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Aswe head into the dog days of summer with panting breaths and lolling tongues, SCBA members everywhere are undeterred and hard at work. June Coleman and company (Co-Chair Angela Lai and Committee Members Herb Bolz, Carrier Bushman, Jeff Levine, Vasilios Spyradakis, Helene Friedman, Jason Schaff, Julia Reeves and Lori Okun) are working hard putting together another spectacular Bench-Bar Reception. This year’s Reception will be held at the California Automobile Museum and feature the sweet sounds of Martini Crush, a local jazz ensemble that specializes in the classic jazz renditions of the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s. If you enjoy a little swing with your food and favorite liquid refreshment, you will not want to miss it. Our friends at ABAS and Women Lawyers of Sacramento are also working hard on their annual fundraisers. ABAS will be hosting its 23rd annual golf tournament at the Turkey Creek Golf Club in Lincoln on Sunday, September 11th. All proceeds will benefit ABAS’ Law Foundation and Legal Services of Northern California’s summer law clerkships. Having played Turkey Creek a time or two myself, there’s probably no prettier public course in the area, especially when it winds its way through the more forested sections of the back nine. But watch out for that approach shot on No. 10. Gobble-gobble. Women Lawyers are hosting their 18th annual Artfest in the splendor of the Vizcaya the evening of Wednesday, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jack Laufenberg - editor@sacbar.org STAFF EDITORS Larry Duran Heather Cline Hoganson SACRAMENTO LAWYER POLICY COMMITTEE Larry Duran Samson R. Elsbernd Helene Friedman David Graulich Coral Henning Yoshinori H.T. Himel Jack Laufenberg 2 SACRAMENTO LAWYER JULY/AUGUST 2011 COURTHOUSE STEPS steps@sacbar.org SURFING FROM RIVER CITY Coral Henning (916) 874-6013 chenning@saclaw.org ADVERTISING - EVENTS MEMBER CLASSIFIED ADS Michelle Bender (916) 564-3780 x200 reception@sacbar.org DESIGN AND LAYOUT MaryBurroughsStudio.com MJBgraphicdesign@aol.com Editor’s Message Staying Busy, Staying Cool EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Carol Prosser OFFICERS Michael Levy - President June Coleman - 1st Vice President Stephen Acquisto - 2nd Vice President Jean-Pierre Francillette - Secretary Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS AT LARGE Carrie Bushman Roberta Larson Sonia Fernandes Theresa La Voie Richard Miadach Lori Okun William Schuetz Sabrina Thomas Michael Wise SACRAMENTO LAW FOUNDATION Stephen Duvernay, saclawfoundation.org By Jack Laufenberg September 15th. Proceeds from Artfest will help fund WLS’ charitable grants and law school scholarships. The stately confines of the Vizcaya offerthe perfect backdrop for a warm summer evening of good food, good friends, and good art. And as anyone knows who has ever attended the Artfest before, nobody does it better than WLS. Nobody. It is with a mixture of joy and sadness that I have to bid farewell to a friend and colleague, Senior Deputy Sacramento City Attorney Larry Duran. Larry, a founding member of the SCBA’s Diversity Summer Fellowship Program that has been providing work experience for minority and other disadvantaged first-year law students since 1990, and a long-time contributor and staff editor of this august periodical, is leaving the City Attorney’s Office to accept a position as an Administrative Law Judge in Southern California. Larry has done more for the Sacramento legal community more quietly than anyone I know. I missed his going-away party due to a professional commitment that ran long. But I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to thank him, publicly, for his many years of service to the SCBA and this great legal community. Good luck, Larry. As I told you once before, you’re the proof that nice guys don’t always finish last. Stay cool, Sacramento. Stay cool. AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVES Asian Bar Association (ABAS) Grace Arupo Barristers’ Club Jason Schaff Capitol City Trial Lawyers Jack Vetter Federal Bar Association Alex Medina Hellenic Law Association of Sacramento (HELLAS) Vasilios Spyridakis LaRaza Michael Terhorst Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association Avi Glikman Saint Thomas More Society of Sacramento (STMS) Herb Bolz Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLegal) Sarah Asplin South Asian Bar Association Shama Mesiwala
SACRAMENTO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE Table of Contents V O L U M E 1 1 1 , N U M B E R 4 • J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 1 COURT NEWS 7 Updates from the PJ – 35 Federal District Court Seeks Additional Volunteer Neutral Evaluators LITIGATION 8 View from the Civil Bench – “Don’t Spit on Me” and Other Words of Wisdom from 50 Years of Court Reporting SPOTLIGHT ON AFFILIATES 14 Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association 16 ABAS Law Foundation’s Ninth Annual Wine Tasting Marks a Year of Historic Progress 18 South Asian Bar Association of Sacramento Celebrates its Third Anniversary 20 Sacramento’s St. Thomas More Society THE CHIEF JUSTICE 24 A Chat with the New Chief Justice COMMUNITY SERVICE 22 Law Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant 34 VLSP Partnership Helps Protect Juvenile Records SECTION & AFFILIATE NEWS 28 Barristers’ Club Update DEPARTMENTS 2 Editor’s Message 4 President’s Message 12 Law Library News 13 Surfing from River City Sacramento Lawyer welcomes letters and article suggestions from readers. Please e-mail them to editor@sacbar.org. The Sacramento County Bar Association reserves the right to edit articles and letters sent in for publication. Please contact SCBA 916-564-3780 x200 for deadline information, fax 916-564-3737, or e-mail reception@sacbar.org. Web page: www.sacbar.org. Caveat: Articles and other work submitted to Sacramento Lawyer become the copyrighted property of the Sacramento County Bar Association. Returns of tangible items such as photographs are by permission of the Executive Director only, by pickup at the SCBA office only. Wiley Manuel Bar Association Dale McKinney Women Lawyers of Sacramento Jamie Errecart COMMITTEE / SECTION REPRESENTATIVES Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) Don Hansen Conference of Delegates Andi Liebenbaum Indigent Defense Panel (IDP) Kevin Adamson Section Representative Daniel Yamshon Voluntary Legal Services Program (VLSP) Victoria Jacobs SECTIONS Administrative Law Tim Morgan Alternative Dispute Resolution Ken Malovos 31 Courhouse Steps 35 Calendar 35 Index to Advertisers Appellate Law Brendon Begley Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Kenrick Young Business Law B.J. Susich Children’s Counsel Diane Wasznicky Environmental Law Darcie Houck Family Law Jeff Posner Health Care Brian Taylor Intellectual Property Glen Gross Labor & Employment Law Kristy Seargeant Probate & Estate Planning Brian McClay Real Property Gregory Forest 24 18 Tax Law Scott Balbreath Worker’s Compensation Adam Vogt COMMITTEES Bylaws BJ Susich Continuing Education of the Bar Daniel Yamshon Diversity Hiring and Retention Linda Partmann Electronic Media Coral Henning / Heather Hoganson Fee Arbitration Jan Karowsky Judicial Review Philip R. Birney Judiciary Diane W. Wasznicky Long Range Planning Bunmi Awoniyi Membership Heather Candy Pictorial Directory Herb Bolz and Tina Poley Sacramento Lawyer Policy Jack Laufenberg Sacramento Lawyer (USPS 0981-300) is published bi-monthly by the Sacramento County Bar Association, 1329 Howe Avenue, #100,Sacramento, CA 95825. Issn 1087-8771. Annual subscription rate: $6.00 included in membership dues, or $24.00 for nonmembers. Periodicals postage paid at Sacramento, California. Postmaster: Send address changes to Sacramento Lawyer, 1329 Howe Avenue, #100, Sacramento, CA 95825. Copyright 1999 by the Sacramento County Bar Association. Each author’s commentary reflects his/her individual opinion only and not that of his/her employer, organization with which he/she is affiliated, or Sacramento Lawyer magazine, unless otherwise stated. JULY/AUGUST 2011 SACRAMENTO LAWYER 3
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