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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.

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."

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)."