News & Publications

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Mar 01, 2008
Motion Practice: Meeting Deadlines for Filing Writ Petitions

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 4 (March 2008) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association. You can access all of

Mar 01, 2008 Robin Meadow
A Few of My Favorite Things: Technology Tips for Lawyers Who Write (Mar. 2008) Orange County Lawyer, pp. 30-32.

Orange County Lawyer Vol. 50 No. 3 (March 2008)

Feb 23, 2008 Timothy T. Coates
Federal Civil Rights Act, California Governmental Tort Liability Practice (CEB)
Feb 01, 2008 Jeffrey E. Raskin
Motion Practice: Do I Have An Appealable Order? (Feb. 2008) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association), Vol. 1, No. 3.

This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Jan 01, 2008 Cynthia E. Tobisman
Motion Practice: Evidence and Objections (Jan. 2008) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 2.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 2 (January 2008)

Dec 27, 2007 Robin Meadow
A New Pro Bono Frontier: California’s Court of Appeal

“Appellate Advocate” (a newsletter of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers) 2007, Issue 3 (December 2007)

Nov 01, 2007 Robin Meadow
Motion Practice: Admissible Evidence

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 2007)

Aug 06, 2007 Alana H. Rotter
Playbook Disqualification, L.A. Daily Journal (Aug. 6, 2007).
Feb 23, 2007 Timothy T. Coates
Federal Civil Rights Act, California Governmental Tort Liability Practice (CEB)
Nov 09, 2006 Alana H. Rotter
Appellate Law: Getting to the Substance (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 9, 2006)

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