Recently I was asked by an aspiring young lady what I thought about Private Investigation “Schools and or Academies.”  You know, like the ones you see on television that with a government grant you can go to these “colleges or universities” and get a credential to scrape teeth or shoe a horse or become a […]

Well we are in a new time and place when it comes to private investigators, and those who operate with no license creating havoc in this state.  How many times does a P.I. meet with a new potential client and hear “I want to know this” or “I want to know that” and on and […]

The other night I and my family were sitting down for a fabulous dinner (that I cooked of course) and heard the name “Patrick McDermott.”  My son Mike and I looked at each other and wondered, “what”?  Patrick is the former boyfriend of Olivia Newton John who went missing after a fishing trip.  Hmmm, I […]

Today’s article by Victoria Kim of the Los Angeles Times touches on some interesting thoughts. What Anthony Pellicano did was nothing short of a time bomb waiting to go off: recording people without their knowledge and keeping those recordings for some “future” use. I am still not sure why, I hope that someday Anthony will […]

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.

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, […]

They say the only thing more scary than a jury of your “peers” is a trial by a judge! How about fruits and nuts? Today was jury selection day and it was by no means boring. The judge gives potential jurors forms to fill out and answer as to any kind of […]

Starting tomorrow, I will be covering the Anthony Pellicano trial at the Federal building in Los Angeles.   Jury selection will begin on Wednesday the 5th of March. This is going to be an event! Anthony will be representing himself, and that in itself will be worth the price of admission.
Pellicano and I were […]