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Is It the End
of the Line
for the
High-Speed
Rail?
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion February 25, 2025)
Enough
Is Enough
By
JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion,
February 19,
2025)
Enough
With the
Special
Sessions in
Sacramento
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, February 11, 2025)
Loss
of Influence
May Prove to
Be a Benefit
By
JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion,
February 6,
2025)
Orwellian
Doublespeak to
Attack Prop.
13 Protections
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
January 30,
2025)
Wildfire
Victims Are
Still
Protected by
Prop. 13
By JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion,
January 24,
2025)
George
Turner, Newly
Enrobed Judge,
Is in
Violation of
Canon
By a
Concerned
Citizen
(In My Opinion, January 21, 2025)
Bridge
(Toll) Over
Troubled Water
By
JON COUPAL
(In My
Opinion,
January 21,
2025)
Effort
Continues in
2025 to
Restore Name
of ‘Hastings’
to Law School
By
KRIS WHITTEN
(In My Opinion, January 10, 2025)
DOGE
Presents a
Chance to
Cancel
High-Speed
Rail
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
January 7,
2025)
New
Laws That
Californians
Need to Know
About
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
December 31,
2024)
Kamala
and Tim Want
to Meet Me.
Gosh.
(Perspectives, August 20, 2024)
Public
Is Denied
Information
That
Government Has
No Right to
Hide
(Perspectives,
June 5, 2024)
C.A. Justices
Irresponsibly
Shield
Identities of
Sex-Offense
Defendants
(Perspectives, April 23, 2024)
No, Weingart,
All Minors
Need Not Be
Identified by
Initials, Only
(Perspectives,
November 28,
2023)
Judicial
Candidate,
Registered
Democrat,
Swears He’s
Not Democratic
Party Member
(Perspectives,
September 23,
2022)
May Judicial
Candidates
Tout Political
Party
Endorsements
in Candidate
Statements?
(Perspectives,
September 22,
2022)
Should
Judicial
Candidates Get
Away With
Deception That
Other
Candidates Can
t?
(Perspectives,
September 20,
2022)
Elections Code
Section on
Ballot
Designations
Does Apply in
Orange, San
Diego Counties
(Perspectives,
September 19,
2022)
Court of
Appeal Wastes
Its Time,
Needlessly
Accords
Anonymity to
Parties
(Perspectives,
September 1,
2022)
It’s Hogwash
(Perspectives,
June 28, 2022)
Attorney
Seeks, Gets,
Federal Courts
Shielding of
Felon s
Identity
(Perspectives,
June 2, 2022)
Lawyer Seeks
Self-Censoring
of Report
Because She
Vouches for
Client
(Perspectives,
June 1, 2022)
Candidate
McKay Is Aptly
Described as
Clueless
Blunderer
(One
Judge s View,
May 12, 2022)
Gascón
Crosses the
Line Again
(Perspectives,
May 3, 2022)
Brickbats
Tossed at
Prosecutor in
Long Beach Who
Seeks
Judgeship
(Perspectives,
April 5, 2022)
Ineligible
Candidate
Seeks Election
As Los Angeles
City Attorney
(Perspectives,
March 15,
2022)
Albert Robles,
a Politico
With Baggage,
Seeks to
Unseat Judge
(Perspectives,
March 3, 2022)
Judicial
Candidate
Falsely
Portrays
Herself as a
Deputy
District
Attorney
(Perspectives,
February 28,
2022)
Court of
Appeal
Justices Swipe
Property
Belonging to
the Public
(Perspectives,
November 22,
2021)
If
Park Has Won,
LACBA Has Lost
(Perspectives,
June 2, 2021)
A
Lack of
Commitment to
Fairness Marks
Ann I. Park s
Tactics
(Perspectives,
May 14, 2021)
A Penal System
Based on
Rehabilitation
Was Tried;
Failed; Was
Dismantled
(Perspectives,
February 17,
2021)
Posing as a
Progressive,
Gascón,
in Reality,
Advocates
Retrogression
(Perspectives,
February 16,
2021)
Consumers:
Beware of
Instacart!
D.A.’s Office,
Please Take
Note
(Perspectives,
September 3,
2020)
Xavier
Becerra: Doing
a Job That
Isn’t the One
He s Paid to
Do
(Perspectives,
September 1,
2020)
A Dog Named
Charlie Is
Dead. His
Tormentor Goes
Free
(Perspectives,
August 11,
2020)
Looking Back
on 31
Years-Plus in
Law Practice
By L.
ERNESTINE
FIELDS
(Reflections, July 30, 2020)
The Judge Mike
Cummins Scam:
This Is the
Time for Use
of Inherent
Powers
(Perspectives, December 10, 2019)
Candidate
David D.
Diamond Is at
It Again
(Perspectives,
December 4,
2019)
Los
Angeles County
Bar
Association
Leaders, Units
Respond to
State Bar
Access
Proposal
(The Legal
Community,
October 2,
2019)
Returning to
Courtroom 16
at the Spring
Street
Courthouse
By
J. STEPHEN
CZULEGER
(Special
Feature,
August 29,
2019)
The Art
of Craft
Breweries
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN,
STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON
and STEPHEN
ALLEN JAMIESON
(The
Legal
Community,
August 20,
2019)
Secretization
Continues:
Court of
Appeal Extends
Anonymity to
Drunk Driver
(Perspectives,
May 2, 2019)
State
High Court
Takes Look at
Duty of
Loyalty Toward
a Client and
Attorney Fees
By THOMAS
EDWARD WALL
(The Legal
Community,
October 4,
2018)
Parents of
Appeals Court
Justices
Should Have
Taught Their
Kids Better
Manners
(Perspectives,
October 2,
2018)
If She Gets
to, I Do Too!
Candidate
Asserts in
Writ Petition
(Perspectives,
August 22,
2018)
Courts of
Appeal Seek to
Secretize
Public Matters
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2018)
A
District Court
Judge Defies
U.S. Supreme
Court
Precedent
(Perspectives,
July 17, 2018)
AB2185 Would
Permit Civil
Defendants to
Waive the
Public s Right
to Know
(Perspectives,
July 10, 2018)
Consitutional
Law: Taxes,
Guns &
Privacy: We
Need A Pardon!
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN AND
STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON
(The Legal
Community, May
23, 2018)
Candidate Says
She’s Pleased
L.A. Times
Endorsed Her
Opponent
(Perspectives,
May 21, 2018)
Registrar-Recorder
Refuses to
Accede to a
Judge s
Determination
(Perspectives,
April 3, 2018)
More
Candidates Try
to Get by With
Bogus Ballot
Designations
(Perspectives,
March 14,
2018)
New
Law on Ballot
Designations
Doesn’t Stop
Shenanigans
(Perspectives,
March 13,
2018)
County
Squanders
Funds in
Defense of
Lawyer Who
Acts Like a
Brat
(Perspectives,
October 16,
2017)
LACBA’s
Interim CEO
Misinforms
Trustees,
Calls for
Imprudent
Action
(Perspectives,
July 19, 2017)
Should LACBA
Encourage
People Not to
Hire Lawyers?
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2017)
Civil
Rights: The
CIA, Torture,
the State
Supreme Court
and the Fate
of Independent
Contactors
By
THOMAS EDWARD
WALL
(The
Legal
Community,
June 15, 2017)
LACBA-Gate
Puts Spotlight
on Good Guys,
Bad Guys
(Perspectives,
May 30, 2017)
Stevens, Brown
Need to
Explain If
They Can
(Perspectives,
May 25, 2017)
Secret Task
Force Produces
Secret Report;
Secret
Committee
Makes
Nominations
(Perspectives,
May 16, 2017)
Wrongdoing in
LACBA:
Schemers Slate
New Election
(Perspectives,
May 5, 2017)
SB 235
Judicial
Elections
Reform Bill
Seen as
Worthwhile
(Letters
to a Senator,
April 28,
2017)
Civil
Rights:
Marijuana Is
Here to Stay
By STEPHEN
WARREN
SOLOMON,
STEPHEN ALLEN
JAMIESON,
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN, R.
BRUCE EVANS,
RYAN M. KROLL
AND JENNIFER
L. ODEN
(The Legal
Community,
February 16,
2017)
Elwood Lui:
Following in
the Footsteps
of David Yaffe
(Perspectives,
February 14,
2017)
Acting PD
Seeks to Fool
the Board of
Supervisors
(Perspectives,
February 10,
2017)
Lawyers Seek
to Justify
Shielding of
Identities of
Cheerleaders/Litigants
(Perspectives,
January 19,
2017)
LACBA
Censors Report
Critical of
LACBA
By
WILLIAM L.
WINSLOW
(Viewpoint,
March 4, 2016)
Government
Regulation:
Court of
Appeal Shines
Light on
Liquor
Licensing
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN,
STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON
and STEPHEN
ALLEN JAMIESON
(The Legal
Community,
October 20,
2015)
Chinese
Americans Face
a Challenging
Road to
Admission
By
NOWLAND C.
HONG
(The Legal
Community,
September 17,
2015)
A House
for Equal
Justice, From
Design to
Completion
By
ELIZABETH R.
FEFFER
(Feature,
June 18, 2015)
Recalling
the Days When
the Judges
Cracked Down
on Vice in
Hollywood
By
SANDY KRIEGLER
(Feature,
December 1,
2014)
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