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New Lawyer Division Member Spotlight: Mallory Chase

New Lawyer Division Member Spotlight: Mallory Chase

By Stephanie Atkinson
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Mallory Chase, a sixth-year attorney with a practice focused on legal malpractice defense and business litigation, is the newest partner of Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie. She is a member of the SDCBA Legal Ethics Committee and the California Lawyers Association’s Legal Ethics Committee where, among other things, she writes articles on ethics issues, contributes to ethics advisory opinions, and provides advice to SDCBA members through the Legal Ethics Hotline (619-231-0781). Read More

Tips from the Bar: Jennifer Nelson

Tips from the Bar: Jennifer Nelson

By Daniela Lagunas
San Diego City Attorney’s Office

The New Lawyer Division congratulates Jennifer Nelson, the newly appointed CEO of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program (SDVLP). SDVLP provides critical legal services to low-income and vulnerable San Diegans, including domestic violence survivors, people living with HIV/AIDS, tenants facing eviction, foster youth, low-income entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, and caregivers seeking legal custody of abused and abandoned children. Read More

Working From Home vs. In the Office: NLD Members Weigh In

Working From Home vs. In the Office: NLD Members Weigh In

By Sara Gold
Eastman IP

Ever since wide-scale pandemic restrictions on working in the office were lifted a few months ago, the legal profession has diversified into a motley of different working arrangements — with some lawyers working in the office full-time, some still working at home, and many lawyers falling somewhere in between. Read More

Navigating the Ethical Landmines of Handling Your Own Appeal

Navigating the Ethical Landmines of Handling Your Own Appeal 

By Jeff Michalowski 
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan &
Connaughton LLP

No trial attorney is perfect.  Even the most prepared and experienced trial attorneys should expect their adversaries to attack not just their clients’ actions and inactions, but also claimed missteps by the trial attorneys themselves.  This is especially evident in appeals, where parties regularly argue that issues have been waived or forfeited; that deadlines have bene missed; or decry alleged attorney misconduct in the trial court below.  Read More