Advocate July21 cvr ezine

Articles in this issue:

Supervising the civil division of the LA County Superior Court during the pandemic

We will be able to keep the wheels of justice moving forward notwithstanding continuing obstacles



Effective courtroom lawyering - don't annoy the judge!

Don’t annoy the judge. Why would you want to annoy the person you are trying to convince?


Civil litigation in a post-pandemic world

The “new normal” will be nothing like what we knew before 2020


Admit or deny

Most attorneys misunderstand and/or improperly use Requests for Admission


Navigating PI cases in the Los Angeles Superior Court

Each of the five PI Hub courts have an inventory of over 9,000 cases


The Beverly Reid O’Connell Power Lunch program

Relaunched in a virtual format, program helps high school students explore legal careers


Trying cases in trying times

A look at how we pulled off one of the first jury trials since the Pandemic began


The reasonable demand

How you can avoid receiving the insurer’s pesky “unable to accept or reject” letter


Appellate Reports

Court publishes contempt order after attorney uses rehearing petition to rant about the legal system


L.A. Trial Lawyers’ Charities is CAALA’s endorsed charity

Implementing David Ball’s advice on how to change the image of trial attorneys


Forced arbitration

New AAJ report examines lack of diversity among arbitrators


The wheels of justice

In [[case]]Loomis v. Amazon[[/case]] and AB 1182, the court system and the legislative process collided, and consumers won


Moving forward

We move forward because there’s no alternative


Resilience

Volunteer settlement officers with ten years’ litigation experience are needed for LASC’s new virtual MSC program