Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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SNIPPETS (Column)
Chemerinsky to Address Bar Sections on U.S. High Court Decisions
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Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California at Irvine School of Law, will, on two successive nights, provide a review of U.S. Supreme Court decisions during the present term.
On June 4, he will be joined in analyzing cases by fellow liberal Howard Miller, a former State Bar president. The sponsoring group will be the Senior Lawyers Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Lola M. McAlpin-Grant, chair of the section, said in an e-mail to members:
“This is our last program for the 2012-2013 year. I hope you will join me for what will be unforgettable.”
The discussion will take place at the LACBA offices on the 27th Floor of the building at Seventh and Bixel Streets in downtown Los Angeles. Registration and dinner are set for 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by the program. Attendees will receive 3.25 hours of MCLE credit.
Prices for the event range from $30 (for law students) to $115 for those not fitting in any of the other six categories. There is separate pricing for those viewing a webcast, ranging from $70 to $120.
The following night, Chemerinsky will address LACBA’s Litigation Section. The talk will be presented as part of its Trial Practice Inn of Court program.
Venue for that event will be Los Angeles Athletic Club at 431 West 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. Registration will open at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the program at 7:30 p.m.
One unit of MCLE credit will be provided.
The cost to attend is $75.
Registration is available online or by telephoning LACBA during office hours at (213) 896-6560.
•The Pasadena Bar Association’s Real Estate Section will present a talk today at noon on “2012 Appellate Decisions Affecting Real Estate.”
Speaking will be attorney Lawrence H. Jacobson, a past president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
The meeting will be held at the Noor Restaurant, 260 E. Colorado Blvd., in Pasadena.
Members will be charged $35 to attend, and non-members will be assessed $45.
There will be one unit of MCLE credit.
•The San Fernando Valley Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section will present a noon program Thursday on “Fraud Exception in Bankruptcy.”
The speakers will be former association president Mark S. Blackman, of the Encino law firm of Alpert, Barr & Grant, and A. Hillary Grosberg, an Encino sole practitioner.
They will discuss how to block a fraud judgment, obtain in state court, from being wiped out in a bankruptcy proceeding.
One hour of MCLE credit will be given.
•The Libertarian Law Council and the Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society will present a noon lunch program on June 5 on “Drones and Due Process.”
Speakers will be John C. Yoo, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law; Gregory S. McNeal, associate professor at Pepperdine University School of Law ; and Ahilan Arulanantham, deputy legal director of the ACLU of Southern California.
They will discuss, according to a meeting announcement, “the due-process, privacy, and national-security implications of drone use for targeted killings overseas and aerial surveillance at home.”
The event will take place at McCormick & Schmick’s, at Fourth and Hope Streets, in downtown Los Angeles.
One hour of MCLE credit will be given.
Reservations are available by e-mailing la.fedsoc@gmail.com.
The cost to attend is $25, with a $5 price break for public employees, public-interest lawyers, students, and law clerks.
Payment can be made by sending a check to the Federalist Society, care of Andrew Pappas, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 333 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90071, or by paying, in cash or by check, at the door.
•Los Angeles Superior Court reassignments now include these:
Effective June 3
Judge Charles W. McCoy is assigned to settlement courtroom Department 81, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles, from Department K, Pomona South Courthouse.
Judge Howard L. Halm is assigned to collections hub, Department Y, Norwalk Courthouse, from Department Z, Norwalk.
Judge Olivia Rosales is assigned to collections hub, Department Y, Norwalk Courthouse, from Department 3, Whittier Courthouse.
Judge Cathryn F. Brougham is assigned to criminal Department 5, Downey Courthouse, from Department 5, Whittier Courthouse.
Judge Debra Cole-Hall is reassigned to Family Law Department L, Norwalk Courthouse, from Department Y, Norwalk.
Judge Daniel S. Murphy is assigned to probate Department B, Norwalk Courthouse, from Department L, Norwalk.
Commissioner Brian Petraborg is assigned to traffic, Department 1, Downey Courthouse, from Department 1, West Covina Courthouse.
Judge Mark Grant Nelson is assigned to the Central Arraignment Courthouse, Los Angeles, from Department 2, Whittier Courthouse.
Judge Mark Grant Nelson is assigned to criminal Department 82, Central Arraignment Courts, Los Angeles, from Department 2, Whittier Courthouse.
Judge Daniel L. Brenner is assigned to traffic Department 67, Metropolitan Courthouse, Los Angeles, from Department 63, Metropolitan.
Judge Roberto Longoria is assigned to criminal Department 62, Metropolitan Courthouse, from Department 75, Metropolitan.
Judge Ray Santana is assigned to traffic Department 63, Metropolitan Courthouse, from Department 1, East Los Angeles Courthouse.
Judge Lynne M. Hobbs is assigned to criminal Department 75, Metropolitan Courthouse, from Department 66, Metropolitan.
Judge Joseph R. Porras is assigned to criminal Department 1, East Los Angeles Courthouse, from Department 3, East Los Angeles.
Judge Upinder S. Kalra is assigned to criminal Department 3, East Los Angeles Courthouse, from Department 46, Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Los Angeles.
Judge Mildred Escobedo is assigned to criminal Department 7, East Los Angeles Courthouse, from Department 62, Metropolitan Courthouse, Los Angeles.
Judge Paul T. Suzuki is assigned to criminal Department 34, Foltz Criminal Justice Center, from Department 80, Central Arraignment Courts, Los Angeles.
Judge Henry Barela is assigned to criminal Department 40, Foltz Criminal Justice Center, from Department 52, Foltz CJC.
Judge Richard S. Kemalyan is assigned to criminal Department 121, Foltz Criminal Justice Center, from Department 34, Foltz CJC.
Commissioner Robert M. Kawahara is assigned to criminal Department 81, Central Arraignment Court, Los Angeles, from Department 44, Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
Commissioner Donald S. Kennedy is assigned to traffic Department 61, Metropolitan Courthouse, Los Angeles, from Department 40, Foltz Criminal Justice Centers.
Commissioner Pamela Davis will be shifted from Department 90 of the West Los Angeles Courthouse to Department B of the Santa Monica Courthouse.
Effective June 7
Judge Daniel S. Murphy is assigned to probate, Department 9, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, from Department B, Norwalk Courthouse.
Effective June 10
Judge James A. Steele is assigned to probate, Department 11, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, from Department C, Van Nuys East Courthouse.
Effective June 13
Commissioner David J. Cowan is assigned to Department 5, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, from Department F, Santa Monica Courthouse.
Effective June 17
Commissioner Matthew St. George is assigned to Family Law Department F, Santa Monica Courthouse, from Department 90, Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
In effect
Judge Michael Harwin is presiding over a civil trial courtroom, Room 410, newly designated as Department M, Van Nuys East Courthouse.
Judge Denise McLaughlin-Bennett was assigned to Department 285, McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center, Lancaster, from Dept A13, Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster.
Commissioner Michael L. Schuur was reassigned to small claims hub Department 2, Downey Courthouse, from Department M, Norwalk Courthouse.
Commissioner Michael Pearce was assigned to the Small Claims hub, Department 2, Downey Courthouse, from Department 1, Bellflower Courthouse.
Commissioner Loren M. DiFrank was assigned to traffic, Department 1, Bellflower Courthouse, from Department 1, Whittier Courthouse.
Judge Daniel Ramirez was assigned to criminal Department 3, Downey Courthouse, from Department 7, Whittier Courthouse.
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