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$1.5
Million Jury Verdict Is
Just the Beginning
By ERIC W.
SIDDALL
(In My Opinion, March 9,
2023)
California’s First Chief
Justice, Family,
Subjected to Legislative
Attainder
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In
My Opinion, February 23,
2023)
Renaming
Hastings College of Law
Impairs a Contract
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My
Opinion, February 8, 2023)
Was
a Lawyer Subjected to
Barbaric Abuse at a
Federal Courthouse?
(Editorial,
February 1, 2023)
Dealing
with ‘Internal
Terrorist’
By ERIC W. SIDDALL
(In My Opinion,
November 8, 2022)
Choosing
the Best Candidates for
Taxpayers
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
October 3, 2022)
10
Are Endorsed in Nov. 8
Races
(Editorial,
September 30, 2022)
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)
A
Win for Direct
Democracy, Taxpayers Win
in San Bernardino County
By JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, July 29, 2022)
The
Attorney General’s
Taxpayer-Funded
Political Advertising
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
July 25, 2022)
[X]
Hydee Feldstein Soto
(Editorial, July
20, 2022)
It’s
Hogwash
(Perspectives, June
28, 2022)
California’s
Budget Is a Scam
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, June 24, 2022)
Can
Sanity Prevail in
California?
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, June 15, 2022)
Recommendations
for Superior Court Races
Summarized
(Editorial, June 6,
2022)
Attorney
Seeks, Gets, Federal
Courts’ Shielding of
Felon’s Identity
(Perspectives, June
2, 2022)
Don’t
Bother Asking. We Won’t
Yank Stories From Our
Website
(Editorial, June 1,
2022)
Lawyer
Seeks Self-Censoring of
Report Because She
Vouches for Client
(Perspectives, June
1, 2022)
Editorial
on Marina Torres Draws
Comments
(Letters to Editor,
May 27, 2022)
Torres—a
Liar—Is Unfit for Office
of Los Angeles City
Attorney
(Editorial, May 24,
2022)
[ ] Rob Bonta—No!
(Editorial, May 18,
2022)
[X]
Abby Baron
(Editorial, May 17,
2022)
[X]
Keith Koyano
(Editorial, May 12,
2022)
Candidate
McKay Is Aptly Described
as ‘Clueless Blunderer’
(One Judge’s View,
May 12, 2022)
[X]
Patrick Hare
(Editorial, May 9,
2022)
[X]
Melissa Lyons
(Editorial, May 4,
2022)
Gascó
Crosses the Line—Again
(Perspectives, May
3, 2022)
[X]
Kevin James
(Editorial, April
18, 2022)
[X]
Renee Yolande Chang
(Editorial, April
5, 2022)
Brickbats
Tossed at Prosecutor in
Long Beach Who Seeks
Judgeship
(Perspectives,
April 5, 2022)
City
Attorney Candidate
Should Have Been
Expelled From Ballot
(Editorial, April
1, 2022)
Judge
Permits Use of Ballot
Designation Unauthorized
by Law
(Editorial, March
30, 2022)
[X]
Ryan Dibble
(Editorial, March
29, 2022)
Working
Californians Are Being
Hit Hard by Gasoline
Prices
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, March 16,
2022)
Ineligible
Candidate Seeks Election
As Los Angeles City
Attorney
(Perspectives,
March 15, 2022)
[X]
Carol Elswick
(Editorial, March
11, 2022)
[X]
Tim Reuben
(Editorial, March
11, 2022)
SCOTUS
Allows CalSavers to
Proceed
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
March 10, 2022)
[X]
David Gelfound
(Editorial, March
8, 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)
California
Is the Mad Scientist of
Bad Policy
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
February 8, 2022)
Sore
Winners Reveal
Themselves in Sacramento
By JON
COUPAL
(In My Opinion, February 4,
2022)
Conflict
of Interest in Diversion
Program Hurts County,
Defendants
BY WILLIAM
M. PAPARIAN
(In My Opinion, January
26, 2022)
By ERIC W. SIDDALL
(In My Opinion,
December 7, 2021)
Court
of Appeal Justices Swipe
Property Belonging to
the Public
(Perspectives,
November 22, 2021)
‘Re’sentencing
Is Retraumatizing
Victims and Endangering
Public Safety
By KATHLEEN
CADY
(In My Opinion, October 26,
2021)
We
Don’t Need Celebrities
or Pundits Running for
Governor
By
JENNIFER VAN LAAR
(In My Opinion,
July 22, 2021)
If
Park Has Won, LACBA Has
Lost
(Perspectives, June
2, 2021)
LACBA's Top Priorities
Should Be Staying on
Course, Serving Members
By
JO-ANN
W. GRACE
(In My Opinion,
May 20, 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)
Violent
Crime in L.A. Is
Skyrocketing; Are
Gasón’s Policies to
Blame?
(In My Opinion,
February 1, 2021)
Gascón, Defended
By
DAVID D.
DIAMOND
(In My Opinion, January 5,
2021)
George
Gascón: A Man With Two
Faces
By ERIC W. SIDDALL
(In My Opinion,
October 21, 2020)
Making
the Case for ‘Yes’ on
Proposition 20
By MICHELE
HANISEE
(In My Opinion, October 6,
2020)
Don’t
Want Federal Agents in
Your City or Town?
By
FRANK V. ZERUNYAN
(In My Opinion
September 15, 2020)
Wrong
Again, George
(In My Opinion,
September 8, 2020)
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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