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Well today was one of my first days back at the old Stanley Mosk courthouse. And what a day it was! I made my usual rounds and stumbled up to Judge Thomas Trent Lewis’s Department 79.
The place was jumping, I mean people everywhere and in the mix were some heavy legal guns…there was […]

Recently I was lucky to have met Paul J. White, CPA/ABV,CVA who mentioned that it might be fun to have me speak at one of their groups, which led to speaking at the Beverly Hills Bar Association dinner and other lawyer groups. When you meet Paul J. White, he is “a cool breeze!” […]

Well, this will be my last day till the VERDICT and the SENTENCING….I just wanted to see the legendary Bert Fields, “The Lawyer Who Never Loses!”  I even invited him to lunch, I want to meet him, just as I was friendly with Melvin Belli and Marvin Mitchelson, two legends of the legal world.  Say […]

Your humble correspondent will be giving a talk on “Private Investigators and Family Law” tonight at 7:00 to the South Bay Study Group at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, and again on May 7 to the Beverly Hills Bar Association at McCormick & Schmick’s in Beverly Hills at 6:00.

One of the names from my past in this trial is Pamela Miller, I remember speaking to her very briefly when she was represented by Cary Goldstein, Esq. One of the things I recall telling her, as I did with everyone in her situation, was to use disposable phones. No phone bill to […]

This recent comment from “Jenny” under “Choosing a Lawyer” deserves it’s own post:
Hi John, I recently stumbled upon your web site. I am entertaining the thought of engaging a divorce attorney. We are not rich or famous. How much does one of these high powered attorney’s typically cost for a typical divorce? My friend is […]

This being the Easter Holiday weekend, I was reflecting on the events of the last two weeks, and wondering whether if I were in trouble, in litigation as a defendant or lawyer, what would I do? Being that I was baptized a Catholic and did attend as a child, and spent years in churches […]

Over the years I have worked with some of the finest lawyers in Los Angeles, and after sitting at the Pellicano trial I see, without exception, a common element in them! All of the lawyers that I work with have always told me to do whatever I could within the guidelines of the law, […]

Just by luck I may have found some new talent. I was present when Sarah K. Thomas, lawyer, was in the throws of battle with what I guess one would call an “Oaf,” and he was big, so I guess “Big Oaf” would be appropriate here! Sarah is a graduate of The University […]

Trope and DeCarolis, LLP…Now this is what you call small but powerful, these two dynamic attorneys will get you to a port in a storm, this I promise you! Michael L. Trope is brilliant and to see if I am correct on this one meet with him, pay whatever he wants to meet with […]

This morning I was in LA Superior, Department 88 on another matter, and who should be waiting outside the courthouse? Media, and lots of them! It was all there, more attention for the Britster than for Anthony Pellicano down the street, even though the young lady under the court’s and the cameras’ scrutiny […]

Just about the time I’ve got a feel for the Marriage Dissolution business, here comes Jay Curtis Cox, lawyer.  I noticed him earlier as he had an off-beige suit, western-style boots and a tie that he must have found on a dozing homeless person.  My other thought was he is from Orange County…he was!  This […]

For all you who say that I am always on the side of the “little Mrs.”, here is one for both sides! I have been noticing a very interesting pattern of behavior in some BIG LAW FIRMS. This is the cycle of life and one of the great financial massages I have seen in […]

Once in a very great while I get to see “Legal Fireworks”…no not the Fourth of July kind, but the courtroom kind!
I wandered into Judge Elizabeth R. Feffer’s courtroom (she is the one that is sooooo easy on the eyes, and I bet her mother is a very pretty woman!)…well, I am sitting there, waiting […]

From the mailbag:
Hi John,
Just accidentally came across your site and am interested in finding out the disposition of cases pending in Judge Shaller’s Dept 67? Does Judge Gail Feuer pick up from where Judge Shaller left off? I have a relative who’s case is coming up soon in Dept 67. Judge Shaller […]

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