We've Authored An Article About Attorney Fees And The Risk Of Malpractice Exposure In The October 2022 Issue Of Orange County Lawyer. "Attorney Fees: A Potential Malpractice Minefield," authored by Marc Alexander and appearing in the October 2022 issue of Orange County Lawyer, discusses the "unhappy case" of Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Edwards Wildman Palmer, […]
Library of Congress. "The flag that has waved one hundred years–A scene on the morning of the fourth day of July 1876."
California Appellate Law Podcast. My colleague Mike Hensley and I have published the California Attorney's Fees Blog since 2008. Tim Kowal and Jeff Lewis, the creators of the California Appellate Law Podcast, recently interviewed us on their podcast. Here's a link to the interview on Tim and Jeff's podcast. Thanks, Tim and Jeff, for […]
Recommended Reading: "Exchanging mediation briefs: the simplest path to success". Mediators often urge that counsel exchange mediation briefs, but an actual exchange seems more to be the exception than the rule. Mediator Robert M. Cohen has a column in the May 24, 2022 Daily Journal advocating for the exchange of briefs in mediation. In […]
A Happy New Year To All Our Readers ! Puck's Magazine. December 28, 1910. Library of Congress. Summary by Library of Congress: Illustration shows Father Time ringing bells proclaiming "The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number", while a crowd in the street celebrates the New Year by using noisemakers, horns, drums, and cymbals to sound […]
For Those Who Do Have A Dog In The Fight . . . I recently saw the following rule posted at the entrance to a dog park. It seemed like a constructive way to address dog and dog owner transgressions: Oil painting: a rabid dog; by J. T. Nettleship. Wellcome Collection.
An Addition To My February 4, 2021 Post About Videoconferencing: Tips For Using Zoom For Remote Mediations. In what could have been an Abbott and Costello routine, had those comedians been born into the Age of the Internet and Zoom, a Texas judge and a hapless attorney had to grapple with the vagaries of […]
Tips For Using Zoom For Remote Mediation Since the beginning of the pandemic, I have been conducting remote mediations with Zoom. Based on my experience with Zoom, I have collected tips for mediators, attorneys, clients, and other persons who will be participating in remote mediations conducted via Zoom. While a number of other […]
Library of Congress. December 30, 1908. Albert Levering, artist. The Puck magazine illustration shows Father Time departing, and taking Thomas C. Platt with him. Platt was a two-term member of Congress and a three-term Senator from New York. According to Wikipedia: "Upon his death, the New York Times stated that 'no man ever exercised less influence […]
Puck's Christmas Tree. December 24, 1902. Samuel D. Ehrhart, artist. Library of Congress.