We are pleased to have Ana M. Sambold, principal of Sambold Law, Mediation & Arbitration, as our June MCLE speaker, presenting ‘Online Mediation: What You Need to Know” — via Zoom.

Please calendar our next MCLE "lunchtime" program for Thursday July 9th at 12:00 noon, via Zoom meeting.  We are very pleased to have attorneys Tara R. Burd & Kimberly Swierenga as our speakers for July, giving  joint presentation of "The Challenges of Aging: Elder Abuse and Preventative Estate Planning."    Nearly every person suffers some level of cognitive decline or impairment eventually. For most individuals, the process is gradual and there is a rarely a bright line to alarm friends or…

Please calendar our next MCLE "lunchtime" program: September 10th at 12:00 pm via Zoom Meeting We are very pleased to have attorney GABE P. WRIGHT, Partner at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, as our speaker for September, presenting "NEGOTIATION SKILLS FOR LAWYERS: INSIGHTS, TECHNIQUES, AND EFFECTIVE USE."    In this program, Mr. Wright will cover such topics as how to identify the personality type of the lawyer with whom you are negotiating; 12 tactics that can be used by attorneys to achieve…

Please calendar our next MCLE lunchtime program for Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom meeting. We are pleased to have Melissa L. Smith, certified sommelier and founder of Enotrias Elite Sommelier Services, as our speaker.   Ms. Smith  will present "The Valuation and Appraisal of Wine Collections," in which she will cover a wide range of topics, including: the different kinds of wine collections and goals of wine collectors; storage, purchasing and provenance of wines; valuation/appraisal of wine collections…

Our next MCLE lunchtime program will be on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 12:00 pm, via Zoom Meeting. We are very pleased to have ethics attorney David C. Carr as our speaker for this lunch meeting.  Mr. Carr will present “You Say You Want a Revolution? Non-Attorney Ownership of Law Firms,” in which he will cover topics:  -    Traditional Restrictions on Non-Attorney Ownership -    California Model Rule 5.4 -    ATILS Proposed Changes to the California Rule -    Arizona and Utah Recently Adopted Rules -    What does the future hold? Mr.…

Our next MCLE lunchtime program will be on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 12:00 pm, via Zoom Meeting. We are very pleased to have Klinedinst, P.C. attorneys, Irean Zhang and Steven K. Berenson, as our speakers for this lunchtime event.     Ms. Zhang and Mr. Berenson will present “Hot Topics in Legal Ethics – Looking Back at 2020 and Forward to 2021” including such topics as:  Digital Competence and California Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.1, and the ethical implications of being or not being informed…

Please calendar our next MCLE lunchtime program for Thursday, March 11th at 12:00 p.m., via Zoom Meeting. We are pleased to announce that our March speakers will be Catherine M. Swafford,  Jeremiah Moffit, and Matthew R. Owens, all partners with Withers Bergman, LLP  (withersworldwide),  presenting  “Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law: 2020 Year in Review.”  We are particularly pleased that one of the speakers, Ms. Swafford, is a La Jolla Bar Association member. This is certain to be an interesting and…

We are very pleased to have as our speaker for this event, local Attorney Shanna E. Welsh-Levin, who will present the informative and topical program "California Eviction Update - What Landlords Need to Know."  Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 12:00 pm Zoom meeting The program will provide 1.0 hour MCLE credit, and we hope that all of you will calendar and attend it. Some Information about our speaker, Shanna Welsh-Levin: Attorney Shanna Welsh-Levin is a member of the State Bar of California, and…