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title: Michelle Iarusso
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-iarusso
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# Michelle Iarusso

Michelle Iarusso is a solo practitioner in Old Town Pasadena where she focuses on plaintiff’s employment and personal injury. Michelle holds a B.F.A. in Film Production from New York University and received a Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law. She is an active CAALA member and grateful to be able to model a life of service and commitment to justice to her two young girls − Frankie, 5 and Nola, 4.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Ethical obligations in a social media posting](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Iarusso-istock-490488728_4fab239bd0ef2049d2f913ec7f27c41f.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-december/ethical-obligations-in-a-social-media-posting "Ethical obligations in a social media posting")

## [Ethical obligations in a social media posting](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-december/ethical-obligations-in-a-social-media-posting "Ethical obligations in a social media posting")

Are your social media postings (“celebrating a great verdict today”) a “communication” under the Rules of Professional Conduct and therefore subject to attorney advertising rules?

[Michelle Iarusso](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-iarusso "Michelle Iarusso")

[2019 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-december)

## [On being solo](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july/on-being-solo "On being solo")

Lawyers starting their own practice may forget they are a small business, subject to the same employment laws as all other businesses

[Michelle Iarusso](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-iarusso "Michelle Iarusso")

[2022 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july)