Your Family Will Appreciate: A Succession Plan
This article was originally published in the January/February 2022 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.
Author: San Diego County Bar Association
Lawyering: My Path to Self-Empowerment
This article was originally published in the January/February 2022 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.
President’s Message: February 7, 2022
As we approach Super Bowl weekend, I am slowly coming to grips with the fact that this is another year when the Bills will not be the league champs. Growing up in Buffalo, I was around a lot of sports fans who had something akin to Charlie Brown’s “I got a rock” approach to their teams. Like San Diego, Buffalo has never won a championship in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, or the National Basketball Association. Perhaps fittingly, Buffalo’s NBA team left the city in 1978 to come to San Diego, before ultimately departing for Los Angeles. In fact, no city has gone more seasons without a championship than Buffalo. But that made me admire all the more the athletes that competed in my city. They had resilience.
Your Brother and Sister’s Keeper? Ethical Duties of Managers and Supervisors
By Edward J. McIntyre
We tend to think of our obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct as personal duties specific to our own conduct. And, indeed, the rules prescribe permissible conduct for California lawyers. Those obligations, however, stretch beyond what each of us may or must do and say.
Mindful Minute: Curiosity for Mindfulness & Growth
By Megan M. Moore
When we become curious, we are more likely to listen deeply and learn from a neutral place. As we get more curious, we better understand our own and others’ behavior, as well as the positive intentions behind that behavior.
President’s Message: January 31, 2022
I have been around a lot of discussions about leadership lately. In consecutive weekends, our board had its annual retreat and then I attended the California Lawyers Association leadership conference. And, as referenced below, the San Diego County Bar Association launched its leadership academy, a project that has been years in the making. During one of my many conversations, somebody solicited some leadership secrets, a phrase that triggered my memory of a fun read from many years ago.
The Girardi Effect
By David C. Carr
A State Bar Court hearing judge filed her decision this week recommending the disbament of Thomas V. Girardi.
Diversity Pledge
By Sarcout “Sed” Zangana
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit us unexpectedly, accompanied by stay-at-home orders and newfound limitations on social gatherings, many of us in the legal community wondered what we could do to stay engaged with our community during uncertain times.
President’s Message: January 18, 2022
Sometimes a small dose of civility has a tremendous long-term effect. When I first started practicing, I had a pretty nice string of law-and-motion victories. In part, that was because I had been tossed a few softballs; the supervising lawyers at my firm realized that morale in their newer lawyers was important.
Lawyer Actor
This article was originally published in the November/December 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine.