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title: Appellate Reports and Briefs
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april/appellate-reports-and-briefs-3
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# [Appellate Reports and Briefs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april/appellate-reports-and-briefs-3 "Appellate Reports and Briefs")

### [[case]]Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Insurance[[/case]] makes avoiding dismissal under the 5-year rule more difficult and analyzes the rules about which periods during a lawsuit are excluded

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

[2016 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-april)

### [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

[![Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ehrlich-Jeffrey-web_4511a10422646a67cbe7bbb81776a102.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich is the principal of the *Ehrlich Law Firm* in Claremont. He is a cum laude graduate of the Harvard Law School, an appellate specialist certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization, and an emeritus member of the CAALA Board of Governors. He is the editor-in-chief of Advocate magazine, a two-time recipient of the CAALA Appellate Attorney of the Year award, and in 2019 received CAOC’s Streetfighter of the Year award. Jeff* *received the Orange County Trial Lawyer’s Association Trial Lawyer of the Year award for “Distinguished Achievement” in 2023.