Year: 2022

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The Intersection Between Media and Law: Television News in COVID-19 and Beyond

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The Intersection Between Media and Law: Television News in COVID-19 and Beyond

By Sara Gold
Eastman IP

“In order to produce a good news story, it really comes down to the people and letting them tell the story,” said ABC 10News reporter Adam Racusin during last month’s Bench/Bar Lunch & Learn, at which 10News journalists gave insight into the production of television news including legal journalism. Read More

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Tips from the Bench: Judge CJ Mody

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Tips from the Bench: Judge CJ Mody

By Veneeta Jaswal
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Judge CJ Mody, who joined the bench in January 2021, is the first South Asian American judge to sit on the San Diego Superior Court. Born in Bombay, India, now known as Mumbai, Judge Mody was 12 years old when he and his family immigrated to the United States. With aspirations to create educational opportunities for the children, Judge Mody’s family made the move to San Diego in the late 1980’s. Read More

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NLD Member Spotlight: Claudia Ignacio

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NLD Member Spotlight: Claudia Ignacio

By Elijah Gaglio
Aguirre Severson LLP

Claudia Ignacio, recipient of this year’s SDCBA Service by a New Lawyer Award, is a young trailblazer in the San Diego legal community. As a tax attorney with Hone Maxwell, LLP, her practice includes a wide array of local, state, and international tax consulting matters; defending clients in audits with state and federal tax agencies; and assisting in collection issues. Read More

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The Lawyer’s Duty to Communicate Settlement Offers in Civil Matters

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By Shelly Skinner

California’s legal ethics rules are designed to protect the public and the integrity of the legal system, while promoting the administration of justice and confidence in the legal profession. Cal. Rule of Prof. Conduct 1.0. Attorney candor is crucial to achieving these aims. While the legal ethics rules set forth many aspects of the duty of candor, this article will focus on the duty to communicate settlement offers in civil matters. Read More

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ABA Formal Opinion 501 Provides Guidance for Attorneys Enlisting or Accepting the Assistance of Others in Generating New Client Contacts

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By Mallory H. Chase

Although nonlawyers are not directly governed by the California Rules of Professional Conduct (see CRPC, rule 1.0(a) [the “rules are intended to regulate professional conduct of lawyers through discipline”] [emphasis added]), rule 8.4 provides that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to “violate these rules or the State Bar Act, knowingly* assist, solicit, or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another[.]”[1] (CRPC, rule 8.4(a).) Additionally, under CRPC, rule 5.3, managerial and supervisory lawyers must make reasonable efforts to ensure the conduct of nonlawyers who are employed by, retained by, or associated with the lawyer is compatible with lawyer’s professional obligations. Among those professional obligations is the prohibition on certain types of solicitations, as delineated in CRPC, rule 7.3.[2] Read More

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President’s Message: April 25, 2022

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Have you ever wondered why entrance to our profession takes the path it does? The historical context for the current licensing system is largely traceable back 101 years to the 1921 Report of the Special Committee to the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association chaired by Elihu Root. That was a time when there was only a single transcontinental telephone line, most Americans were still getting their first phone, Route 66 was just being planned, and the primary form of mass transportation was via train or ocean liner. As such, legal problems and customs were naturally more colloquial, and the rules, consequently, presumed that a lawyer would practice law only in and about one state. Accordingly, there was likely little discussion about uniformity in standards or reciprocity in admissions. Read More

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Message from the NLD Community Service Chair

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Message from the NLD Community Service Chair

Greetings Everyone:

My name is Elijah Gaglio, and I am privileged to serve on the New Lawyer Division’s Executive Committee where I help organize and create community service and volunteer events for new lawyers. I am an associate at Aguirre & Severson, LLP, a San Diego civil litigation firm that resolves a wide range of legal issues for public entities, business owners, and individuals. I received a juris doctorate from California Western School of Law in 2018 and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of La Verne in 2015. Read More

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In the Estate, or Fake? How Cryptocurrency Impacts Bankruptcy

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In the Estate, or Fake? How Cryptocurrency Impacts Bankruptcy

By Stephanie Germani
Attorney at Law

Popularized by Bitcoin billionaires such as Elon Musk, cryptocurrency is well known but not well understood. Seeing a need for more information on the subject, the Bankruptcy Law Section presented a cryptocurrency seminar featuring bankruptcy attorney Christopher Hughes and high-tech investigator Steve Konecny. Read More