If the cause is just, I’m all in

I’m a civil rights attorney. I don’t do PI cases

Genie Harrison

From Issue: 2021 January

How does your garden grow?

Gardens and law firms take measured work to produce a harvest

Martin I. Aarons

From Issue: 2025 April

Gratitude makes for a life well lived

It is said that we have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one

Douglas N. Silverstein

From Issue: 2022 August

Grandma Florence was a lawyer

What kind of trial lawyer would she be today, when women make up 44% of California attorneys?

Martin I. Aarons

From Issue: 2025 March

Getting to know your incoming CAALA president

“I wanted to be a lawyer because of an ugly event when I was about five- or six-years old.”

From Issue: 2023 January

Financial-condition discovery – Don’t wait until trial!

Discovery of a defendant’s financial condition is essential to proving punitive damages, and doing it early can prevent defendants from shielding assets and create settlement leverage for plaintiffs

Ashley Dang

How to leverage amicus curiae briefs in your cases

(And how to return the favor as amicus for others)

Ben Siminou

How did you learn the rules of evidence?

Where did I learn the rules of evidence? Not in law school

Ibiere N. Seck

From Issue: 2024 April

Gratitude for those in service to CAALA

Recognizing the many groups of people that make CAALA what it is

Douglas N. Silverstein

From Issue: 2022 November

Google Law, PC

The State Bar plans to bring non-lawyers into the practice of law. It’s time for you to become involved

Genie Harrison

From Issue: 2021 April

Finding the silver lining

We see some silver linings in the examples of true human spirit during the time of coronavirus

Jeffrey A. Rudman

From Issue: 2020 May

Farewell, but not goodbye

As a past president, I look forward to being the most relaxed person in the room

Douglas N. Silverstein

From Issue: 2022 December