October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I have seen the worst examples of DV in my cases and HLG takes it seriously. We agree with National AAML President James McClaren that “we should all take the time to be even more mindful about the ways in which we can offer leadership within our communities toward […]
Electronically stored information (“ESI”) is information that is stored in technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. Electronic Discovery, also known as e-discovery, is the use of legal means to obtain ESI in the course of litigation for evidentiary purposes. My relationships with California ESI/E-discovery gurus, Jim Hennenhoefer and Gordon Cruse, […]
The International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, of which I am a Fellow, is a worldwide organization of 700 practicing lawyers who are selected by our peers and focused on international family law matters. It was formed in 1986 to improve the practice of law and administration of justice in the area of divorce and family […]
The Bar Association of San Francisco to the Conference of California Bar Associations has proposed a controversial change to the Mediation Confidentiality rule, Evidence Code section 1120. For family law actions only, it would create an exception to mediation confidentiality for communications in mediation between spouses or registered domestic partners that constitute a fraudulent breach […]