What do you do when an associate at a very high-powered law firm tells you, “you should be nicer to Ralph as he has a very aggressive lawyer” (Ralph being the soon to be EX) and “perhaps that will make things better.” LMAO! You have to be kidding me, especially after having spent a few [...]

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I was contacted by Beverly Hills lawyer Cary Goldstein who was a bit miffed about comments on Commissioner Endman. Goldstein says, “I like him…his decisions have been well thought out.” He tells us that The Commish likes to shoot the bull in chambers, and loves a good joke! Goldstein says when he is assigned to [...]

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Well, Well, Well! Mark Vincent Kaplan, Lawyer…what can be said about Mr. Kaplan that has not been said already? Plenty, this guy has been under the radar for many years! Mr. Kaplan is a former partner of Trope and Trope, and now that firm has to remove his shoe from their asses almost each time [...]

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OK girls and boys, the weapon of choice today, if you are dumb enough to pay for it, is the deposition on video! Yup, you walk into the conference room and we now have a set up that looks like a dimestore movie set. You get wired up with a mike, and are asked not [...]

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This is very difficult for me BUT I have to be fair and even-handed in my thoughts and evaluations as it is all for my readers and fans of DESPERATEEXES.com!   Glendale? Why the hell would anyone go to Glendale to look for a DIVORCE lawyer? Well, the pains are shooting through my back as I [...]

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Every firm, and some sole practitioners, have someone in the office who can bring tranquility back and make sense out of nonsense! Welcome Anne Nakornratana Slusser, Esquire. Anne is an associate of Meyer, Olson & Lowy — a female-intense firm with some of the biggest sharks trolling the L.A. courts…but they dress nice and have [...]

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Mirka Royston…with a name like that she was destined to be a lawyer! Mirka is one of those lawyers who can survive on her own if she chose to. However, she is at the present time one of the associates at one of the most prestigious firms in Southern California, Trope and Trope — enough [...]

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My first LA Superior Court visit for the New Year, 2008 was to her Honor Gail R. Feuer. Department 67 is now her domain and Judge Shaller is now sitting in Department 10 and looking very happy! My first impression of Judge Feuer was “wow!” She has a presence and is savvy enough to slow [...]

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