• Thursday, October 12, 2023 — MCLE Luncheon — Claude E. Ducloux

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are pleased to have as our October speaker, Civil Trial Attorney CLAUDE E. DUCLOUX presenting “Conflict Contracts, and Costs: Running the Ethical Office in the 21st Century," in which he will address ethical rules related to practice and client relations, as well as best practices for communication, billing, civility and resolution of contract disputes.

  • Thursday, January 11, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon via ZOOM — Michael McGowan

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Please calendar our next MCLE lunchtime program on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 12:00 pm, at Hennessey's Tavern. We are very pleased to have as our initial speaker for 2024, our own bar association member Michael McGowan, presenting "Suing Goverment Entities in California: Traps for the Unwary."

  • Thursday, February 8, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Gordon D. Cruse

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have Gordon D. Cruse, CFLS, Gordon D. Cruse, APLC, as our speaker for February. Gordon will share his expansive knowledge and expertise in presenting: "Artificial Intelligence - Ethical Considerations Raised in Today's Legal Practices."

  • Thursday, March 14, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator & Referee  MONTY A. McINTYRE, Esq., as a returning  speaker for our members, presenting “IMPORTANT NEW CIVIL CASES PUBLISHED IN 2023.” In his presentation, Mr. McIntyre will discuss some of the important new civil cases published by California courts in 2023.

  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Alex Marjanovic

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Please calendar our next MCLE lunchtime program being held on Thursday, April 11 2024 at 12:00 pm. We are very pleased to have as our April speaker, Alex Marjanovich, Senior Managing Director, Data & Technology for Ankura, presenting A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO EFFICIENCY IN eDISCOVERY.

  • Thursday, May 9, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — George C. Miller

    Hennessey's Tavern Dining Room 7811 Herschel Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our May speaker, George C. Miller, Partner with Shustak Reynolds & Partners, PC (San Diego office), presenting: FINRA Arbitration: The Wild West of Dispute Resolution.

  • Thursday, June 13, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Shanna Welsh-Levin

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Our June speaker is Shanna Welsh-Levin, Senior Counsel at SoCal Realty Law, APC, and a member of our bar association, who returns to provide us with an Update on Landlord-Tenant Laws & Legal Issues to include recent changes.

  • Thursday, July 11, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Paul H. Neuharth, Jr.

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Please welcome PAUL H. NEUHARTH, JR., presenting "MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW, " in which he will discuss the impact of mental health issues on the Criminal Justice system, and how cases involving criminal activities related to mental health issues are currently handled by our California Superior Courts.

  • Thursday, September 12, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Ariel J. Sabban, Esq.

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    ARIEL J. SABBAN will present "STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (“SLAPP”)," in a program addressing SLAPP lawsuits, which plaintiffs often use strategically to silence their critics through litigation, and which abridge defendants' constitutional rights of free speech and petition to government for redress of grievances.

  • Thursday, October 10, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — David M. Majchrzak

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Mr. Majchrzak, a legal ethicist, civil litigator, and California State Bar certified specialist (legal malpractice law), will present: "Sharing (Fees) and Caring (for Funds Held in Trust)."

  • Thursday, November 14, 2024 — MCLE Luncheon — Catherine M. Swafford, Ann Kinsey Schu, Sara A. Pike

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our November speakers, attorneys Catherine M. Swafford,  Ann Kinsey Schu, and Sara Pike, who will collectively present a program on “Recent Developments in Probate and Trust Law, and Estate Planning in 2025 (in light of planned and anticipated changes in pertinent Tax Laws).” 

  • Thursday, February 13, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — The Honorable Ronald F. Frazier

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our February speaker, The Honorable Ronald F. Frazier, Judge of the Superior Court, who will present the program “Civility in the Practice of Law.” You are encouraged to attend this presentation in-person, as it is certain to be both interesting and informative for our members. 

  • Thursday, March 13, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Monty A. McIntyRE

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator & Referee, MONTY A. McINTYRE, Esq., returning again to present our members with an updated program about “IMPORTANT NEW CIVIL CASES PUBLISHED IN 2024.”

  • Thursday, April 10, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Robert A. Schapiro

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have ROBERT A. SCHAPIRO, Dean and C. Hugh Friedman Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, as our speaker for this event.

  • Thursday, May 8, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Joann Rezzo & John Edwards

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our speakers for this lunchtime program, Joann Rezzo and John C. Edwards, both of whom have extensive experience, and widespread recognition, as mediators and ADR neutrals, and who together possess over 65 years of litigation and trial experience as practicing attorneys.

  • Thursday, June 12, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Maresa Talbert & Alex Marjanovic

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have MARESA TALBERT, Founder & CEO of Talbert Law Office, APC, and ALEX MARJANOVIC. Senior Managing Director, Data & Technology for Ankura, as our speakers for June, presenting “THE NEW NORMAL: Artificial Intelligence and its Ethical Implications” to cover Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in the practice of law; and the ethical implications of AI in the practice of law.

  • Thursday, July 10, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — The Honorable Dana M. Sabraw

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our July speaker, the Honorable Dana M. Sabraw, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, who will provide our members with an "Update on the California Southern District Court."

  • Thursday, September 11, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Joanna Storey Mishler

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are very pleased to have as our September speaker, Joanna Storey Mishler, Senior Counsel with Rosing, Pott & Strohbehn, who will present “Legal Ethics Lessons Learned From Fictional Attorneys." During this entertaining and worthwhile program, our speaker will use scenes from films and television shows that depict fictional attorneys involved with thorny, or not so thorny, legal ethics issues, and then discuss how California Rules of Professional Conduct would apply to the situation, and whether the attorney got it wrong or right.

  • Thursday, October 9, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Summer Stephan and Frank T. Jackson

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Summer Stephan, District Attorney for the County of San Diego, and Frank T. Jackson, Chief Deputy District Attorney for the County of San Diego, will present a program on, “The Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence in Courts & What you Need to Know about the New Proposition 36 Laws." 

  • Thursday, November 13, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon with Roxana Foxx

    Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro 1205 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, United States

    Our November speaker is ROXANA FOXX, Founder and CEO of Hunter International; a San Diego based firm which for 40 years has specialized in mergers and acquisitions of law firms and lateral partner recruiting and placement.