--- title: 2022 December url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december --- # [2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december "2022 December") [![Advo Dec22 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2022/12-december/Advo-Dec22-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2022/December2022/html5/Advocate-Dec22-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Requesting the statement of decision](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/requesting-the-statement-of-decision "Requesting the statement of decision") A process that can preserve, if not enhance, your chances on appeal after a bench trial goes awry [Gerald Serlin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gerald-serlin "Gerald Serlin") [Judith Posner](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/judith-posner "Judith Posner") ## [Showing what you’re worth](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/showing-what-you-re-worth "Showing what you’re worth") Prevailing party attorney-fee motions — your investment in yourself [Alyssa Kim Schabloski](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alyssa-kim-schabloski "Alyssa Kim Schabloski") ## [How to defeat (almost) every MSJ](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/how-to-defeat-almost-every-msj "How to defeat (almost) every MSJ") A step-by-step guide to preparing your opposition to motion for summary judgment [Travis Davis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/travis-davis "Travis Davis") ## [Well pleaded](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/well-pleaded "Well pleaded") Tips for drafting effective and well-organized complaints that can help you avoid unnecessary issues [Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey") ## [Overcoming common defenses to plaintiffs’ recovery of 998 costs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/overcoming-common-defenses-to-plaintiffs-recovery-of-998-costs "Overcoming common defenses to plaintiffs’ recovery of 998 costs") How to evaluate the likelihood that your 998 offer will withstand defendant’s challenges [Janet R. Gusdorff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/janet-r-gusdorff "Janet R. Gusdorff") ## [Preventing the abuse of the Sudden Emergency Doctrine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/preventing-the-abuse-of-the-sudden-emergency-doctrine "Preventing the abuse of the Sudden Emergency Doctrine") It is critical to establish the unsafe choices that the defendant made both before and after the purported emergency arose [Jason Doucette](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jason-doucette "Jason Doucette") ## [Being famous is not enough](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/being-famous-is-not-enough "Being famous is not enough") The onslaught of anti-SLAPP litigation requires us to preemptively research the viability of a potential anti-SLAPP response by the opposing party [Tamara Freeze](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tamara-freeze "Tamara Freeze") ## [When a post-judgment appeal just won’t do](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/when-a-post-judgment-appeal-just-won-t-do "When a post-judgment appeal just won’t do") Appealable orders and statutory writs: Finding [[case]]immediate relief[[/case]] [Herb Fox](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/herb-fox-3 "Herb Fox") ## [Motions in limine: misused and abused](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/motions-in-limine-misused-and-abused "Motions in limine: misused and abused") Best practices when filing and opposing motions in limine [Matthew Whibley](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-whibley "Matthew Whibley") ## [Beating a claim of “fraudulent joinder”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/beating-a-claim-of-fraudulent-joinder "Beating a claim of “fraudulent joinder”") Show any possibility of recovering against a California citizen and your case should likely be remanded back to state court [Kevin Nguyen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kevin-nguyen "Kevin Nguyen") ## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/appellate-report-5 "Appellate Report") Court refines the trivial defect doctrine, rejects strict tape measure approach to determine whether a sidewalk defect is trivial. Also, 998 offers and peremptory challenges [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [Medicare and Medicaid withdraw their request for increased secondary payer (MSP) reimbursements](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/medicare-and-medicaid-withdraw-their-request-for-increased-secondary-payer-msp-reimbursements "Medicare and Medicaid withdraw their request for increased secondary payer (MSP) reimbursements") House passes bill to shine light on sexual assault and harassment [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [New State Bar trust-account rules – what you must know now](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/new-state-bar-trust-account-rules-what-you-must-know-now "New State Bar trust-account rules – what you must know now") Also: SB 1155 and a new statutory structure for bad-faith actions [Jacquie Serna](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jacquie-serna "Jacquie Serna") [Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar") ## [The unexamined life . . .](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/the-unexamined-life "The unexamined life . . .") A segue from being an Orange County trial lawyer to the philosophy of Socrates [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") ## [Farewell, but not goodbye](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/farewell-but-not-goodbye "Farewell, but not goodbye") As a [[case]]past[[/case]] president, I look forward to being the most relaxed person in the room [Douglas N. Silverstein](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-n-silverstein "Douglas N. Silverstein")