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California Legislature
Abandons Middle Class
By JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
September 19,
2017)
Initiative Titles, Summaries
Must Be Fair and Objective
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
September 12,
2017)
Supreme Court Ruling Imperils
Every California Taxpayer
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
September 6, 2017)
Raising Property Taxes for
Public Pensions
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
August. 29, 2017)
Taxpayers Pay for Lobbying in
Sacramento
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion,
August. 22, 2017)
The ‘Portability’ Issue,
Should Be Part of a
Legislative Proposal
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, August.
15, 2017)
The FPPC’s Action Is Unseemly
and Wrong
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, August. 8,
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)
SB
235 Would Meaningfully Reform
Judicial Elections
(Editorial, April 6,
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)
Secrecy in LACBA: A Look Back,
a Look Forward
(Perspectives,
December 28, 2016)
How Far Has LACBA Come in the
Past 50 Years?
(Perspectives,
December 22,
2016)
Summary
of Judicial Endorsements
(Editorial,
November 3, 2016)
JEEC Is Not Comprised of
Members Meeting the Prime
Criterion
(Perspectives,
November 2, 2016)
LACBA Seeks to Promote
Candidacies of Three Judicial
Aspirants
(Perspectives,
November 1, 2016)
Judge
Percy ‘Mad Dog’ Anderson
Clings to Baca Case
(Perspectives,
August 16, 2016)
[X]
E. Matthew Aceves
(Editorial, August 2,
2016)
The Only Appropriate Course
for Baca’s Prosecutors: Move
for Dismissal
(Editorial, July 26,
2016)
Percy Anderson: Is He Fit to
Be a Judge?
(Perspectives,
July 25, 2016)
U.S.
Attorney’s Office Acts
Viciously in Seeking
Incarceration of Ex-Sheriff
Baca
(Perspectives,
July 14, 2016)
LACBA
Installation: Gouging Price,
Lousy Food, Babbling
Barristers
(Perspectives,
June 29, 2016)
LACBA Chief Margaret Stevens:
Does She Fail to Grasp the
Mandate for Reform?
(Perspectives,
June 28, 2016)
Summary
of Recommendations in Superior
Court Races
(Editorial, June 6,
2016)
Endorsements in LACBA Election
(Editorial, June 6,
2016)
LACBA’s
General Counsel: A Loose
Cannon
(Perspectives,
May 23, 2016)
[X]
Ray Santana
(Editorial, May 9,
2016)
[X]
Cyndy Zuzga
(Editorial, May
9, 2016)
[X]
Susan Jung Townsend
(Editorial,
April 29, 2016)
[X]
David Berger
(Editorial, April 22,
2016)
[X]
James Kaddo
(Editorial, April 22,
2016)
LACBA Leaders Engage in
Election Misdeeds
(Editorial,
April 19, 2016)
State Bar Misrepresents Extent
of Its Victory in Dunn Case
(Perspectives,
April 12, 2016)
LACBA Nominating Committee
Displays Short-Sightedness
(Perspectives,
April 8, 2016)
[X]
Steven Schreiner
(Editorial,
March 31, 2016)
[X]
Kathryn Ann Solorzano
(Editorial,
March 16, 2016)
LACBA
Should Swerve From Its
Perilous Course
(Editorial,
March 15, 2016)
LACBA
Censors Report Critical of
LACBA
By
WILLIAM L.
WINSLOW
(Viewpoint,
March 4,
2016)
Saladino
Entered Into an Accord; His
Claim Against the County Is a
Sham
(Perspectives,
December 15,
2015)
C.A. Permits Amended Complaint
Contradicting Previous
Pleadings
(Perspectives, December
9, 2015)
‘But
Officer, Don’t You See My
Windshield Decal?’
(Perspectives,
December 7,
2015)
Court of Appeal Justice Judith
Ashmann-Gerst Backs Down, but
Only a Little
(Perspectives, December
3, 2015)
LACBA
Sections Need More Information
Than They’ve Been Promised
(Perspectives, December 1,
2015)
Attorney Asks Court of Appeal
to Strip Potshots at Him From
Opinion
(Perspectives, November
24, 2015)
Take Your Choice: A Traffic
Ticket or a Ticket to the
Policemen’s Ball
(Perspectives, November
17, 2015)
ACLU’s Action to Bar Cross
From County Seal to Be Decided
Without Witnesses
(Perspectives, November
12, 2015)
Justice
Ashmann-Gerst Owes Apology to
Lawyers She Berated
(Perspectives, November 9,
2015)
License Plates With Low
Numbers Became Political
Rewards
(Perspectives, November 5,
2015)
Mayors,
Governors, ‘Special’ Deputies
Had Cars Equipped With Sirens
(Perspectives, November 2,
2015)
Paper ‘Courtesy Cards’ Were
Desirable—but Gold Ones Were
All the More So
(Perspectives, October 29,
2015)
‘Courtesy
Cards’ Shield Bearer From
Traffic Tickets
(Perspectives, October 27,
2015)
Presley Garners Another Badge,
Thanks to Richard Nixon
(Perspectives,
October 22, 2015)
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)
Elvis Presley: The Man Who
Flimflammed President Nixon
(Perspectives, October 19,
2015)
Alighting
From a Car With a Revolving
Blue Light Is ‘Lawman’ Elvis
Presley
(Perspectives,
October 13, 2015)
Myths Surround Los Angeles
Badges Given to Elvis Presley
(Perspectives,
October 7, 2015)
Carrying
a Badge, Elvis Presley
Play-Acts the Role of a
Policeman
(Perspectives,
September 24, 2015)
Chinese
Americans Face a Challenging
Road to Admission
By
NOWLAND C.
HONG
(The Legal
Community,
September 17, 2015)
Judges Should Not Enjoy
Impunity From Prosecution for
Perjury
(Editorial,
September 16, 2015)
Honorary
Badges Evoke Controversies
Across the Continent
(Perspectives,
August 18, 2015)
Controversies
Over Badges Erupt at State
Level
(Perspectives,
August 13, 2015)
Federal
Government Requires Peering
Through Students’ Bedroom
Windows
(Perspectives,
July 27, 2015)
Propagators
of the Jury System: the
Vikings, a King, and a Pope
(Perspectives,
July 20, 2015)
Appeals
Court Seals Document in
Contravention of Legal
Requisites
(Perspectives,
July 9, 2015)
Los
Angeles County Bar Association
Fleeces Attendees at
Installation
(Perspectives,
July 2, 2015)
Lamar
W. Baker: ‘Sign In,
Please’—Like Other White House
Visitors
(Perspectives,
June 25, 2015)
Did
Lamar W. Baker Lie About
Working in the White House?
(Perspectives,
June 22, 2015)
A House for Equal Justice,
From Design to Completion
By
ELIZABETH R.
FEFFER
(Feature,
June 18,
2015)
Court of Appeal Questions
Trial Court’s Sealing of
Entire Complaint
(Perspectives,
June 16, 2015)
Floridian
Who Wants to Litigate in
Secrecy Finds California a
Desirable Venue
(Perspectives,
June 3, 2015)
Merrill
Lynch ‘Wealth Advisor’ Is
Allowed to Litigate in Partial
Secrecy
(Perspectives,
June 2, 2015)
Lamar
W. Baker: Bereft of
Credentials for the State
Appellate Bench, He’s Been
Appointed
(Perspectives,
May 27, 2015)
Is
the Concept of Due Process
Derived From the Magna Carta?
(Perspectives,
May 7, 2015)
USC Professor Points Out:
Magna Carta Didn’t Confer
Right to Jury
(Perspectives,
May 6, 2015)
C.A. Justice Terms Previous
Utterance ‘Ambiguous’—Won’t
Admit It Was Error
(Perspectives,
April 28, 2015)
Times Story Leads to A.G.
Opinion That Daunts Conferring
of Honorary Badges
(Perspectives,April
27, 2015)
Flashing
of Unofficial Badges Persists
Into the New Millennium
(Perspectives,
March 23, 2015)
In
the 1970s, Heads of Law
Enforcement Agencies Continue
Awarding Honorary Badges
(Perspectives,
March 16, 2015)
Controversies
Over Honorary Peace Officer
Badges: Not Unique to L.A.
City or County
(Perspectives,
March 3, 2015)
‘We
Refer to the Parties by Their
First Names…Not Out of
Disrespect.’ Balderdash.
(Perspectives,January
12, 2015)
County
of L.A. Lags Behind City in
Getting Serious About Denying
Badges to Non-Officers
(Perspectives,
December 17, 2014)
Lamar
W. Baker: Bereft of
Credentials for the State
Appellate Bench, He’s Apt to
be Appointed
(Perspectives,
December 5, 2014)
Recalling
the Days When the Judges
Cracked Down on Vice in
Hollywood
By
SANDY KRIEGLER
(Feature,
December 1, 2014)
Remember
That Honorary Badge We Gave
You? We Want It Back—Sheriff
Pitchess
(Perspectives,
October 29, 2014)
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