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Commissioner Caitlin Taylor brings Dependency Court perspective to juvenile justice
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From The Archive
MCLE
Historic preservation or constitutional taking? The next frontier in the Marilyn Monroe home dispute
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Today's News
Torts/Personal Injury
Retired appellate lawyer sues luxury senior facility over care of mentor's widow
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The widow of late 1st District Court of Appeal Justice Donald B. King alleges a high-end Santa Rosa senior living facility barred her longtime caregivers fro...
Civil Rights
Individual law professor could be liable under Unruh Act, panel finds
By Skyler Romero
Experts said the ruling could reshape disability for volunteers and educators. UC Irvine School of Law professor Rachel Moran said the court left unresolved ...
Civil Procedure
Fire plaintiffs accuse state of hiding key texts, lagging discovery
By Devon Belcher
Plaintiffs say newly produced State Parks text messages support claims that lingering embers from the Lachman Fire reignited into the Palisades Fire, and the...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Kirkland accused of conflict after pre-suit talks with prospective plaintiff
By Devon Belcher
Software company Adaptamed seeks to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis from representing Commure, alleging the firm obtained confidential information during a p...
Land Use
Huntington Beach hit with first major penalties under new housing law
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A San Diego judge ordered Huntington Beach to pay $160,000 in sanctions for violating California housing laws, marking the first major enforcement action und...
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins announced the agency is abandoning its longstanding "no-deny" settlement policy, which had faced growing constitutional challenge...
Columns
Technology
I attended a law, AI and child safety conference. What I heard was shocking
By Zachary N. Zaharoff
Tech companies and their allies continue to frame the First Amendment and Section 230 as shields against liability for online ...
Technology, Appellate Practice
Bad AI citations: Crimes and punishments
By Myron Moskovitz
A California appellate court exposed lawyers and a judge for using AI fabricated cases, but the real scandal may be that the p...
Civil Procedure
California's SB 235: Key provisions, strategic impact and what to know before 2027 sunset
By Brent Owen, Annie Ticknor
With less than a year before its Jan. 1, 2027, sunset, California's mandatory disclosure law under SB 235 has reshaped state c...
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Hahn & Hahn LLP
Ramez Krishnan joined Hahn & Hahn LLP as a partner in Pasadena. The move was April 27, 2026.
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Community News
Alan Eisner of Eisner Gorin LLP, Alex J. Hemmelgarn of Lewitt Hackman and Steven J. Horn of Law Offices of Steven J. Horn
“SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie F. Salkin and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
Avram Salkin of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez PC, “SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie F. Salkin and Ken Salkin
Alexander S. Kasendorf of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC and Alexander J. Harwin of FordHarrison
Doctor Pouneh Beizai of Santa Monica, Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy and (Ret.) Judge Jacqueline A. Connor of ADR Services Inc.
Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates and Susan R. Jaeger of Woodland Hills
Nicholas A. Medina of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC, real estate broker Monique Bryher and Sarkis S. Yeretsian of Compass Inc.
SFVBA Past President Amanda M. Moghaddam of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company and Kira S. Masteller of Lewitt Hackman
“SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and Daniel J. Turner of Turner Mediation
Dmitry Gorin of Eisner Gorin LLP, Gerald M. Serlin of Benedon & Serlin LLP and (Ret.) Judge Jacqueline A. Connor of ADR Services Inc.
Superior Court Judges Faye C. Barnouw and Alan K. Schneider, Commissioner Wendy Shapero and “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson
Superior Court Judges Sarah J. Ellenberg and Mahin V. Salehi
Superior Court Judge Terrance T. Lewis and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
Superior Court Judges Mahin V. Salehi, Patricia Hunter and Aleen Avanesian
Superior Court Commissioner Kendra Thomas, Judges Dina R. Richman, Emily J. Cole and Michelle S. Short
(Ret.) Judge Martin L. Herscovitz, Judge Diego H. Edber and Dmitry Gorin of Eisner Gorin LLP
SFVBA Secretary David D. Samani of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and Marshall R. Cole of Nemeck & Cole
Louisa B. Pensanti of Pensanti & Associates, Lisa Grace-Kellogg of Lisa Grace-Kellogg Newspaper Law and Maria H. Skinner of Glendale
Matthew A. Breddan of The Reape-Rickett Law Firm; Karen Sabourin, associate director of business operations at California State University, Northridge and Steven T. Holzer of Lewitt Hackman
Marta A. Alcumbrac of Nemecek & Cole, Superior Court Judges Jessica C. Kronstadt, Emily J. Cole, “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Thomas Rubinson and Wendy Segall
Nemecek & Cole’s Nina M. Niedbalski (SFVBA trustee) and Claudia L. Stone; Jennifer C. Schmuldt of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company and Kenny C. Brooks of Nemecek & Cole
19 (Ret.) Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of Signature Resolution, Superior Court Judge Marilyn M. Mordetzky, Sarkis S. Yeretsian of Compass Inc. and Luiza Manuelian of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC
20 Jay Rosenzweig, President & CEO of BirthParentFinder.com and J R Investigations; (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler of ADR Services Inc., Woodland Hills’ Jeffrey B. Endler and Susan R. Jaeger; Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates
20 Jay Rosenzweig, President & CEO of BirthParentFinder.com and J R Investigations; (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler of ADR Services Inc., Woodland Hills’ Jeffrey B. Endler and Susan R. Jaeger; Lisa F. Rosenthal of Law Offices of Rosenthal & Associates
“SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton and (Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo of ADR Services Inc.
Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer, (Ret.) Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo of ADR Services Inc. and “SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton
Marriage counselor Mary K. Cocharo, life coach Dorit Reichental and Dr. Michel A. Salkin, Chair of the Board of Governors at University of Haifa
ADR Services Inc.’s Founder and President Lucie Barron, and Director of Market Development Chelsea Mangel
(Ret.) Judge Zaven V. Sinanian of Signature Resolution, Suzy S. Marjanian of Koletsky Mancini Feldman LLP and Deputy Public Defender Mary M. Dolmadjian
Joanna M. Sanchez of Sanchez Family Law APC, Superior Court Judge Amanda S. Park and Jeffrey D. Horowitz of The Horowitz Law Firm APC
ADR Services Inc.’s Founder and President Lucie Barron, accepting “SFVBA Judge of the Century Award” on behalf of (Ret.) California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
“SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and “Lifetime Achievement Award” recipient Linda Temkin, SFVBA’s director of education and events
30 “SFVBA Community Impact Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
SFVBA’s past President Heather P. Glick-Atalla of Glick Atalla and President-Elect Robert W. Brown, also president of University of West Los Angeles
Luiza Manuelian of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC; ADR Services Inc.’s mediator (Ret.) Judge Stephen P. Pfahler and Founder and President Lucie Barron; Adam D.H. Grant of Grant Shenon Almaraz APLC
Superior Court Judge Michael R. Amerian, “SFVBA Judge of the Year” Valerie Salkin and Anthony S. Khoury of ARC Alternative Resolution Center
Superior Court Judge Jessica A. Uzcategui, (Ret.) Judges Martin L. Herscovitz and Joseph A. Brandolino
Superior Court Commissioners Wendy Shapero and Michelle Lim
“SFVBA’s Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award” honoree Superior Court Judge Huey P. Cotton and SFVBA President and supervising research attorney of Los Angeles County Superior Court Kyle M. Ellis
During a centennial Judges' Night celebration in Woodland Hills, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association honored judges and legal leaders who shaped the region's legal community while emphasizing the enduring importance of humanity, service, and civic responsibility in the justice system.
Daily Appellate Report
Labor Law, Arbitration
Dept. of Human Resources v. California Correctional Peace Officers
Because arbitrator's award did not conflict with explicit public policy or improperly displace State Personnel Board authority, trial court erred in correcting the award.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Lopez-Tapia
Defendant was not entitled to presumptive lower term sentence where evidence showed he had experience childhood trauma but not that his trauma had contributed to the commission of his off...
Real Property
Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles
Because Los Angeles's eviction-threshold ordinance created a substantive limitation on eviction rather than an impermissible procedural barrier, it was not preempted by California's unlaw...
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Wilmot
Jury instruction that limited the offense of voluntary manslaughter to unintentional killing erroneously limited jury's latitude to rule on lesser included offense.
Criminal Law and Procedure
People v. Superior Court (Feghhi)
Defendant failed to carry burden in challenging search warrant based on omissions in supporting affidavit because, even with the omitted facts included, the affidavit would have supported...