Orange County Women
 Lawyers Association
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  • Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:24 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    Effective January 3, 2017, the Superior Court of Orange County will implement the following change to traffic calendar scheduling:

    • Traffic Court Trials will be heard daily starting at 1:30 p.m.
      • Unless otherwise specified below, only the time of the hearing is changing; the existing court trial setting guidelines designating law enforcement agencies for specific days of the week will remain.
      • Court trials that have already been set for 8:30 a.m. will remain as set.
    • Traffic Arraignments and Hearings will be heard at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Thursday, every week of the month.
    • There will be no changes made to the current Night Court or Collections Court Calendar Model.
    • As part of this new traffic calendar model, the following agencies calendar schedule will be modified as follows:
      • Garden Grove Police Department: Photo Enforcement Court Trials will remain on Tuesdays, but will expand to every week of the month.  All other Court Trials will also be heard on Tuesdays.
      • Los Alamitos Police Department: Photo Enforcement Court Trials will be changed to Thursdays, every week of the month.  All other Court Trials will continue to be heard on Fridays.
    The Court Notice is posted online here:
    http://bit.ly/2fuZERq
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:31 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    The Irvine office of Fisher Phillips seeks an associate with 4+ years of employment litigation experience. The ideal candidate will have significant wage and hour litigation experience, including both single plaintiff and class/collective action experience. Candidate should be comfortable drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, as well as taking and defending depositions. Candidate must have excellent academic credentials, strong writing and analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. Successful candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Must be admitted in California.
     
    We are not accepting resumes from search firms for this position.

  • Wednesday, November 09, 2016 8:21 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    Please click on the link below to access the Notice from the Clerk re Amended Local Rules Effective December 1, 2016.

    http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/amended-local-rules-effective-december-1-2016

  • Thursday, November 03, 2016 9:48 AM | Executive Director (Administrator)

       

    IRVINE, CA, NOVEMBER 2, 2016 --- Keller/Anderle LLP, a nationally recognized high stakes, bet-the-company trial law and business litigation firm based in Irvine, has been selected to the U.S. News - Best Lawyers®' 2017 “Best Law Firms” list.   The firm is one of the few on the list that is a Women's Business Enterprise certified firm (100% women-owned).
     
    Keller/Anderle LLP received a “Tier 1 Ranking” for Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar, which, according to U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, “reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.”  The Tier 1 Ranking is an honor generally reserved for much larger law firms, which is a testament to Keller/Anderle’s performance and reputation.
     
    About the firm:  Keller/Anderle LLP  is among the premier boutique litigation forms in California, with a record second to none, and local, statewide and national recognition of the firm’s success.  The firm handles high-stakes litigation of all types including commercial, intellectual property, securities, bad faith, class actions, white collar criminal defense, and entertainment/sports.  Keller/Anderle LLP attorneys have won over $925 million in judgments in just the last eight years, and successfully defended many other clients.  Jennifer Keller and Kay Anderle have over 250 jury trials between them.  Unique among law firms handling high profile, bet-the-company cases of such a caliber is that both name partners are women, and the firm is women-owned.

  • Monday, October 24, 2016 10:57 AM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    On November 1, 2016, the Orange County Bar Association and Thurgood Marshall Bar Association will present a very important program entitled Fair Housing Laws and Policies: The Historical Seeds of Segregation and How They Continue to Impact Us Today.
     
    This program presents a rare opportunity to hear from the nation’s leading experts on critically important issues that impact us all.
     
    Richard Rothstein has worked as an education policy analyst and written a number of books on the interplay between race and class in education policy.  One of his recent works, The Making of Ferguson, received critical coverage by The Washington Post, The New York Times and other publications. He was also featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. 
     
    As I am sure you know, Erwin Chemerinsky is a leading constitutional scholar and the Founding Dean of the University of California, Irvine, School of Law, and needs no introduction.
     
    This program will include a historical review of the causes of segregation, the inequality that persists today as a result of the historical seeds of segregation in residential housing, why and how segregation in residential housing still affects us today in all facets of society and what we can do to address these issues.

  • Monday, October 17, 2016 10:15 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    On behalf of the Clerk of Court, please click on the link below to view the Notice from the Clerk regarding the opening of the new 1st Street Courthouse effective Monday, November 7, 2016.

    http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/opening-new-1st-street-courthouse

  • Monday, October 17, 2016 10:02 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    A proposal to update the Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule has been published for comment at http://www.courts.ca.gov/policyadmin-invitationstocomment.htm.
     
    SP16-12: Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule: 2017 Edition
    The Traffic Advisory Committee proposes revisions to the Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedules: 2017 Edition, to become effective January 1, 2017. The proposed revisions conform the schedules to recent legislation as required under Vehicle Code section 40310 and Penal Code section 1269b.
    The deadline for comment is Monday, October 31, 2016.
     
    If you have any questions, please contact Camilla Kieliger, at camilla.kieliger@jud.ca.gov, or at 415-865-7681.

  • Wednesday, October 12, 2016 4:37 PM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    The OCBA is currently soliciting nominations for the Franklin G. West award. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the OCBA and will be presented at the OCBA Judges’ Night and Annual Meeting held in January 2017.  This award is presented each year to an outstanding attorney or judge whose lifetime achievements have advanced justice and the law. The deadline for nominations is Friday, November 4, 2016.
     
    The attached application form contains the names of all of the previous honorees, but here are the most recent recipients:
     
    Attorney Richard W. Millar Jr.
    Judge James J. Di Cesare
    Justice Richard Fybel
    Judge Francisco Firmat
    Attorney John Hurlbut Jr.
    Judge Francisco Briseño
    Attorney Donald S. Gray (posthumously)
    Judge Nancy Wieben Stock
    Attorney Wylie Aitken
    Attorney Marjorie Fuller
    Justice Kathleen O’Leary
    Judge Ronald Kreber

  • Tuesday, October 04, 2016 10:03 AM | Executive Director (Administrator)

    On October 18, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., the Orange County Asian American Bar Association (“OCAABA”), a fellow affiliate bar for the OCBA, will be hosting its Fall Membership Mixer at Ten Asian Bistro.
     
    This year, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association named OCAABA its 2016 Affiliate of the Year, beating out 75 other affiliates throughout the country.  Attached as a hyperlink is the press release regarding the award in case you would like to know more about OCAABA: Press Release re OCAABA as 2016 Affiliate of the Year.

    Register for the event

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